Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Within Corporate Controlling we drive company-wide activities regarding financial planning, analysis, and reporting to support strategic and operational decision-making as well as performance management at Group level.
The Business Analyst supports processes such as Corporate Reporting, Forecasting, Budget planning or Target setting.
Key Responsibilities:
* Create transparency about business performance with focus on P&L and OWC by analyzing and comparing data from different sources of information.
* Provide Senior and Group Management with correct, timely and in-depth financial analysis and meaningful insights into key financial developments across market, category and channel portfolios of the Total Company
* Ensure the governance and the maintenance of financial processes such as Standard Reporting, Forecasting, Budget Planning and Target setting in line with the Group Guidelines & Policies
* Support monthly financial processes with selected activities (e.g. month-end closing)
* Ensure alignment across multiple stakeholders within financial processes
* Provide support and expertise by identifying, sharing, and fostering best practices
* Ability to work in a cross-functional environment, setting up structures and creating state of the art analytics tools and meaningful reporting and analysis.
* Drive continuous improvement in the area of responsibility and support overall corporate FP&A team as needed
Key Relationships:
* Corporate Finance & Controlling Teams
* Market FP&A
* Commercial Finance
* Investor Relations
* GBS Finance (Reporting)
* Tech/IT (incl. TRANS4RM team)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Understanding of interactions and dynamics within an international company
* Ability to maneuver in a consistently changing environment
* Analytical skills and managing large data quantities from multiple sources
* Understanding of finance and financial reporting, in particular financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow metrics) as well as planning processes (Budget, Target, Forecast)
* Communication skills for adapting and exchanging information, mainly within the organization
* Solid customer orientation with the ability to operate cross-functionally and understanding of external business drivers
* Proactive mind & results orientation to drive improvements
* Independent work and cross-functional/-cultural collaboration
* Fluent in English (written and spoken)
* Profound Excel and PowerPoint skills
* PowerBI / SAP / SAC knowledge is desirable
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
* University degree in Business Administration / Finance / Controlling or equivalent background in related fields
* Experience in BI tools, SAP, MS Office
* 1-3 years of working experience in a similar role