F&A - Senior Analyst

Job Description

Duracell is looking for a Candidate who wants to join fast developing and dynamic organization. This role offers the unique opportunity to be part of a high performing finance and accounting team within a fast paced FMCG environment based in Istanbul, Türkiye.

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, who will be the lead analyst for one of our segments (group of countries). The analyst will be responsible for leading financial planning and month end closure activities, periodic managerial reporting, validating compliance of Trade Fund Management Process, developing commercial analytical tools (Customer Profitability analysis, ROI, Actuals & variance proofing) and providing daily business support. The role offers exposure to commercial discussions and engagement with commercial multi-functional teams. The role reports to the Segment Finance director based in our HQ in Geneva Switzerland.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning:

• Co-own and lead annual budget and Quarterly forecast process, verifying and challenging inputs from Multi-Functional stakeholders to ensure forecast accuracy
• Supporting the preparation of the short, medium and long-term financial planning. Consolidating the inputs from different functions, challenging, and analyzing the underlying assumptions
• Reporting and top-level adjusting the financial plans in PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)
• Load and maintain forecasting system Oracle PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)
  
  

Business Analysis and Support:

• Securing compliance with the Trade Fund Management process, system validation, accrual creation,
• Participating in tenders Preparation Process, analyzing customer profitability, pricing adherence levels and Trade Terms Structure
• Leading Promotional Activity ROI Calculations. Developing and maintaining ROI analytical Tools. Capture key learnings and recommending optimization opportunities on future spending plans
• Developing ad-hoc data based analysis to support decision-making process and statutory reporting.
• Preparing periodic customer profitability analysis, and Quad Analysis, making recommendations on profitability interventions or Portfolio simplification opportunities.
• Maintain price master data and customer hierarchies across systems.
• Working closely with Business Leaders and other functions (Sales, Marketing, Product Supply, Order Management, Accounting, E&A Finance Community).
  
  

Managerial Reporting:

• Own Month End closing process: preparation of Month End entries (Accruals, GL reclasses), Analyzing actuals variances vs. Forecast, Verifying actuals for accuracy, Mix analysis, populating bridges vs. previous periods.
• Providing monthly reporting package - Sales Report, Overheads Report, Marketing Activities Report.
• Developing and simplifying locally deployed reporting tools, training organization on Power BI reports
  
  

Qualifications

• University degree, preferably in Finance & Accounting
• 5+ years of professional experience in the Finance/ Accounting/ Controlling Department or Audit. FCMG experience is a plus.
• English Fluency is a requirement
• CIMA or other relevant qualification desirable
• Good knowledge of Microsoft 365 (especially Excel)
• Experience in SAP, PBCS, Blackline
• Analytic thinking, result orientation, ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong relationships.
  
  

About Us

Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.