Title:  Finance Manager

The Finance Manager is responsible for financial planning and analysis. He/she will lead financial strategies, process improvement, and system simplification to drive business growth. He/she will manage key profit and loss items such as gross margins, advertising and promotions and general & administrative expenses.  

 

BU Gross Profit Management 

  • Manages the company’s gross profit strategy and ensures timely implementation of plans to achieve the target gross profit.
  • Analyzes and recommends cost savings opportunities.
  • Collaborates with business partners to ensure timely implementation (i.e. R&D, Demand Team, SPG and Supply Chain)
  • Monitors movement of Gross Profit and provides commentaries for variance analysis. 
  • Drives programs and projects that will help bridge the gap to reach target Gross Profit.
  • Sets and governs guardrails to minimize unfavorable impact to Gross Profit during Sales and Operations Execution/Plans (S&OE/P) discussions. 

 

Product Analytics

  • Leads product analytics and reporting. 
  • Builds proper principles on the right level of Gross Profit for product/marketing launches.
  • Analyzes product category gross profit and creates levers to improve profit.
  • Partners with various stakeholder to understand the drivers of cost of the product.
  • Ensures the integrity of product costing database in various platforms (e.g. DSP) brand campaigns, trade marketing programs, etc.)
  • Provides financial recommendations to ensure project targets are met.
  • Creates financial models to analyze the profitability of various business model to drive sales growth in various channels.
  • Partners with various stakeholder in managing and monitoring of Advertising and &Promotions budget.
  • Provides business strategies in ensuring efficiency in A&P utilization.

 

Main Office and Operations Business Partner

  • Manages main office and operations annual budget.
  • Provides outlook and opportunities in cost savings.
  • Timely escalation of business risks and opportunities to partners
  • Drives main office and operations budget to ensure efficiency and target achievement.
  • Provides insights to functional heads on how to properly manage their department budgets.  

 

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must be a graduate of any 4-year finance or business-related course.
  • At least 5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis.
  • Willing to be assigned in Ortigas, Pasig (hybrid working set-up: 2 days onsite, 3 days work-from-home)