Senior Business Analyst - Supply Chain

At ABC, we brew the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world. A big part of that means brewing better people with the heart of our company in our four values:

• Passion for consumers and customers
• Care for people and planet
• Enjoyment of life
• Courage to dream and pioneer

Job Purpose 

The SBA plays a key role of the team by proactively seek for valuable financial and non-financial insights from the Supply Chain area, recommend initiatives to help improve operation of the Supply Chain Department, assist the Supply Chain Management Team in day-to-day and ad-hoc analysis. He/she will involve deeply in the operation of Supply Chain Finance, ensure the reporting cycle of Supply Chain Finance is on time and in full. 

Duties and Responsibilities  

• Acts as a business partner for the SC fucntion (plants or logistics)  assisting them in budgeting and controlling and expenditures.
• Execute f key financial planning and analysis processes.
• Assists in the preparation of financial forecasts, cash flow predictions, rolling revenue, cost, and working capital forecasts.
•  Analyzes actuals against budget, forecast and data from previous years.
•  Supports decision making by providing stakeholders with timely, detailed and meaningful insights and visibility on business performance.
• Perform the monthly closing process and ensures that the deadlines are met. 
• Ensures all key Financial Planning and Control (P&C) and financial systems processes are documented, key controls identified, and procedures developed to periodically test the effectiveness of controls.
• Maximise business performance by challenging and influencing the Supply Chain Management Team.
• Work closely with Supply Chain to sharpen ad-hoc analysis, developing business cases, providing scenario modelling,  creating cost and efficiency analyses & leading ad-hoc analysis to gain insight where relevant.
•  Monitor and develop insight on the quantitative and qualitative performance of the Supply Chain function and communicate this insight through the preparation and delivery of streamlined reporting.
• Monitor actual cost deployment vs Budget/RoFo and provide early warnings on deviations.
• Closely monitor, track, and communicate Supply Chain saving initiatives. 
• Manages (Working Capital Improvement, ROFO: COGS , CAPEX Monitoring and ROI,  COGS Review & Analysis AP, SP, Support  governance (Market Loss, Site Loss, Investment), etc)

Disclaimer: Other duties assigned as needed.

Education & Experiences

Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, majoring in Finance or Accounting

Years of Experience: 5 years of relevant experience preferably in FMCGs.

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• Excellent command of English Language
• Skills in Microsoft (Excel & PowerPoint) and Power Bi is a plus
• Profound experience, with advanced ERP systems, e.g. SAP

Personal Skills

• Critical and Challenging
• Analytical Skills
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills
• Influencing Skills 
• Pro-active & Teamwork oriented