Assistant OPS Finance Manager NC

at  British American Tobacco

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support the development of the New Categories Cost of Sales reporting and ensure it is embedded within Business As Usual processes and reporting.
• Running Cost of Sales reporting on a monthly basis, for all Americas & Europe markets, across New Categories products.
• Prepare analysis on forecast and actuals, with insights on variation.
• Monthly variance analysis of regional NGP COS and support End Markets in COS reporting.
• Ensure NGP savings are accurately reported and tracked monthly.
• Understand the business model of NGP and the financial flows between the entities, looking at the consolidated picture.
• Be responsible for the project initiatives across operations at a monthly level: preparing the calculations on the latest volumes, savings, fluctuations.
• Checking the P&L elements in regards with the product.
• Acting as a key contact for queries from various departments.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE

Experience Required

• SAP and BPC knowledge.
• COS Reporting and Analysis
• Planning & Reporting

Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required

• Possess excellent influencing and communications skills with ability to interact with all levels of senior management.
• An ability to work efficiently with all levels of staff within the Company and externally.
• Understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, i.e. SAP/BPC
• A self-starter who can identify options to address new problems and challenges.
• Business understanding and awareness of all other functions and their collaboration with finance
• Financial Modelling skills

Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required

• University Studies
• Qualified or semi qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) will be considered as an advantage.

WHAT ARE THE KEY OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS FROM THIS ROLE?

Works in partnership with the business and in support of more senior Finance colleagues to assist in:
Translating strategies into plans and budgets, providing commercial insights relating to future performance;
Providing structured and insightful analysis of financial and non-financial data in order to influence and enable strategic financial decisions.
Europe key contact for New Categories COS queries from all collaborators.

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