MISSION OF THE FUNCTION
Assist and support Finance Management in all financial matters, including financial planning, monitoring, and analysis. Act as a business partner across the DMTR business unit.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Monthly Close Activities:
- Preparation of accruals file and sending instructions to sales.
- Review, challenge, and consolidate backup of accruals.
- Prepare journal entries to be sent to the Accounting Shared Service Center.
- Perform variance analysis of actual costs versus budget and forecast (including off discount, coop, trade advertising) for review with the Business Controller.
- Weekly Reporting: Collaborate with the market team to anticipate any risks and opportunities compared to the last forecast or budget.
- Financial Analysis: Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements, with a focus on enhancing gross margin.
2. Financial Planning
- Rolling Forecast / Latest View Process: Assist in managing the updated financial outlook process:
- Support markets with timely data inputs into the financial planning tool.
- Coordinate and enter cost center updates into the planning tool.
- Load data into the planning tool.
- Budget: Collaborate with Markets, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to prepare the budget. Support markets in their data inputs to the budgeting tool and analyze submissions at the sales, support, and overhead levels to ensure reasonableness and target delivery.
- S&OP: Provide support for financial data requirements for the Sales and Operations Planning process.
- Leadership Presentation: Prepare for regular leadership reviews, requiring strong rigor and communication skills due to high exposure to top management.
3. Other
- DT EMEA E-commerce monthly reporting and forecasting.
- Promote the usage and adoption of Business Intelligence tools, including:
- Insight (Oracle B.I.)
- Hyperion planning tool
- Management Reporting
- Dashboard
- Perform ad hoc tasks as requested by the Business Controller.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Language: English; French is an asset.
- IT Skills: Excellent Excel skills are mandatory; knowledge of database or extraction tools (such as Access or Business Objects/Insight) is advantageous.
- Financial Systems: Experience with Data Mining (Data Warehouse), Hyperion, and JDE.
- Ability to streamline processes and a passion for learning and growth.
- High communication skills; must be a team player.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, work independently, and meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and data-gathering skills; capable of interpreting P&L statements and understanding related financial processes.
- Travel Requirements: Occasional travel may be necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS
- University graduate in Finance or Accounting.
- A minimum of 2-5 years of business finance or relevant experience is required, preferably within a consumer goods company and retail environment.
- Experience in audit is an advantage.
- An international background is essential.
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