Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

 

Drive the budget, forecasting and consolidation processes for the assigned Channel in LAM. The cornerstone activity of this role is driving consistency and alignment of planning, reporting and methodology for the channels in alignment with globally defined planning processes. In addition, cross-functional activities such as driving cost efficiencies, establishing a consistent reporting environment, and optimizing business decisions to maximize profitability are key responsibilities of this position.

 

The role ensures that global and regional teams are provided with fast and highly relevant information, analysis, and trade-off alternatives for their business decisions, while cascade guidelines to countries regarding key processes and global expectations.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Manage planning and execution of annual budget process and periodical forecasting process. Giving guidance, clear assumptions, and methodology to the countries for WHS & Franchise channel to ensure Forecast Accuracy and work closely together with regional and country teams.

                                   

Generate monthly LAM business review with detailed explanation and analysis of country / channel evolution - Deep understanding of country´s actual numbers, development and KPIs evolution to provide insights and transparency to the Commercial VP & team, FP&A Director LAM and Finance VP.

 

Drive BOH reporting and monthly Business Review, in order to guarantee the potential risk and opportunities of the business and enable discussion and visibility to key stake holders.

                       

Drive standardization of processes, accounting, and reports through LAM in alignment with global, to comply with global timelines and requirements and ensure complete and accurate information.

                                   

Align and partner with Commercial Regional Team and Directors in LAM to support business strategy and provide financial support to ensure are aligned with the strategy.

 

Influence channel/customer P&L by analyzing performance and investment strategies to maximize profitability and optimize brand presentation, driving the CPT reporting along the region as well as the IBP by Alliance Partner.

                                               

Generate support and optimize business analysis & business plan thinking throughout the retail organization to ensure profitable business and sustainable growth and enable fact-based decisions.                    

                 

Influence countries to deliver comprehensive plans by analyzing and challenging their projections to promote constant focus on efficiency, cost savings and additional business opportunities in terms of pricing, margins, channel mix, among others and in the case of franchise, on the roll-out plan.

                                   

Generate Guidance and support the countries in all operational matters and tools to ensure compliance with global requirements and processes. Create new and improved working methods for entire processes and systems Design, develop and implement state of the art analytic tools.

                                                           

Drive and/or participate in projects and ad hoc analysis, looking for business opportunities to improve CTB and financial KPIs.                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

Key Relationships:

 

Finance VP FP&A Sr. Director FP&A Commercial Director WHS Sales VP & teams Countries FP&A Demand Planning

 

 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

 

Comprehensive business understanding of processes and structure. High degree of customer orientation Ability to operate cross-functionally (omnichannel, sales, brand) and understanding of external business drivers. Thorough understanding of the complexity, interactions and dynamics within an international company Strong business acumen, very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others both internally and externally Comprehensive understanding of system landscape, strong competence with various tools Business fluency in English (written and spoken)

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

 

University degree in Finance or Accounting MBA preferred 5+ years related experience Industry specific experience strongly preferred Advanced excel skills required Familiarity with SAP and BI or other ERP/reporting software preferred