Finance Data Analyst Africa

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Finance Data Analyst Africa is responsible for leading automation, harmonization, and benchmark of CSD, Sustainability, Sourcing costs & operations across Africa. He also coordinates monthly closing, budget and forecast processes across Africa for all divisions. KEY RESPONSABILITIES INCLUDE
• Leads the consolidation of Production, Sustainability, Sourcing costs & activity KPIs across Africa
• Coordinates costs benchmark across Africa for all divisions
• Coordinates collection of key financials for monthly closing, and collect inputs from the sites to consolidate activity KPIs (purchases, grinding, sales, stocks, etc.)
• Collects CAPEX needs for Africa and coordinates consolidation
• Leads forecast process across Africa for all divisions, and consolidation of actuals vs target
• Leads the harmonization of reporting (costs & KPIs) for all African operations
• Coordinate the implementation of the annual budget
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, systems, reports, map/define automation opportunities by sharing best practices and help identifying areas new areas to harmonize/standardize
• Drive development and deployment of standardized tools and processes using the approved solutions (e.g. PowerBI)
• Coordinate data collection of inputs from country FP&A teams regarding: Budget and forecast, Variance Analysis, Business case development, Profitability analysis
• Act as a sparring partner to the FP&A Manager Africa / FBP Africa, exchange ideas and concepts
• Transform complex data into business recommendations.
• Presenting analyses to stakeholders of varying levels of experience by developping relevant and efficient Dashboards
• Working independently with teams spread across multiple countries.
• Solution-oriented with passion for data integrity and process improvement
• Lead the implementation of benchmark across sites (SG&A, Factory costs, Sustainability & Supply chain costs, etc.)
• Exciting deep dive into the chocolate and cocoa industry as well as into the execution of a global strategy in a multinational company
• Inspiring work environment, covering the whole supply chain: from bean sourcing to cocoa product selling, via bean processing
• Scope includes financial and operational results of all our business units across Africa (grinding & export entities)
• Diverse set of tasks and wide range of involvement in local, regional and also global initiatives
• Exposure to Corporate and Regional management teams ABOUT YOU
• Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in finance, accounting or a similar field
• Minimum 6-7 years of experience in: FP&A, Business Controlling, Financial Analysis, Finance Business Partnering, Data Analytics applied to finance
• Multi-country experience in Africa highly desirable.
• Knowledge of finance tools (SAP, FINANCE ERP, GROUP REPORTING TOOLS and related: BW, BOFC; Tagetik, etc.)
• High proficiency in MS Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is a must
• VBA, PowerQuery, PowerPivot or Power BI would be an advantage
• English business proficiency
• Experience in the cocoa industry is a nice-to-have
• Strong understanding of cost accounting and financial reporting structure (important asset)
• Knowledge of the key performance indicators that drives the organization assessment (working Capital, cash management, direct profit, EBIT, ROIC...)
• Strong analytical skills; ability to effectively link the financial reporting issues with the underlying related economic and financial facts
• Knowledge of the cocoa business is an asset
• Involvement in the building up of business cases is an asset
• Coordination and organization skills, striking the right balance between pragmatism, timing and accuracy
• Ability to think strategically / see the big picture
• Agent of change for continuous improvement in reporting/controlling to enable management decision making; persuasion skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively work and collaborate across functions, hierarchies and cultures
• Ability to work under pressure and managing ambiguity
• Previous exposure to team management an asset
• Self-motivation, pro-activeness, multi-tasking and excellent organizational skills
• High degree of autonomy, ability to take full lead on topics
• Solution oriented with passion for data integrity and process improvement