Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager at PepsiCo Nigeria

PepsiCo - In 1965, Donald Kendall, the CEO of Pepsi-Cola, and Herman Lay, the CEO of Frito-Lay, recognized what they called “a marriage made in heaven,” a single company delivering perfectly-salty snacks served alongside the best cola on earth. Their vision led to what quickly became one of the world's leading food and beverage companies: PepsiCo. Our company is made up of seven divisions: PepsiCo Beverages North America; Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia/New Zealand and China. Each of these divisions has its own unique history and way of doing business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

Req ID: 330728
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Overview
Co-lead (with CFO) the Financial Planning & Analysis agenda including the following:

• Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Monthly rolling forecast (MRF)
• Monthly, Quarterly and Annual submissions to BU team and co-lead these reviews with CFO
• Scenario analysis / Product costings in coordination with the business stakeholders
• Performance analysis against the plan and MRF to provide decision support system
• Capex monitoring and submission
• Innovation monitoring and submission
• Business partnering to drive focus on NRM and cost efficiency
• Support CFO in strategic planning and other day to day business affairs

Responsibilities

• Accountabilities are statements of the important end results which the job must achieve.
• These statements should relate to an end result or objective which must be accomplished and against which some measurement of performance can be applied.

FP&A:

• Prepare AOP and Rolling Forecast to deliver business targets for the three businesses in Nigeria; i.e. Sausage Roll, Oats and Extrudes in order to support the development of the AOP and forward looking commercial financial forecasts for the BU
• Co-Lead annual, monthly and quarterly reviews with BU/Sector team
• Prepare, rollout and monitor dashboards to lead business and financial performance discussions with stakeholders
• To measure forecasts against variables and monitor the overall financial health of the Nigeria Business
• Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities to remediate any gaps to targets
• Ensure timely submission to sector and drive monthly business reviews
• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting including monitoring and advising on long-term business and financial planning:
• Support CFO in preparing and updating strategic business plan for outer years
• Brand P&L reporting and drive discussions with commercial team on profitability
• Bottomup opex and monthly analysis vs YAGO and AOP
• Manage and develop the financial resources governing the commercial/supply chain l financial forecasting processes, including process and system

Commercial:

• Bottomup annual and monthly cost budgets in cooridation with Sales and Marketing teams
• Lead the financial analysis process and financial business case proposals for new commercial business developments (i.e. NPD P&L’s, capital expansion DCF / ROI models) and lead the reviews with BU/Sector teams
• Responsible for ensuring the iS&OP volumes are translated into revenue plans by forming links to Demand Planning & central FP&A
• Establish/drive NRM agenda to deliver profitable topline growth
• Provide commercial/financial insight and leadership across the business in order to exceed business plan targets

Supply Chain:

• Bottomup annual and monthly cost budgets in cooridation with Supply chain and GP teams
• Drive and review cost deep dives across various funcations including GP, Operations, COMAN team
• Business partnering to drive focus on cost efficiency, as well as uplift profitability performance and the overall business strategy
• Product costings and scenario analysis to help business taking informed decisions
• Research economic trends, analyze internal operations, and identify areas for cost reduction and process enhancement
• Drive productivity initiatives across the organiastion through target setting and effective monitoring
• Actively track coman budgets and acutal cost to identify variances and engage CFO/CEO for actions

Capex monitoring:

• Drive annual capex planning in partnership with Head of Supply Chain
• Monthly estimates submissions to Sector team
• Lead capex reviews with BU and Sector teams

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Degree in Finance, Chatered Accounant / MBA
• 6-7 yrs work experience in planning roles in an FMCG environment
• Strong commercial, analytical capability and interpersonal skills
• Team player with collaborative working and influencing skills
• Understanding of SAP, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint and general systems ability
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.

Application Closing Date
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