Senior Finance Analyst, Ukraine & CIS

Responsibilities:

Financial Management, 30%

? Work very closely with the country team to manage Ukraine P&L topline and bottomline, acting as the main point of contact on finance related issues.

? Achieve a deep understanding of Ukraine business and give support to the team in areas such as pricing, margin control, new SKU creation, performance evaluation, brand investment opportunities.

? Provide monthly management analysis and insights for the Ukraine and CIS Leadership Teams; collaborate with the Accounting team on tracking and report on discounting and brand expense to ensure that internal and external stakeholders are informed and remain within budgets/projections.

? Participate in and lead financial aspects of monthly business reviews (MBRs) with EA&IMEA region on Ukraine and CIS.

? Work with internal and external accounting teams to ensure our financial results are accurately reported (proper expense classification within the P&L line items, properly supported accruals, monitoring of receivables, etc.).

Budget, Projection and Long Term Planning Processes, 25%

? Consolidate, maintain Rolling Forecasts throughout the year.

? Responsible for timely submission and integrity of data input throughout planning & monthly projections

? Identify and explain key drivers for variances vs. last year and key business targets

? Support the development of long-term strategic plans and multi-year investment case proposals.

? Independently work with the Financial Planning and Analysis Team as needed to resolve issues.

Commercial Support and Analytical Insights, 30%

? Interact with distributor finance teams, take part in business reviews with the distributor, understand and keep the pulse on the overall business through trade visits.

? Maintain knowledge of external industry trends, utilizing data sources such IWSR.

? Maintain and analyze price structures/value chain for each market, ensuring the structures properly reflect the current market conditions (transfer prices, margins, shelf pricing, taxes, etc.).

? Through utilizing Revenue Growth Management tools and scenario analysis, support decision making in areas such as volume, pricing, margin control, investment efficiency and new SKU introductions.

Brand Spend and SG&A Monitoring and optimization, 10%

Collaborate with Accounting and:

? Track A&P spend to ensure that the Marketing teams (or) distributors are within permitted spend

? Provide projections for the area SG&A cost centers during planning and forecast as needed throughout the year

? Analyze monthly SG&A reports to heads of department and perform quarterly reviews with them to track YTD spend and ensure there is no full year overspend.

? Evaluate effectivity of our spend and recommend optimization of the investment mix

Ad hoc projects, 5%

? Provide ad hoc support to UA/CIS cluster on special projects; such as RTC reviews, systems implementations, market analytical deep dives and strategic plan developments, etc.

Must Requirements:

? Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics or a related field with at least 5 years post qualification experience.

? Demonstrated ability to make decisions independently based on logical assumptions and factual information.

? Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects to completion by agreed deadlines.

? Experience with computer applications in accounting, budgeting and valuation techniques; in particular advanced PC skills incl. G-Suite, Excel and PowerPoint.

? Familiar working with foreign currencies, exchange rates, and conversion factors.

? Fluency in English language.

Preferred Requirements:

? Experience in the wine and spirits industries or FMCG.

? Experience with SAP and BW.