Executive Search Firm Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting for a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager on behalf of a food solutions company. The role will report to the Head of Finance & Operations and will be responsible for reports and tracks business performance, provides financial decision support to management and business unit heads with commercial financial insights to assist with enhancing sales and profit performance and investment decisions. Role requires onsite work setup at Makati City.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with business units to develop strong financial plans (strategic and tactical) that deliver against growth objectives, and to evaluate and explain actual results thereof. This includes but are not limited to:
- Annual budget, latest forecast
- Monthly S&OP financial statements
- 5-year plan
- Sales and Marketing promotions
- New product launches
- SKU reduction
- Pricing plan
- Sourcing plan
- Capital investments
- Ensure accuracy of actual trade and marketing spend every month; coordinate with Accounting on any accruals and adjustments. Monitor against budget and explain variances.
- Provide analyses on product/category and by customer/by channel, and division in aid of optimizing trade and marketing spend, product mix, and customer mix
- Prepare competitive benchmarking analyses
- Drive simplification initiatives and best practices
- Perform other tasks that may be assigned by his immediate manager
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA license is a must
- With at least 6 years overall finance and accounting experience preferably in fmcg industry; with at least 3 years focus in commercial financial planning and analyses
- Proficient in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and knowledge in automated financial systems
- Strong accounting and financial skills e.g., financial modelling among others
- Ability to implement and enforce internal controls
- Strong strategic and business mindset; highly analytical
- Proven ability to demonstrate data-driven decision making, and forecasting experience
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
