Budgeting & Reporting Supervisor

JOB BRIEF:

- Reporting line: Finance Manager

- Subordinate: Budgeting & Reporting Specialist

JOB PURPOSES: The position will support the annual budgeting process, short-term and long -term forecasting, as well as management reporting and analysis that are required by manager.

1. Budgeting and controlling:

• Control of company's budgeting process & ensuring full implementation and monitoring of the agreed budget.

• Assist all budget owners with completing annual budget request and justifications.

• Liaise with all departments about the budget schedule, to ensure department managers meet budget submission deadlines.

• Consolidation of all budget data from various sources with comments, analyzing the variances.

• Present annual budgets to senior managers for approval.

• Prepare monthly OPEX Budget versus Actual reports as per donor format on a monthly basis and distribute to the budget holders on time.

• Requests feedback on all over/under spending.

2. Reporting and financial analysis:

• At month-end closing, reviewing accounting transactions to be performed accurately, fully booking as accounting standard as well as comparing with the budget.

• Prepare monthly financial reports and statements: Balance Sheets, Profit analysis...

• Prepares reports after S&OP Meeting: Bottom prices, Break-even… compare the forecast versus Budget to support top management in decision making.

• Analyze sales discounts (On the invoice, off invoices) monthly per channel and product category, and compare with the budget.

• Analyze the variance such as channel mix, and product mix … to give an explanation on budget variance.

• Support manager in preparing updates, reports, and presentations to the Top Management.

• Other ad-hoc reports from managers such as ROI of Distributors, Cash flow forecast, Business Projection for 5 years…

3. Other function tasks:

• Support the costing team in setting up CO/COPA modules, and give advice on technical errors, and solutions to resolve.

• Support to set up SD module (Sales condition, rebate…) to ensure the alignment with accounting regulation as well as management reporting.

• From 5 years’ of budgeting, financial reporting and financial systems work experience.

• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with financial systems integration.

• SAP knowledge and FMCG gross to net knowledge is a must

• Experience in budgeting and budget planning including the development of annual budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis.

• Experience with grants management implications in budgeting and with proposal budget development.

• Demonstrated project management and problem-solving and ability skills to find creative solutions.

• Proven ability to prioritize projects and initiate follow-through with meticulous attention to detail. • Excellent data presentation skills and ability to write clearly and concisely.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills; tact, patience, diplomacy, confidentiality, and integrity.

• Good English communication skills.