Global Financial Planning & Analysis Role
Reporting to the FP&A Director - Commercial, this position is part of the Global Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team providing financial guidance to the Supply Optimization Team.
As a business partner, you will help drive performance from a financial and operational perspective including but not limited to : anticipating challenges, developing innovative solutions, and identifying arbitrage options as we mature our Supply Chain.
This position provides information to facilitate management decisions with respect to P&L / Gross Margin / CAPEX / NWC through financial analysis; researching and analyzing data; and preparing periodic reporting.
Key deliverables include :
- Prepare and interpret financial reports by compiling and analyzing financial data from different sources and summarizing account information and trends
- Maintain and mature P&L models for the Merchandise purchases, rebates, and expenses related to operations of distribution centers. Collaborate cross-functionally to align financial data structure
- Analyze and track period financial reports versus budget, prior year, and investment return expectations and provide comments
- Assist with ad-hoc financial analysis and overall performance insights into product categories
- Ensure adherence to contractual rates by vendors
- Support the overall business planning process across regions
- Coordinate and aligning process and deliveries across stakeholders
- Support overall strategy and ambition level setting
- Build financial models to map potential outcomes of business cases to financial statements including P&L and NWC
- Identify and review key drivers and assumptions
- Build or Review business cases for strategic initiatives and projects
- Ensure that assumptions are attainable and aligned
- Standardize, improve, and promote investment decision methodologies
- Track investment and operating budgets
- Coordinate with OPEX team to report, analyze and provide insight on spending
- Assist Functional Groups in spend management
- Collaborate with Finance Controller team to provide timely and accurate variance governance report
- Support OPEX Finance Controller team in complex questions
- Work with various data sources and reporting support teams to provide timely and consistent results
- Contribute to team through accomplishing shared related annual objectives
- Ensure compliance with requirements, policies, and regulations by enforcing adherence to corporate systems, policies, and government regulations
- Assists with special projects as needed
- Travel required approx. 2%-5% of the time
Profile and skills :
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or Business with 2-5 years relevant experience preferably in financial analysis, strategic planning, working capital, supply chain, budgeting, and forecastingMust have advanced knowledge in Excel, working knowledge PowerPoint, Word, and SharePointExperience in a commercial settingExperience working with financial systems (Longview, PDI, JD Edwards, etc.)Must have strong analytical and quantitative abilities; Must have strong attention to detail while being able to synthesize informationExperience working with large and complex datasetsStrong financial modelling skillsMust have strong communication skills and comfortable interacting with all levels of managementComfortable working independently, in cross-functional teams, and in a global roleMust be willing to adapt to a dynamic business environment, balancing multiple priorities and meeting deadlinesHave an entrepreneurial and commercial mindset with a strong drive to Make it EasyComfortable initiating actions and taking responsibility to secure agreed outputCollaborate effectively and build professional networksMotivated by challenging tasks and complex projects across countries and regionsWe offer :
An opportunity to shape process and financial performance managementA global role, with stakeholders across regionsA working environment with high ethical standards and valuesContinuous personal and professional development driven by challenging goalsAn opportunity to gain experience in a dynamic work environmentCircle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company's Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.