Business Planning & Analysis Associate (Fixed-Term Contract)

About the role

The Business Planning & Analysis (BPA) Associate supports business performance management through financial planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis. The role gives management insights and decision support through sales and business performance reporting, financial analyses, forecasting processes and strategic planning, working closely with cross-functional stakeholders. It is offered as a 15-month fixed-term contract.

Key responsibilities

• Sales and performance reporting: prepare monthly sales and management reports, run sales versus forecast and budget analyses, analyse customer and SKU performance, and explain variances.
• Forecasting: support Latest Outlook, rolling forecasts, budgets and strategic planning submissions, consolidate stakeholder inputs, check reasonableness and validate assumptions.
• Business partnering: coordinate inputs from Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Supply Chain and FRA teams, flag inconsistencies and collaborate across functions.
• Financial analysis: prepare business cases and profitability analyses, support investment evaluations and run ad-hoc financial simulations.
• Data quality: reconcile commercial and financial data, challenge unusual movements and ensure data accuracy before submission.
• Risk and opportunity management: identify gaps versus expectations, highlight risks and opportunities and escalate issues with quantified impact.
• Reporting and process management: maintain recurring BPA reports and tools, support process improvements and automation, and simplify manual reporting.
• SAP and Excel analysis: extract and reconcile financial information, maintain Excel analytical models and support SAP-related reporting.
• Controls and compliance: ensure analyses comply with finance controls, meet reporting deadlines and support governance requirements.
• Management support: prepare analyses and commentary for management discussions and local and regional business reviews.

Required profile

• 3-5 years of prior experience in FP&A / BPA teams covering business performance measurement, forecasting, corporate finance and financial analysis.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent 5-year university degree, preferably in Finance or a related field.
• Background in finance with good knowledge of finance controlling and accounting processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate high-context information to senior management and regional offices, and experience in cross-functional teams.