Senior Manager FP&A

SUMMARY:
To lead The Beverage Company's FP&A reporting agenda

POSITION INFO:
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER: FP&A Finance The Senior Financial Manager: Forecasting, Planning and Analysis (FP&A), is responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis agenda to provide senior stakeholders with current, accurate financial and operational forecasts. The role involves synthesizing and consolidating financial performance, optimizing revenue realization, and ensuring effective cost management and governance. This position will manage a team and develop FP&A processes and tools to drive financial forecasting deliverables. Job Purpose To lead The Beverage Company's FP&A reporting agenda, ensuring the delivery of accurate financial forecasts and performance insights. The role is crucial in supporting strategic decision-making, optimizing financial performance, and managing costs effectively. Key Accountabilities and Outputs Forecasting, Planning and Analysis: • Lead the synthesis and consolidation of financial plans, including the 3-Year Strategic Plan (PSP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly rolling forecasts, and weekly flash reports. • Manage FP&A relations and workstreams, serving as the primary point of contact for financial planning and analysis matters. • Develop and enhance FP&A processes and tools to improve financial forecasting accuracy and efficiency. • Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all financial forecast deliverables. • Oversee cost management, governance, and optimization for expenditure. General Business, Financial and People Management Actively participate in strategic planning and budgeting processes Drive continuous improvement through streamlining and optimising relevant operational practices, processes and systems Ensure adherence to operational and financial frameworks of practices, processes, standards and controls Manage cost drivers and take the necessary action to mitigate financial risk and address variances and discrepancies Ensure that the right people capacity is in place and manage employee performance through effective and goal directed people leadership Qualifications and Experience Post Graduate degree in Financial Management or related disciplines (CA(SA) or CIMA preferred). Over 12 years of financial experience, with more than 5 years in FMCG FP&A. Extensive knowledge and experience in FMCG process development and execution. SAP Microsoft Office QlikView Key Qualities Communication Complex written proposals or presentations aimed at setting or changing strategy for a business unit or an external client Problem Solving Proactive identification of business, commercial and financial problems that do not always have predetermined guidelines, routines or procedures for solution, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on previous experience and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem. Relationships Maintained Groups of individuals at a senior management level inside the organisation Behavioural Competencies Persuasiveness Ability to persevere until an effective outcome is reached. Takes into account another's viewpoint when stating a point. Looks at all available avenues of influencing another's decision. Looks for a win-win scenario when influencing another's decision. Accountability Accomplishes assigned tasks and goals: takes necessary actions to keep progress against objectives on track. Prepares a roadmap for success. Ensures that all who need to know, are clear about the plan. Takes full responsibility for own actions and outcomes, including mistakes. Always acts in the company's best interest, regardless of whether it is difficult or unpopular Ensures others are on track for achieving their goals. Judgment and Decision Making Able to gather information from a variety of sources. Understands cause and effect relationships within data and interprets this to make competing, holistic decisions Develops alternatives before making complex decisions Looks for the most innovative, efficient and value adding solution when making a decision Makes decisions in time and forecasts when decisions need to be made Formulates a \"big picture\" understanding of the near-term impact of decisions (including the time and resources required to implement decision) Evaluates the longer term business impact of decisions Takes initiative when making decisions Legal and Ethical Conduct Keeps current with all the laws and company policies that govern one's work activities, or seeks counsel before acting Conforms with all laws and company policies that govern one's work activities Keeps abreast of changes in standards applicable to one's profession Acts in accordance with conventional ethical and professional standards Takes action to enforce legal, policy, ethical and professional requirements; exposes violations Analytical Thinking Able to take a complex task and breaking it down into manageable parts in a logical, detailed way. Thinks of multiple explanations or alternatives to a problem Able to identify the information needed to solve a problem effectively Performs tasks accurately and thoroughly, making adjustments to ensure needs are met Considers business priorities when making decisions or analysing the costs and benefits of various alternative solutions.