FP&A Analyst in Global Procurement Team

Location Overview

Working with inspiring and experienced colleagues, you'll find that the atmosphere in our city-centre office in Kraków is informal and engaging. With drive and ingenuity, our teams deliver vital services to PepsiCo employees around the world. With an active, get things-done culture, this is a place where your dynamism and agility will make a difference.

Location Overview

Global Procurement Europe (GPE) Finance plays a key role and represents ~40% of PepsiCo Europe P&L. This is a critical role in managing direct material cost for several markets within Europe and dedicated to supporting different areas within GPE Finance.

Responsibilities

• Supporting line manager at Finance Business Partnering to Indirects and Transport GPE teams
• Supporting line manager at leading financial agenda for direct material purchases for co-manufacturing partners within Europe (coordination of material price planning, accruals and rebate reconciliation for masked prices, Cause-of-Change drivers analysis and explanation)
• Providing ongoing support to material forecasting process: Annual Operation Planning cycles, 5 Year Strategic Plans and Rolling Monthly Forecasts. Ensuring the delivery of transparent (central cut) pricing assumptions, validate completeness and accuracy of the planning data.
• Supporting business partnership to several markets with complex category structure (juice, beverage, snacks)
• Collecting actual prices from the BUs and facilitate financial analysis of the material price variances.
• Partnering and facilitating the alignment processes between Supply Chain Finance and GP Category Purchasing leads (eg. Volume sourcing/Capacity discussions).
• Subject matter expert in providing insightful analytics and recommendations to Purchasing Teams to support key sourcing decisions.
• Supporting GP Finance CFO, senior management and GP Finance Business Planning Assc Manager with ad-hoc analysis requests, special projects and implementation of the new generation systems and tools.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a Finance function: FP&A/Controllng or Supply Chain Finance in a multinational company
• Good commercial sense with a strong acumen of identifying business drivers/analysis of P&L
• Interest in Economics, Commodity and Forex Markets and awareness of Macro trends
• Advanced written and spoken English
• Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint).
• Advanced Excel user is a must. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are paramount
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Able to communicate to internal stakeholders at different levels (Purchasing Managers, Directors/CFOs, SCF and BU Planners, SC planning, Category Finance)
• Be a self-starter, flexible and able to work autonomously