Urgent Senior Manager

Overview

This role is responsible for supporting the business unit in Supply Chain Finance processes including but not limited to global procurement and product costing. There will be 2 such roles at this level.

Responsibilities

- Lead planning processes related to Supply Chain Finance, reporting, budgeting and forecasting of overall business results across Global Procurement, COGS, S&D, CAPEX, and Asset Strategy for 13 sites
- Partner with Category Finance lead(LG1) and Category Make lead(LG2) and various Site Operations leads
- Working with the transformation of Supply Chain Finance Planning team to stabilise the transitioned processes securing delivery of FP&A process on-time, in-full and with quality
- Work with BU SCF Leads, Sector SCF Leads and Finance Managers to ensure smooth transition and then ongoing co-operation.
- Performance management reporting including insightful commentary on variances and business performance, flash reporting and month-end pre-close insights
- Insights per site as well as total business unit in respect of business performance/KPIs
- Financial modelling AOP and rolling forecasts(monthly/weekly)
- Manage Mosiac inputs
- What – if and scenario analysis
- Other adhoc data and report requests
- Leverage P&L knowledge to drive decisions and perform cost deep dives when required
- Provide timely analytical support for SCF BU and Sector incl. PBR reporting, Make and Move Cause-of-Change analysis and ad-hoc requests.
- Providing Productivity and Capital reporting and planning processes for given Business Units
- Productivity analysis to validate assumptions used for the savings and track actual vs committed project savings and ensure that all productivity relating to projects or initiatives are updated timeously in the PowerSteering portal on a monthly basis
- Providing support to Costing, Coman & Indirects and Material Ledger Management
- Work for the processes improvement agenda for SCF BU analytics and planning (optimization, standardization and automation of transitioned processes) including change management with BUs and Sector SCF stakeholders.
- Foster a positive working environment and promote PepsiCo values throughout the team

Qualifications

- 9 to 11 years of experience in finance and planning for postgraduates (commerce, accounting, finance) (8 to 10 years of finance experience for CA/CPA preferred)

- Experience in FP&A-FMCG companies (Supply Chain Finance experience would be a plus), data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, SAP BI, Mosaic, Business Objects, Essbase
- Tableau/Power BI knowledge
- Strong excel skills.
- Able to work independently and takes initiative.
- Capable of managing multiple time sensitive priorities simultaneously
- Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance.
- Ability to function well in a team environment.
- Consistently shows urgency, courtesy, and patience.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

- 9 to 11 years of experience in finance and planning for postgraduates (commerce, accounting, finance) (8 to 10 years of finance experience for CA/CPA preferred)

- Experience in FP&A-FMCG companies (Supply Chain Finance experience would be a plus), data integrity maintenance and systems such as SAP, SAP BI, Mosaic, Business Objects, Essbase
- Tableau/Power BI knowledge
- Strong excel skills.
- Able to work independently and takes initiative.
- Capable of managing multiple time sensitive priorities simultaneously
- Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance.
- Ability to function well in a team environment.
- Consistently shows urgency, courtesy, and patience.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

- Lead planning processes related to Supply Chain Finance, reporting, budgeting and forecasting of overall business results across Global Procurement, COGS, S&D, CAPEX, and Asset Strategy for 13 sites
- Partner with Category Finance lead(LG1) and Category Make lead(LG2) and various Site Operations leads
- Working with the transformation of Supply Chain Finance Planning team to stabilise the transitioned processes securing delivery of FP&A process on-time, in-full and with quality
- Work with BU SCF Leads, Sector SCF Leads and Finance Managers to ensure smooth transition and then ongoing co-operation.
- Performance management reporting including insightful commentary on variances and business performance, flash reporting and month-end pre-close insights
- Insights per site as well as total business unit in respect of business performance/KPIs
- Financial modelling AOP and rolling forecasts(monthly/weekly)
- Manage Mosiac inputs
- What – if and scenario analysis
- Other adhoc data and report requests
- Leverage P&L knowledge to drive decisions and perform cost deep dives when required
- Provide timely analytical support for SCF BU and Sector incl. PBR reporting, Make and Move Cause-of-Change analysis and ad-hoc requests.
- Providing Productivity and Capital reporting and planning processes for given Business Units
- Productivity analysis to validate assumptions used for the savings and track actual vs committed project savings and ensure that all productivity relating to projects or initiatives are updated timeously in the PowerSteering portal on a monthly basis
- Providing support to Costing, Coman & Indirects and Material Ledger Management
- Work for the processes improvement agenda for SCF BU analytics and planning (optimization, standardization and automation of transitioned processes) including change management with BUs and Sector SCF stakeholders.
- Foster a positive working environment and promote PepsiCo values throughout the team