F&A - Manager

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional to join Duracell's Finance team in a mid-level role with broad scope across commercial finance, financial planning, and legal entity compliance.

You will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and cross-functional stakeholders to support business decision-making, drive forecast accuracy, and ensure robust financial reporting. A shared responsibility for Türkiye statutory compliance and local banking operations is also part of the role.

Ideal for a Finance or Accounting professional with 6 to 7 years of experience who is analytical, hands-on, and comfortable working in a dynamic FMCG environment.

Responsibilities

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Business Analysis and Support:

• Securing compliance with the Trade Fund Management process, system validation, accrual creation,
• Financially qualifying product launches and white space expansions, analyzing customer profitability, pricing adherence levels, and Trade Terms Structure
• Leading Promotional Activity ROI Calculations. Developing and maintaining ROI analytical Tools. Capture key learnings and recommending optimization opportunities on future spending plans
• Developing ad-hoc data based analysis to support decision-making process and statutory reporting.
• Preparing periodic customer profitability analysis, Quad Analysis, making recommendations on profitability interventions or Portfolio simplification opportunities.
• Maintain price master data and customer hierarchies across systems.
• Working closely with Business Leaders and other functions (Sales, Marketing, Product Supply, Order Management, Accounting, E&A Finance Community).

Managerial Reporting:

• Own Month End closing process: preparation of Month End entries (Accruals, GL reclasses), Analyzing actuals variances vs. Forecast, Verifying actuals for accuracy, Mix analysis, populating bridges vs. previous periods.
• Providing monthly reporting package - Sales Report, Overheads Report, Marketing Activities Report.
• Developing and simplifying locally deployed reporting tools, training organization on Power BI reports

Financial Planning:

• Co-own and lead annual budget and Quarterly forecast process, verifying and challenging inputs from Multi-Functional stakeholders to ensure forecast accuracy
• Supporting the preparation of the short, medium and long-term financial planning. Consolidating the inputs from different functions, challenging, and analyzing the underlying assumptions
• Reporting and top-level adjusting the financial plans in PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)
• Load and maintain forecasting system Oracle PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)

Türkiye Legal entity operations and compliance (shared responsibility):

• Legal entity statutory compliance and Tax filings (e-ledger, VAT, etc)
• Local banking operations (payroll, Importations, Travel and expense, Intercompany payments)
• Cash flow Analysis
• US GAAP to TR GAAP calculations

Profile of the Candidate:

• University degree, preferably in Finance & Accounting
• 6 to 7 years maximum of professional experience in the Finance/ Accounting/ Controlling Department or Audit. FCMG experience is a plus.
• English Fluency is a requirement
• Good knowledge of Microsoft 365 (especially Excel)
• Experience in SAP, PBCS, Blackline
• CIMA or other relevant qualification desired
• Analytic thinking, result orientation, abiland ity to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong relationships.

What’s on offer:

• Employment in a stable international company with an established position in the market.
• Permanent employment contract
• Hybrid working model.
• Attractive salary and competitive benefits package
• Highly developed company culture
• Professional growth opportunities

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Istanbul