Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The Global Brand & Sales Finance team provides overarching insights including early trends to co-pilot key business decisions and drive financial ambitions. The team enables capabilities, best practices & governance across markets, categories & channels.

The Planning & Reporting Specialist will play a pivotal role in innovating financial planning and analysis processes, procedures, tools, and methodologies by harnessing the benefits of Power BI and other advanced technologies. The individual in this position will contribute to our digital finance transformation and promote a modern planning and analysis mindset within the Brand & Sales Finance community.

The planning and reporting function underpins the business by providing critical information that supports financial decision-making, enhances transparency in actuals reporting, and improves accuracy in planning activities, including forecasting and budgeting.

Key Responsibilities
 

• Execute budgeting, forecasting and cost monitoring processes ensuring data quality and integrity across various systems and tools
• Support the supervisor to partner with the business within the assigned area of responsibility
• Facilitate the establishment of transparency in budgeting, forecasting, and cost monitoring processes, while contributing to the integrity of these activities.
• Ensure data mechanization and daily/ monthly maintenance of the information in the reporting / budget systems
• Ensure the seamless operation of daily business activities by taking ownership of related responsibilities.
• Continuously seek opportunities to enhance daily tasks to optimize controlling, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), and overall financial execution, thereby facilitating improved sharing of key financial information.
• Execute standardized reporting and conduct ad-hoc analyses as required.
• Oversee cost centers and provide support to cost center managers in all financial matters, including investment and recruitment requests, as well as cost recharges.
• Manage and support small-scale projects, assisting in the implementation of findings and ensuring the sustainability of achievements.

Key Relationships

• Brand & Sales Finance team
• Global Sales team
• Accounting
• GBS Chennai
• HR

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong financial acumen 
• Technical proficiency: Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly Excel, as well as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and Power BI 
• Proficient in reading, writing, and communicating in English within a business context 
• Demonstrates meticulous attention to detail and a strong customer orientation 
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities 
• Proven history of successful collaboration in global, multinational projects 
• Cultural sensitivity and openness to working in diverse business environments 
• Capable of maintaining composure and effectiveness under stress and pressure, particularly when managing high workloads and meeting deadlines. 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree (Bachelor, Master, MBA) in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or similar
• 3 plus years relevant work experience as CPA or equivalent
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function