Associate Manager - Finance

Overview Support the sector and Senior associates to cater for a specific region, account or Finance teams’ requirements. Should have strong P&L, forecasting and planning knowledge. Should be solution oriented and proactive to own the E2E process and also work on adhocs projects. Good proficiency in Excel & powerpoint presentation is a must, hands on experience on Smartview, Essbase, SAP BO would be preferred. Strong stakeholder management experience and good written and verbal communication skills. Candidate should be self driven to scale up the scope of the role by leveraging various resources and learnings. Highly organized and responsive, with ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines Numerate and a lateral thinker, good at data analysis, with a strong attention to detail Responsibilities Functional Responsibilities Understand key drivers of the P&L Performance analysis, including explanation/commentary on variance to plan, forecast and year ago Create, update, prepare ongoing periodic business reports (POR deck, Flash report) Working across multiple Finance and sales functions to deliver periodic reports to higher management. Develop PowerPoint presentation to communicate business results and insights for the POR review Approval of Trade Events and Trade claims post verification Create Channel/Customer promotional analysis to support business partners Work on key region/customer initiatives to drive business and region performance Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process Work cross functionally to manage exceptions through verbal and written interactions with Sales and Sales Finance Detail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenance People Responsibilities Support new members of the team in ways of working and processes Support the cross functional trainings to ensure efficient back up in the team Excellent stakeholder management skills Create an inclusive and collaborative environment Qualifications Bachelors/Masters/CMA/CPA