Financial analyst

Interaction with the Supply Chain department, Regional Supply Chain Manager and Supply Chain controller NPPE (Nestle Purina Petcare Europe), Technical Controller NPPE to prepare distribution and COGS budgets, monthly forecasts in compliance with the Company standards and procedures. Prepare monthly financial reports and analysis of actual costs, detailed variance analysis on monthly basis. Reviews with budget holders and evaluate cost reduction opportunities and risks. Interior and external benchmarking of distribution costs in order to optimize, participate in joint (local& NPPE) projects. Financial analysis of optimization RTM (root to market) impact due to sourcing change. Facilitate communication with internal and external financial audits. Monitoring and analysis of FG stock level (KPI stock cover in days), communication with Supply and Demand planner team to define an optimal stock level. Control Bad Goods (expired and damaged goods). Perform monthly analysis by reason, main contributor. Propose action plan to reduce BG and follow-up implementation. Calculation of transfer price for affiliated companies, price of promo products. Standardization of Donation process, approval and control over delivery to shelters. Participate in the annual factory budget, monthly revision and forecast. Monthly COGS analysis, actual vs standard costs, vs latest forecast. Monthly variance analysis of COGS per unit, per product group, per brands. Monthly price variance analysis of RAW and Pack vs standard price, vs latest forecast (communication with NPPE Procurement team). Financial analysis of COGS impact due to sourcing change. Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis on request from Business and other company departments in COGS and distribution costs. Prepare monthly forecast and analysis Intercompany P&L. Provide financial training within other company departments in order to develop better cost nature and P&L structure understanding.

Control and analysis of factory Financial KPIs (responsible for 5 factories). Participate in the annual factory budget, monthly revision and forecast. Monthly factory costs analysis, actual vs standard costs, vs latest forecast. Monthly variance analysis vs standard cost, vs previous period, vs latest forecast. Participate in monthly closing process. Monitoring of correct booking factory costs in the system (SAP) according to Company standards. Monitoring of monthly forecast accuracy. Communication with factory Financial controllers concerning COGS efficiency. Monitoring of write-offs and losses. Monitoring of technical stock ( stock of spare parts). Control the CAPEX budget. Verification of calculation of cost saving projects. Monthly report of actual savings. Calculation of transfer price for affiliated companies, price of promo products. Monthly forecast and variance analysis of Сapital charge. Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis on request from Business and other company departments in factory costs. Collaboration with Internal control department to improve cost control procedures. Provide financial training within other company departments in order to develop better cost nature and P&L structure understanding.

Full responsibility of FDC (fixed distribution costs). Cost Centres structure analysis. Ensure consistency of all date in SAP with actual expenses. Ensure right booking of warehousing spends to cost centres Perform monthly closing of the FDC Prepare dynamic forecast of the FDC Financial control of the capex project Provide financial support to supply chine functions, preparing monthly cost, clear activity analysis, cost per unit analysis actual vs budget analysis of the warehouse spend. Provide support to the financial department, preparing monthly report of the warehousing activities. Provide warehouses with information needed for processing invoices. Analyse cost evolution, understand cost drivers, agree corrective actions and follow up. Prepare dynamic forecast of the warehousing cost. Scorecard of operational performance Prepare Stock cover report. Prepare Bad goods report.

Working out of the budgeting system, cost items structure, target limits as well as drawing up of internal company documents and instructions. Drawing up, consolidation of the departments’ budgets, operating adjustment, monitoring of conformity of the planned and actual data to the fixed target indicators, provision of reports on the factual budget implementation, analysis of differences. Control of timely submitting of cash reports, monitoring of purpose-oriented use of financial resources. Monitoring of execution of the investment contracts (construction of objects, acquisition of expensive fixed assets). Fully in charge of the finance of the company Transportation service.

Monitoring and operational solution of general organizational problems of the branches. Monitoring of the execution of the “service” Contracts(rent, public utilities, communications, security, railway transportation, etc.). Monitoring of the expenses in the branches: expediency, timeliness of payments, cash accounts. Monitoring of mutual payments with clients: debt receivable and accounts payable, checks with clients. Drawing up of the budgets of the branches(checking of the expediency of expenses, conditions, terms and type of payment).

Collection, procession and analysis of the data on the sale of technical lighting equipment in assortment in terms of sales regions, volume of deals, sales agents. Provide the management with a timely and accurate information; Actual vs Budget analysis and reporting.