Fp&a Lead

**Position Title**: FP_38_A (Commercial Finance) Lead

**Location**: Both Cabildo _38_ Garín, Buenos Aires, Argentina - hybrid model 3x2

**Business**: MAPA Spontex

**Reports to**:FP_38_A Regional Sr. Manager

The **FP_38_A Lead** will be responsible for providing meaningful analytical support for business planning, coordinating and developing the Annual Monthly Budget and periodical Forecasts as well as medium and long term operating plans. The position is also responsible to explain and understand the actual results and the corresponding variances versus the budget. The individual should be comfortable communicating with all levels of the organization and able to develop positive relationships in order to gather information and influence decision-making process.

**Responsibilities**

Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- Responsible for budget preparation, forecasting and planning cycle through the collection of information from all areas of the company to consolidate it and generate financial projections, as well as the analysis of monthly variations vs. current results.
- Analyze the whole P_38_L and make sure that all expenses are properly allocated by business and all accruals have been properly calculated and booked.
- Collaborate with the Accounting team in monthly and quarterly closes, analyzing and requestioning accruals and judgmental reserves.
- Prepare closing decks to present actuals results vs Forecast and Budget in the accounting close monthly meetings (D+4). Including comments upon meaningfull variations.
- Review and analyze financial statements and interpreting financial data to be used in management presentations and decision-making. Working as a business partner to assist Country/Cluster commercial leaders and providing them with financial insights to improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
- Perform analysis of business information through Business Intelligence tools (Powerbi/BIBO) to obtain profit margins per product line, customer, brand and channel to control profitability in accordance with the business strategy.
- Monitor all operating expenses of the company vs budgetary control by cost center through the authorization of expenses previously included in the forecast, with the intent of keeping expenses aligned with the budget.
- Responsible for Balance Sheet forecasting, with the support of the corresponding areas. Explain variances vs. actual and coordinate action plans to meet the targets.
- Upload monthly Forecast and Budget to the reporting system (NBPLAN Oracle Cloud) for consolidation purposes.
- Prepare full monthly deck packages to support business review meetings,.
- Develop and update meaningful metrics and reporting tools that facilitate decision-making (KPI and Dashboards).
- Support Sales and Marketing functions:

- Provide accurate and timely reports to regional sales and marketing teams.
- Analyze and drive pricing structure/execution and provide financial input related to the impact in Gross Margin.
- Evaluates customer terms.
- Analyze marketing promotions in order to measure impact in sales generated/ROI analysis.
- Responsible for following up on accounting reserves for trade spend (i.e Rebates) and other commercial actions.
- Prepare and maintain all internal sales databases and historical P_38_L´s by Business and Brand.
- Generate monthly Net Sales and Gross Margin reports by Business, Customer, SKU and Brand.
- Prepare weekly sales flash.
- Evaluate investment projects (CAR) of the company through the analysis of information provided by the Purchasing Department and the Manufacturing team based on a corporate format, in order to determine the feasibility of the project as well as the corresponding local and corporate approvals. Use investment project evaluation tools such as NPV, IRR and Payback.
- Track all Overheads, Distribution _38_ Warehousing and manufacturing expenditures, maintain monthly files by cost center, and generate all corporate reporting requests.
- Interact with the Plant Manager and engineering managers to provide financial information for manufacturing reports.
- Team with the cost controller to obtain actual and projected information about the cost of manufactured and resale products to support planning cycle.
- Work with the cost controller to ensure the correct valuation of inventory and related reserves, such as E_38_O and Scrap.
- Analyze actual expenses, material, import and production costs. Research and explain main variances (price, volume, FX, efficiency). Report this information as needed.
- Simulate specific business scenarios and provide ad-hoc analysis and reports (i.e. sales order profitability simulation and estimated monthly P_38_L by customer compared vs Plan).
- Perform ad hoc reports to support the operations.
- **Qualifications**
- Graduate in Accounting, Finance, or Economics preferred
- +5 years of proven experience in FP_38_A (**mandatory**), Accounting, Finance adquired