Business Analyst
Location: Kenya
Industry: FMCG
Our client is the world’s leader in
the premium spirits industry and operates in more than 85 affiliates and 100
production sites.
The ideal candidate will be
responsible for Business Planning and Performance elaboration for the Kenya
affiliate.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Analysis of monthly Profile & Loss
statement reporting
- Management of Marketing budget, Other Income
Expenditure (OIE) and Non-Recurring Expenditure accruals
- Monthly,/Weekly/Daily Sales reporting for
management decision making as well as into consolidation tool
- Monthly preparation of management team meeting
presentation slides (where appropriate)
- Prepare appropriate analysis to understand
business performance and assist management decision process
- Responsible for business partnering with
functional departments and supporting Finance Manager and Managing
Director in the Latest Estimates/Budget/Strategic Planning Process
- Provide analysis to manage performance vs
appropriate comparator
- Provide detailed analysis of Marketing Budget
– liase with marketing teams monthly understanding actual spend,
commitments and accruals comparing these to budget and Latest Estimate
Working with budget holders to define spend per activity and BMC during
budget and Latest Estimate preparation as well as preparing any relevant
and ad hoc reports
- Overhead costs, Other Income Expenditure and
Non-Recurring Expenditure - liase with budget holders monthly
understanding actual spend, commitments and accruals comparing these to
budget and Latest Estimate’s.
- Rolling R&O forecast / anticipate risks
and opportunities and validate them with relevant stakeholders
- Develop business intelligence reports
according to BU management need and different stakeholders
- Create dashboards to provide insights in to
performance drivers understanding to facilitate timely decision making
- Elaboration of business analysis reports /
presentation; Budget, Plan, Estimate PowerPoint presentation supports and
Monthly reporting comments for Holding Company and Regional Office top
management
- Responsible of all Regional Office
consolidation
- Lead the reporting process, control data (
P&L and appendices),including submission of P/L into consolidation
tool and resolving all blocking controls
- Anticipation of closing issues
- Review and follow-up of internal and external
audit issues
- Organize internal trainings on Consolidation
for the organization’s finance team on developments on consolidation tool
impacting reporting
- Review of internal and external audit gaps
affecting areas of responsibility and proposing remedial plans e.g assist
in LSF plans remediation for gaps in Marketing Budget and Overhead costs
- Liaising directly with sales analyst on
analysis of commercial plans including tracking of ROI on promotions etc.
- Liaising with marketing including analysis on
marketing initiatives
- Price list integrity in ERP
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration,
Accounting, Finance or other relevant field
- Seven (7) years’ experience in Finance.
Three (3) years must be in Business Analysis.
- Experience in the FMCG industry in Commercial
Finance or Business Planning Analysis is preferred
- CPA or CIMA or ACCA Qualification required
- Experience in working with multiple functions
within an organization (e.g. Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel experience
- Ability to work autonomously with little
supervision
- Ability to work within a team
- Verbal and written communication skills
To apply, send your CV and cover
letter only to recruit@flexi-personnel.com
Clearly indicate the position applied
for on the subject line.
