Job Summary:
We are seeking a commercially minded and analytically strong Business Planning and Analysis (BP&A) Manager to join our Finance team. This role is pivotal in driving business performance by providing strategic financial insights and decision support across key functions.
The BP&A Manager will be responsible for the financial planning and performance management of assigned brands and channel. The role includes support budget and forecasting processes, supporting new product launches, analyzing channel and portfolio's profitability, and controlling and managing SG&A of the company. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to Revenue Growth Management (RGM) projects, helping to shape pricing, pack architecture, and promotion strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Brand & Channel Financial Ownership
- Serve as the finance business partner for specific brand, channel, providing financial insight and recommendation
- Monitor and analyze financial performance against KPIs and deliver clear, action-oriented recommendations to commercial teams.
- Align financial plans with strategic brand/channel priorities through close collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Trade Marketing.
2. Forecasting, Budgeting & Financial Planning
- Support the annual budgeting, long-range planning processes for assigned areas.
- Manage the Rolling Forecast process to ensure timely and accurate updates based on market trends and business inputs.
3. Monthly Reporting & Variance Analysis
- Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports with in-depth variance analysis vs. budget, forecast, and KPIs.
- Identify key performance drivers, risks, and opportunities, and communicate insights to leadership and stakeholders.
- Support monthly business reviews and contribute to executive reporting.
4. ROI Evaluation & New Product Launch Support
- Conduct ROI analysis and financial feasibility studies for new product development (NPD), marketing campaigns, and investments.
- Develop business cases for innovation projects and track actual performance post-launch.
- Partner with commercial and costing teams to ensure financial alignment with business goals.
5. Channel & Customer Profitability
- Analyze channel and customer profitability to support resource allocation, pricing, and promotion decisions.
- Recommend improvements to trade terms, cost-to-serve strategies, and margin optimization.
- Build and maintain dashboards to monitor profitability metrics and trends.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or professional certification (CPA is a plus)
- Strong financial modeling and business case development skills, especially for NPD and ROI assessments.
- Proficient in Excel, Power BI is a plus
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Highly analytical with a hands-on, proactive mindset.
