Category Finance Analyst Job at Procter & Gamble

Description

This role is responsible for:

• Category business strategy development and execution
• Category budgeting and forecasting
• Category financial analysis to drive superior ROI
• Price plans
• Market intelligence
• Regional Stewardship leader

Key Responsibilities

• Annual business plan development – as part of multifunctional team develop annual business plan including, volume building blocks, pricing strategy, promotional strategy for selective categories/brands across the region
• Monthly forecast update – monthly update of business plans. Forecast change reconciliation and articulation of choices/R&O to deliver targets
• Monthly reviews of the business status with senior leadership
• Marketing support activities budget management – ensuring the appropriate budgets are approved and deployed to respective teams with regular reviews ensuring spending is in line with budget
• Competitive landscape understanding – lead local commercial competitor landscape assessment and incorporate insights into business plans.
• Organiation – Coach & train broader multifunctional team and if applicable also direct reports. Coach and develop brand teams to improve their financial understanding and application.
• Stewardship – ensure regular drum beat of proactive stewardship activities & coordinate stewardship issues resolution for the region.

This role has overall responsibility for end to end financial leadership of a selected categories/brands including development of growth plans and analysing business performance. The role is also responsible for leading stewardship activities across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• 5-8 years relevant work experience providing financialleadership in multifunctional teams

• Needs to have relevant (FMCG) finance analysis experience
• Multi-functional team experience
• Proficient accounting skills
• Have exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills
• Thinks & Acts Decisively
• Leads and builds Diverse Collaborative Relationships