Financial Business Partner

In line with the philosophy of value creation and innovative business partnering through digitization and simplification via smart financial operations, Finance BP will play a pivotal role ensuring delivery of Unit long term Strategy and short term KPIs in Turkey and Central Asia Markets.

Job responsibilities:

• Attend and support DMR: Constant monitoring/tracking of actual performance, getting understanding of deviations, communication of current performance to deliver expected performance through valuable and actionable recommendations;
• Drive the maturity of the forum;
• Makes high-quality recommendations to business;
• Track Markets’, Brands’ performance, as well as Strategic KPIs and promote the implementation of gap closing or reinvestment process through landing directions on IR/MBR;
• Track Earnings forecast accuracy vs. actual period result, prepare clear cycle reconciliation vs. previous cycle - get understanding on Topline and Bottom line drivers;
• Preparation of forecast: NSV to Market Controllable Contribution. Decision support on NSV, Consumer Promo, Displays & Equipment. Support for DSO (with MGS and Regional Cash BP);
• Support local Sales OVHD (overall coordination Regional Overheads BP);
• Collaborate with Sales and SRM on pricing, promotions and trade budgets as needed;
• S&OP+ leadership and continuous improvement of Integrated Reconciliatio;
• Be an advocate of S&OP+ and S&F governance and compliance forum.
• Lead AEP/VCP (Annual Execution Plan, Value Creation Plan,) in close collaboration with Regional Team and senior leaders;
• Actively partner with the business and MGS Finance in Period Close. Actively act as Digital Tools deployment champion and owner to raise adoption and usage of digital tools (as such EP&I tool, CPL, A&CP etc.);
• Participate in the overall transformation and development of processes in S&F department to ensure business continuity, communication to stakeholders, clear roles and responsibilities and team engagement;
• Drive and facilitate Target setting & Resource Allocation processes.

Requirements:

Education & Professional Qualification

• 3+ years experience in Finance (Financial Modeling, Budgeting and controlling, Financial operations, Reporting);
• Experience in managing / navigating the business to ensure short term and long term strategy and KPIs delivery Experience with financial systems (e.g. SAP, HFM);
• Excellent Presentation skills;
• University degree level with background preferably in Economics/Finance Advanced user of MS Excel, MS Office, Power BI Fluent English & Turkish;
• Russian language would be an advantage.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five
  Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow,
  today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our inhouse Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.