FP&A Analyst

Job description

FP&A Analyst

The FP&A Analyst is a pivotal role within the Finance Excellence Team, being the heartbeat of management reporting and performance management. Reporting to the Planning and Forecasting Lead, this role plays a key role in month end close and monthly reporting activities to ensure timely and accurate monthly reporting submissions in line with the Global Reporting Framework. As Business information requirements are constantly changing, this role will need to continue to improve existing reports and create new ones where new needs emerge.

Main Accountabilities

Management Reporting and Forecasting:

·  Responsible for management reporting of P&L results, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in submissions and reconciliations between systems (e.g. SAP FI and PA, iFinance and B4 HANA).
·  Liaise with relevant budget holders to collate/submit all forecast adjustments and ensure timely submission of monthly forecast information for global reporting consolidation.
·  Attend to queries raised by the Management Reporting team on master data issues when processing month end close activities (e.g. missing sales BOM, uncleared balances)
·  Super User of the forecasting tool and single point of contact to troubleshoot system issues with the support team as required.
·  Partner with Category and Master Data Management teams to provide new product mapping to ensure correct cost allocations to categories.
·  Support the Planning and Forecasting lead on S&OP reporting and Price Position mapping updates as required.

Performance Management:

·  Continuous improvement of reporting process excellence & simplification, leveraging technology to automate key tasks.
·  Provide monthly performance reports to assist the ANZ/Business Unit Leadership Team track actuals delivery and forecast performance against targets.
·  Management Reporting of Disposals and Acquisitions, ensuring accurate reporting of growth metrics.
·  Provide ad-hoc data support to the Business Units drive decision making.
·  Assume the role of Project Support on building/rolling out new reports and analytics tools to the business.

Key Stakeholders

·  Finance Excellence Team
·  Global Results Team
·  GMR Teams
·  Business Unit Finance Teams

Key Skills

·  Attention to detail - relate and reference integrity across multiple outputs
·  Proactive problem solving skills –handle complex sets of data and find sources of error with speed
·  Information navigation - organize data and reports clearly and meaningful for end Users
·  Strong team player – contribute to driving a performance culture in the team, and work with a “one team” mentality
·  Well-developed Excel/financial modelling skills – manipulate large volumes of data efficiently and accurately
·  Working knowledge of Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI would be an asset

Relevant Experience

·  Professional or Academic qualification in Accounting and Finance
·  Prior experience with Management Reporting or Record to Report processes
·  Working knowledge of SAP and HANA
·  Previous roles within a large corporate environment preferred

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.