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Job Title W&S MARKETING FINANCE EXECUTIVE
Function: FINANCE
Sub Function(s): FINANCE – COMMERCIAL
Location: GBS ROMANIA
Purpose Statement
To support the Commercial Finance Manager, Beyond Nicotine Finance team and Main functions within W&S and Cannabis business in providing structured and insightful analysis of financial and non-financial data in order to influence and enable strategic financial decisions. Translate strategies into plans and budgets, providing commercial insights relating to past and future performance.
Dimensions
Strategic scope: Process execution/ Execution of strategy
Key Accountabilities
Manage and co-ordinates activities to provide value added, commercially focussed insights to the business.
Plan and monitors the execution of strategy through:
- Working with respective budget holders to ensure delivery of SOP and YE targets.
- Acts as an interface between business units and specialized finance functions as required.
- Provision of high-quality financial information and advice to business units
- Identifies, implements and reviews effective internal financial planning processes and controls
- Sharing insightful financial analysis showing the financial implications of decisions and helping the business unit get approval for commercially viable business cases, budgets and investment proposals
- Build strong financial and commercial awareness within business units and challenge business managers to improve performance
- Defines and implements best practice planning and control techniques in line with business needs
Contextual Information
i. Context
- In a scenario of growing consumer opportunities in the Beyond Nicotine space the introduction of W&S products offers a distinct opportunity to make sure BAT, taps and shapes a sizeable NTO pool which is critical to deliver shareholder value in the future
- Consumer behaviour is ever changing, and recent trends show society wanting to exercise control over different aspects of their lives including wellbeing, mood and healthier lifestyles. BAT is ideally placed to deliver on those consumers’ needs levering its existing capabilities and developing new ones (organically and inorganically) which will in turn translate into shareholder value and contribute towards the group ambition in the mid term
ii. Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- 4+ years of experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment.
- Proven track record of success.
- Degree educated with professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA/MBA).
- Strong interpersonal skills: self-motivated, desire for self-development and ability to influence.
- Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, pro-active, collaborative and willing to implement new processes / ways of working.
- Experience in strategic analysis & planning and execution, performance metrics, project evaluation and commercial acumen.
- Ability to simplify complex situations and synthesize and present complex information.
- Knowledge of SAP/HFM/BI/BCP an advantage.
iii. Working Relationship
Internal:
- Managers in all functions of the business (esp. R&D, Operations & Marketing)
- Group Finance Services Providers: Central Finance, Tax and Treasury
- Regional / End Market Finance teams
- Financial control – collaborate to provide end to end finance delivery for regions / areas / end market
External:
- Professional services providers (e.g. consultants, auditors
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