Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis and Investment Management – Pakistan & Afghanistan Region

A successful FP&A and Investment Management Senior Manager is one who can efficiently gather and communicate insights in the areas of Financial Planning for the Franchises & Operating Unit. 

Focus, Scope, & Impact: 

• Responsible for performing and executing the Operating Unit Franchise(s) financial planning and performance management processes

• Partner with Franchise Operation Finance, Franchise SR, RGM team and PS team to perform and execute the Business Plan, RE and Business Performance at the Franchise level, securing alignment with multiple stakeholders and developing relevant insights including:

• Provide key inputs to the Business Insights Team to derive & provide local business plan insights & assumptions

• Lead the P&l scenario management process providing critical inputs to management for decision making Prepare forecasts for the Marketing spends ensuring proper allocation of the spends with in the sublimit of the spends

• Run Product cost analysis breaking down the cost components and provide key insights to the changing variables under each BOMs

• Lead and support Category growth/ industry growth/Externalities analytics

• Ensure complete control compliances to the policies governing the marketing spends

• Lead the innovation financial process ensuring timely preparation, presentation of the new products from a 360 view.

• Prepare and provide insights on shadow costing P&Ls and analytics on the competitive product baskets.

• Prepare presentation material for Actual / Rolling Estimate presentations to Franchise Operations Leads, Franchise Finance Team.

• Provide insights to anticipate Risks & Opportunities to the Franchise(s) P&L to Franchise Operations Finance to ensure target achievements 

• Review and analyze financial data (Actual Results, Rolling Estimate, Business Plan, Brand Contribution, Operating Income, etc.).

• Partner with Platform Services to ensure proper reporting of P&Ls and to drive operating effectiveness within the Operating Unit by improving data, tools and processes. 

• Ensure hygiene and reconciliation of all the internal control accounts.

• Support the digitization agenda to automate manual tasks and full utilization of all the digital and AI tools.

• Beyond the above-mentioned responsibilities the role will be also part of a dynamic, flexible and agile talent pool, focused on the highest priority initiatives in Planning, Competitive Analysis and Insights area.

Knowledge & Experience 

• 8 years of experience in financial planning & analysis, commercial finance, category finance roles with at least 4 years of leading one of these domains. 

• Solid understanding of P&L, variance analysis and R&O, with proven ability to generate, represent, communicate and discuss insights as well as to work in a diverse cultural environment and practice curiosity.

• Proven knowledge & experience in digitization with a focus on digitizing operational task utilizing tools and AI.