Overview
We are PepsiCo
PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies with more than $79 Billion in Net Revenue and a global portfolio of diverse and beloved brands. We have a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes 22 brands that each generate more than $1 Billion in annual retail sales. PepsiCo's products are sold in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo's strength is its people. We are over 250,000 game changers, mountain movers and history makers, located around the world, and united by a shared set of values and goals.PepsiCo brands can be found in just about every country on the planet, and globally we´re transforming how we make, move and sell our products. We´re in the midst of a digital transformation, defining what it means to be a CPG company in this digital age, by embracing emerging tech.We´ve created centers of excellence, designed to inspire our people. These aren´t regular work environments: they´re incubators for inventive thinking and problem-solving. They´re where our teams come together to create brand new solutions from the ground up, to solve complex global challenges and disrupt the norm.Role Overview:Track P&L and ensure COC well provided by stakeholders. Provide analysis including evaluating the related KPI’s vs. the company targets and direction. Role is responsible for MUs P&L, COC & OCF submissions and reporting as required. This role will require the ability to serve many customers on the MU/BU/Region levels
Responsibilities
FP&A ResponsibilitiesMonth End Closing (monthly - 1st Week)
- Gather Month End closing numbers from the respective Finance BPs along with the comments on variance vs. Latest RF.
- Consolidate the reasons for deviation vs. AOP/PY/LRF for actual volume, revenues & NOPBT.
- Provide Latest estimate for actuals G&A FOBO data and consolidate from different sources to construct the correct view for FOBO MU.
GM Letter (monthly - 1st week)
- Consolidate and comprehend the Management team’s inputs.
- Complete the Financials section after updating the NR/NOPBT Flash for the month end closing.
Monthly Rolling Forecast (monthly - 2nd week)
- Responsible for Dashboards Actualization and sharing them with the respective Finance BPs as well as the consolidation after they have provided their RF inputs.
- Partner with the different Finance BPs to be able to justify the variances across P&L line and to be able to provide the full story to internal management & sector teams.
- Responsible for COC submission, track and analyze the volume, pricing & mix results and the OPEX actual spending, understand the root cause of the deviation vs. plan/forecast/PY.
- Provide full support to the business leaders in monitoring the productivity initiatives and assess the impact on the financials.
- Provide a Risk & Opps Profile for WECA BU on a monthly basis partnering with Finance BPs across MUs.
Other FP&A Submissions (quarterly/yearly - 2nd/3rd week)
- Labor/Non-Labor
- Investment Horizon
- Commercial Offline template (AOP Submission)
MBR/QBR (monthly/quarterly - 3rd week)
- Retrieve Cockpit slides for the MBR/QBR deck build-up.
- Gather comments on Financials from respective Finance BPs.
- Consolidate the Management team’s input on the same deck.
Monthly Latest Estimate (monthly - 4th week)
- Gather Latest Estimate numbers from the Finance BPs before month end closing.
G&A (monthly - 2nd week)
- Develop Planning Model for G&A cost for WECA BU
- Track & analyze the actual spending by MU & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY.
- Track and analyze the x-charges, People Cost & T&Es accruals, and actuals.
- Partner with the Finance BPs & with the Business in controlling the spending to deliver the monthly G&A KPI’s & targets and close the tasks.
- Monthly monitoring of accruals & prepayments and their realization & analyze the COC Vs. plan and trends.
- Coordinate with Control to ensure completeness of all accruals (un-recorded liability).
- Review and challenge the planned assumptions in G&A line with the budget owners and ensure they are in line with the company’s direction and targets.
OCF (monthly - 3rd week)
- Responsible for the quarterly OCF submission, providing the COC to the Sector & the review with Finance Manager/CFO/Sector.
- Monthly review and analyze with control all BS accounts prior to submission and present the analysis to the finance management in the monthly review.
- Track and analyze the BS KPIs versus plan and trends and provide recommendation on how to improve the working capital and achieve target.
- Track & analyze the actual cash flow results & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY.
- Review and analyze the BS accounts aging and follow-up on the needed corrective actions.
- Coordinate with Control to ensure completeness of all accruals (un-recorded liability).
Qualifications
- Finance / Economics degree from an accredited school.
- Preferably CA/CMA/MBA Holder.
- Minimum 10 years of experience preferably in FMCG.
- Ability to work on own initiative and within a pressurized environment.
- Possess leadership abilities and the capability to deal with people at all levels of responsibility.
- Excellent customer service, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent command of English language.
- Problem solving skills.
- Planning and analytical skills.
