Financial Controller / FMCG MNC
- Recruiter
- APAC Michael Page
- Location
- Taiwan
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 14 Oct 2021
- Closes
- 11 Nov 2021
- Ref
- JN -102021-3616450
- Contact
- Kirsten Wang
- Job role
- Financial controller
- Sector
- Retail and FMCG
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Manager
- As an integral part of the finance team, you will add value to management team ensuring compliance to group controlling guideline, raising local control awareness and drive control efficiencies.
- Business partner and deliver periodic reports and analysis, provide fact-based insights for commercial decisions.
Client Details
The world largest and best selling RTD beverage in it's fieldDescription
GENERAL:- Guarantees full compliance with the Group Controlling guideline.
- Designs the system setup to perfectly mirror the responsibilities in the organisation.
- Ensures a timely distribution of financial information (plan and actual) to every budget holder by sending out reports, by allowing system access and by presenting the information in regular meetings.
- Promotes efficiency in Controlling in order to minimise time spent for report generation and increases time for analysis, commenting and insights sharing.
- Supports the establishment of a true bottom up planning process and the development of a local planning calendar based on the group planning timetable allowing for sufficient review time and feedback cycles.
- Contributes to a high forecasting accuracy of business plans, revised estimates and long term forecasts.
- Measures and reviews the cost/benefit ratio of proposed activities.
- Builds a solid relationship with budget holders based on mutual respect and trust.
- Is driven through a service mentality by sharing insights, by supporting budget reallocations, by ensuring overall budget adherence, by acting as a facilitator to achieve objectives, by highlighting risks and opportunities, by providing financial simulations and by developing business cases for new projects.
- Manages fact and knowledge bases; spreads and exchanges information.
- Knows all trade terms (on & off invoice) of customers, their budgets and the customer P&L
- Prepares trade term impact simulations, challenges assumptions and profitability.
- Works closely with the KAMs on reducing the exposure between customers/products.
- Works closely with the KAMs to calculate promotional ROI.
Matches POS/VISIT placement plans to budget, update on placement status.
- Works closely with the Brand Manager to increase the effectiveness of the media plan by also taking into account all other marketing & sales activities (local & international).
- Benchmarks the costs of marketing activities and their impact on the consumer and challenges where appropriate. Considers potential 3rd party sponsoring income and question assumptions.
- Coordinate the Business Plan/Revised Estimate data collection and data entry.
- Coordinate timings and input needed during the budget process.
- Aggregates/consolidates the individual plans to a total plan.
- Supports and challenges the budget owners during the planning process.
- Prepares year to go best estimates.
Profile
Minimum of 5 years' experience in a controlling role in consumer goods.
Excellent MS Excel knowledge, familiar with any integrated business analysis tool is a strong plus (SAP BI/hyperion etc)
Highly analytical and very skilled individual in the area of profitability analysis.
Ability to quickly identify and analyse risks & impacts and able to define alternatives.
Capable of communicating and presenting precisely and effectively with internal stakeholders up to GM level.
Job Offer
Play a business partner role to upper management teams for commercial decisions
To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Kirsten Wang on +886 2 8729 8223.