Head of Finance

Commercial Controlling:

• Leading all MU planning, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Providing guidance to the NA organization during the official forecast planning periods by setting up a timeline calendar and ensuring all activities are undertaken as per the timelines and with high quality.
• Gathering, analyzing, and preparing relevant financial information as basis for planning, steering and decision-making, to improve efficiency and profitability of the MU.
• Work with cross-functional team to deliver efficiency and cost optimization programs.
• Work with commercial team to identify value chain optimization and Business Model efficiencies to deliver Gross Margin % development.
• Ensure that the sales controlling teams are compliantly planning and tracking trade investments in the market.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Controlling COE and sales teams on ways to improve overall working capital as a measure of efficiency.

Financial Controlling & Accounting:

• The NA Finance Head will work in close partnership with the financial controlling team to ensure that:
• The GE numbers are as per plan and in line with the expected KPI.
• The monthly closing numbers are in line with the plans and expected monthly closing KPIs.

Marketing Budget Controlling:

• Marketing Budget Controlling is provided as a service by the COE Marketing controlling team of AME. The NA Finance Head will work in close partnership with the AME Marketing Controlling team to ensure that:
• The marketing budget KPIs are as per the SOI KPIs and that the investments are done based on strategic priorities of NA.
• NA Leadership team reviews the marketing budget investment KPIs by category regularly.

Leadership:

• Play an active role as an Africa Middle East Finance Leadership member and build and sustain a strong, engaging, fit-for-purpose finance organization – providing talent pipelines for Africa Middle East.

• Certified accountant with more than 10 years of experience in Finance in the FMCG industry (in a multinational environment), with the last 3 years in leadership roles.
•  Strong commercial acumen, with proven experience in Commercial Finance roles (preferably in distributor management, brand marketing).
•  Finance qualification with certified accountant qualifications (CPA / CMA / ACCA etc.).