Key skills 1. Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management 2. Set-up, Review & Baseline Business & Operational KPIs 3. 10+ Years of Experience in Driving Organizational Change Management and Process Transformation Including Digital 4. Experience in Coaching and Mentoring Leadership Teams - Build Team Capabilities, Individual Developments & Create Career Path 5. Experience in Supporting Large Strategic Impact Projects 6. Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills, Ability to Interact Effectively with All Levels of Management 7. Ability to Prioritize, Manage Time Effectively, Escalate / Resolve Issues Appropriately Managerial Requirements Executive presence, Storytelling, Leadership skills, C-Level communication, transformation, Conflict management, Stakeholder management & visits, Change management, Project management, Team management, AI & Digital, AGILE ways of working Lead a team of 7+ and manage the full performance of the team Restricted, for internal users only! Required Technical Competencies SAP, MicroStrategy, Tagetik, Looker, Power BI & other forecasting, budgeting and reporting tools within industry, MS Office Suite/ Teams Required Functional skills Driving culture and mind set change within teams. Part of leadership team in driving Organization strategy & Transformation Experience in leading teams in specific processes like Forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning and monitoring (value creation plans), reporting and analysis, Management financial performance overview and support management decision. Responsible for presenting financial performance updates at all relevant meetings and reporting on all the key metrics of performance; Ensure that key performance reporting is accessible, user focused, and action orientated; Ensure complying with all corporate governance (Capex approval, budget etc.) and identifying and escalating risk when required. Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgeting and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting in compliance and regulatory guidelines and IFRS. Responsible for the forecast and reporting of Free Cash Flow, being able to analyze and propose corrective actions; Delivering value to countries through business case realization &improving customer experience (NPS) Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives Develop and deliver proposals for new process transitions and presentations to various audiences, including GBS Leadership team, sponsors, CFOs and key stakeholders Background in Lean Six Sigma is a plus IFRS Certification is and added advantage Exposure to IT industry / running IT projects (Automation / ERP implementation) is a plus Experience in using big databases, Understand the interdependencies between margin, stock and profitability in a wholesales environment and improve the integrity of information for decision making Develop new ideas and define development tasks to improve the data integrity reports and solutions.
Qualifications:
Qualified Accountant (CA) or master’s degree in business administration, Finance (reputed institute) Preference for candidates with consumer goods industry experience Preferred Work Experience 10 years+ of experience in leading FPNA (Controlling) End-to-End Process – Transformation, Transition, Service delivery, Digitization Experience in people leadership & leading large teams with FPA processes (current 15+ FTEs) and driving results Experience in driving FPA process transformation including but not limited to process improvements, standardization, best practices and bench marking
Behavioral Competencies
Proactive and Solution oriented attitude Leading by example Integrity and honesty first approach Result self-driven and high motivation Excellent negotiation and communication skills Cost Leadership AI & Digital Restricted, for internal users only! Open to travel & Hybrid working Strategical thinking and very efficient analytical skills
Preferred Skills
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting tools (SAP 1BW/FI/C, Tagetik, Microstrategy
Datawarehouse, Bigquery).
• Experience working with large datasets and SQL plus.
• Strong financial modeling expertise.