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Category Finance Manager, ROA

Johannesburg, South Africa

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

You will be manager in a team responsible for the overall financial integrity and performance of a country, category, Supply Chain or FP&A. You will support the Senior Manager or Director in data collection to prepare business proposals, verify assumptions, check daily execution and support delivery of overall objectives and ensure the integrity and timeliness of reporting. You may also have a direct report or manage third party providers resources.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Manage and execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Strategic Plan and Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team. You will own data collection and verify data integrity
• Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
• Help the senior manager and the business prepare critical financial data and insight that enable perspectives for business strategies and decisions
• Lead projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
• Contribute to a high-performing Finance team. You will also invest in personal development and the development of Finance peers and drive our Finance talent agenda within the organization, with a focus on local FP&A pipeline

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in financial planning and performance management including data collection and structuring, analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets
• BUSINESS ACUMEN and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and local snacking market dynamics. Relevant experience in a regional/local business
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS including experience with business partnering and communication skills across a large regional or local public company
• GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to identify/execute opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
• INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations

More about this role

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Strategic Plan and Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modelling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team. You will own data collection and verify data integrity
• Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
• Help the senior manager and the business prepare critical financial data and insight that enable perspectives for business strategies and decisions
• Lead projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
• Contribute to a high-performing Finance team. You will also invest in personal development and the development of Finance peers and drive our Finance talent agenda within the organization, with a focus on local FP&A pipeline Responsible for driving overall P&L of the market till net contribution.
• Work closely with Commercial Finance / Commercial team to ensure the GTN spend remain as per budget.
• Identify areas of improvement in sourcing by leveraging the trade blocks benefits, choice of sourcing plants, optimization of container loads etc.
• Drive mix discussion to push for high margin SKUs
• Manage A&C spend and ensure the spend is within budgets and provide the optimum return on marketing investment.
• Lead the pricing discussion from finance side to ensure that pricing offsets any commodity/fx and inflation hurt
• Lead and coordinate the monthly review of financials, provide market, brand and SKU view vs AC, PY and forecasts.
• Partner with marketing and CP&A teams for NPD launches/ market expansion/ category expansion etc.
• Provide P&L by SKUs (Value Chain) for each new launch with clear assumptions.
• Drive the launch discussions from finance angle and ensure assumptions in the financials are reasonable.
• Lead the Annual contract, and subsequent forecasts (June and September forecast) preparations. Ensure all assumptions of the forecast are well aligned with the business teams. Assist the central team to finalize the Strategy Plans.
• Lead governance for Innovation Sufficiency Pipeline for the market and highlight shortfalls if any.
• Lead governance around SKU Rationalization – ensure we strictly adhere to one in one out principle.

Key Criteria/Education/Certifications Required:

• Self-starter, experience dealing with multiple markets and categories, experience managing large portfolios, capable of dealing with difficult customers and strong influencing skills
• Minimum 7-10 Years’ Experience in a similar roles
• Completed qualification ACCA/CIMA/CA(SA) will be preferred • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Similar

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez International’s Sub Sahara Africa BU is seen as the growth engine for the business. Currently, we operate out of two major hubs – South Africa, servicing south, central and east Africa; and Nigeria, looking after West Africa.  Our product offering is as diverse and exciting as our over 2000 passionate people.  

We are category leaders in South Africa with our Cadbury chocolates; and our Bournvita product is a firm family favourite in Nigeria.  We also delight our consumers with our candy offerings of Halls and Tom Toms; our Stimorol and Clorets gum and global favourite Oreo.

In all that we do, we will do business the right way – with our products, the environment and our communities.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Finance Planning & Performance Management

Finance