Your key focus responsibilities will include:
- Manage group month-end close in the consolidation system, identifying opportunities to streamline and optimise reporting
- Own monthly group forecast uploads (P&L and Balance Sheet), ensuring completeness and compliance with company requirements
- Ensure monthly recharges and intercompany balances are accurate, complete, and correctly classified across regions
- Support the group finance calendar (monthly, quarterly, annual requirements)
- Lead global slow-moving and obsolete stock (SLOB) reviews per policy; partner with Supply Chain on a standard tactical approach
- Calculate profit-in-stock and ensure appropriate provisions
- Consolidate sales and marketing inputs into the monthly forecast; support the S&OP process
- Partner with Sales on pricing assumptions and rebate provisions
- Partner with Marketing on ROI analysis for digital spend
- Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning
- Monitor KPIs and provide variance analysis/commentary on business trends
- Collaborate cross-functionally on business cases and strategic projects
- Ensure data integrity across reporting systems, working with Finance/IT
- Identify risks and opportunities, recommending actions to improve outcomes
- Support unified finance systems/processes across the business
- Tertiary qualifications in commerce or business, with accounting or finance majors.
- Hold a CA or CPA qualification
- Proven experience in a commercial, finance, or business analysis role, ideally in a complex/global organisation
- Strong grasp of financial/commercial principles: budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis
- Understanding of business performance metrics, financial modelling, and data interpretation
- Exposure to pricing, margin analysis, and customer/brand/product profitability
- Familiarity with ERP and BI tools
