Commercial Finance Manager

Job Summary:

Commercial finance manager will be overseeing financial forecast & reporting cycles, competition analysis and financials, combustible pricing and excise analysis, marketing investment and resource allocation & non-criminal loss/write -offs. The ideal candidate will proactively and collaboratively work with teams to understand the market dynamic and provide insights on revenue generation and resource allocation and drive recommendations on potential course of action.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly SOP process, ensuring accountability and alignment of financial metrics.
• Coordinate the preparation of budgets, plans, and forecasts with team support, providing accurate and timely information for ongoing performance monitoring by the Trade Team.
• Take ownership of month-end closing, including sales rebate reconciliation, and lead the monthly planning cycle.
• Analyze general ledgers to provide comprehensive insights for management review.
• Lead the preparation of budgets, plans, and forecasts.
• Lead the financial analysis to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of Marketing programs and touchpoints, enabling better decision-making and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Leadership Team on financial controls, profit delivery, budgeting, marketing plans, operating expenses, and capex.
• Contribute to the pricing strategy for the market through running simulations and elasticity analysis.
• Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of Marketing programs and touchpoints through thorough financial analysis, enabling improved decision-making and resource allocation.

Job Requirements/Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree ideally in commerce / accounting / finance, with professional qualification (CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA/MBA)
• 5+ years of experience in a similar dynamic operating environment – matrix organization with multiple stakeholders to manage.
• Broad experience in large global organization/ FMCG.
• Experience of leading and developing small teams.
• Good stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Experience in strategic analysis, data analytics and business modelling, project planning and execution, commercial foresight.
• Ability to simplify complex situations and synthesize, communicate and present complex information.
• Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Familiar with SAP.
• Attention to detail, diligent and resilient.
• Proactive and adaptable to change.
• Continuous drive for improvement in execution.
• Excellent Excel skills with hands on experience on MS power point.
• Comfortable working in EST zone.