Franchise Finance Business Partner - WECA

at  PepsiCo

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and supports the development of the AOP and Forecast for Franchise
• Timely, well developed Plans that facilitate the achievement of business objectives
• Leads the development of a balanced financial algorithm in alignment with BU
• Financial and Strategic support to all functions across BU for Pack Price Strategy, product innovation and initiatives
• Supports and co-ordinates presentations
• Provide analysis of current business results vs. Plan/Forecast highlighting opportunities and risks
• Provide full support to the business leaders in evaluating the productivity initiatives and assess the impact on the financials

• Review and challenge the planned assumptions with the budget owners and ensure they are in line with the company’s direction and targets

  1. Perform business assessments by providing value added diagnosis:

• Ensure the analysis of relevant and reliable financial information for all ‘stakeholders’

• Track year to date performance and by key entity. Understand variances and analyze business drivers of same.
• Conduct regular financial reviews with Franchise BP and BUCFO
• Trend analysis (volume, pricing, costs) to assess accuracy of targets and recommend opportunities for improvement
• Keep track of risks and opportunities to better assess outlook of performance
• Assess reinvestments proposals, evaluate impact on PI and Bottler financial performance and make recommendations for approval accordingly
• Support the monthly and year-end closing process and prepare clear and detailed explanation on the results to be provided in the monthly review forum
• Track & analyze the actual spending by plant flow results & identify the reason of deviation vs. plan/ PY

• Work closely with the control team to proactively identify actual vs. Forecast gaps and adjust for them

  1. BU Planning Deliverables – MBR / QBR / Forecasts / Case Sales

• Support FBP in the MBR & QBR review within the BU and ensure qualitative submission.

• Ensure processes are in place to meet Case Sales, DII requirements.

• Consistent delivery of Forecast commitments of Net Revenue, NOPBT & OCF

  1. Best Practie Tools

• Implement Best Practice tools which improve the accuracy, timelines and cost effectiveness of financials

• Implement processes that support efficient financial analyse systems and which are responsive to the needs of customers, suppliers and internal partners

  1. People Capability

• Execution of development plans & Bench building

Qualifications:

• +6 years Finance Experience in FMCG
• Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance
• Leadership Experience
• FOBO/Commercial experience
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience
• Cross functional Knowledge Supply Chain/Commercial
• Strong project management skills
• Influence & Impact
• Digital Savy

“PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer in line with the Employment Equity Act

• Facilitate and supports the development of the AOP and Forecast for Franchise
• Timely, well developed Plans that facilitate the achievement of business objectives
• Leads the development of a balanced financial algorithm in alignment with BU
• Financial and Strategic support to all functions across BU for Pack Price Strategy, product innovation and initiatives
• Supports and co-ordinates presentations
• Provide analysis of current business results vs. Plan/Forecast highlighting opportunities and risks
• Provide full support to the business leaders in evaluating the productivity initiatives and assess the impact on the financials
• Review and challenge the planned assumptions with the budget owners and ensure they are in line with the company’s direction and target