FP&A Analyst

Scope

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Function*

Title (m/f/d):

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst Supply Chain & Manufacturing

Goal of function:

The FP&A Specialist is responsible for performing the day-to-day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis ensuring high-quality business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance. This position supports the FP&A function for the Care Enablement Supply Chain business entity & Manufacturing for US region with a primary focus on Transportation Warehousing and Inventory as well as related Supply Chain statistical KPIs and manufacturing P&L. This role will work closely with the Finance Business Partner responsible for the global Supply Chain Organization & Manufacturing.

Tasks*

• Assist in budget and forecast preparation for Supply Chain & Manufacturing units by collecting validating and consolidating financial and operational data.
• Track and report actual performance against budget and forecast; highlight key variances and support senior analysts or finance business partners with initial variance explanations for SC & MFG
• Monitor inventory data and prepare regular reports on inventory levels aging and obsolescence to support working capital improvement efforts.
• Assist in the annual standard cost calculation process by preparing cost inputs verifying data accuracy and supporting product cost variance analysis.
• Prepare standard management reports and dashboards on Supply Chain KPIs costs and performance trends; assist in developing presentation materials for leadership.
• Perform regular cost tracking and cost centre reporting ensuring expenses are booked correctly and aligned with budget allocations.
• Assist in month-end and year-end close activities including preparing journal entries reconciliations and preliminary financial commentaries.
• Support compliance and control activities by maintaining documentation following SOPs and assisting in audit requests.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance Manufacturing Procurement Accounting Supply Chain and Operations) to gather data and resolve discrepancies.
• Participate in projects aimed at improving financial reporting process efficiency and system data accuracy contributing ideas and supporting implementation efforts.
• Contribute to data quality initiatives by validating master data and identifying inconsistencies in financial and operational systems.
• Assist in cost-per-activity reporting by collecting input data and performing preliminary calculations.
• Handle ad-hoc data requests and support special analyses as required by senior analysts or business partners

• Organization*

The function incumbent reports to:

Organizational unit:

GBS FP&A Lead

GBS FP&A

Important external interfaces:

Please list cooperation with important departments sites subsidiaries etc.

• Finance CE
• Supply Chain Business Organization
• Accounting teams
• Internal Controls
• Commercial Organization

Qualifications experience know-how and skills critical for success*

1) Required training and education:

Vocational training university degree PhD MBA specialized further education etc.

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)

2) Required professional experience (in years):

Please list the minimum number of years of professional experience required as well as all relevant experience in specific functions e.g. project management or line management experience.

• 4-6 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field preferably within a supply chain logistics or manufacturing environment.

3) Required personal competencies:

Please list the qualities that are of special significance for the successful performance of tasks if they have not been outlined sufficiently in an attached competence profile.

• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding
• Excellent social competence paired with persuasiveness and self-confidence high level of energy and positivity based on a sincere personality
• Team Player with a strong drive to create positive work environment
• Passion for continuous learning ability to solid comprehension and fast familiarization with new and complex tasks
• Very strong skills to set priorities and self-manage high volume workload
• Very structured way of working with strong focus on efficient and effective processes even under pressure
• Professional attitude characterized by a result quality patient and customer oriented working style

4) Other specialized knowledge expertise and skills:

a) Functional knowledge

• Solid experience in financial planning budgeting forecasting and variance analysis including cost centre controlling and profitability analysis
• Strong understanding of supply chain cost structures (transportation warehousing inventory management) Manufacturing P&L and finance skills including preparation of business cases for investments and performance analysis using business KPIs
• Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) as well as compliance requirements
• Ability to collaborate effectively across departments (e.g. Accounting Operations Supply Chain Commercial) and contribute to cross-functional and international projects

b) IT skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and presentation
• Familiar with ERP systems ideally within an SAP environment; experience with SAP BI tools is considered an asset
• Exposure with planning and forecasting tools such as Anaplan is a plus
• Solid understanding of modern communication tools digitalization trends and basic principles of e-health and data security

c) Languages

• Fluency in English language in the business environment

5 ) Special personal requirements:

• Working for an international company with international standards