FP&A Analyst

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Job Description

Auto req ID: 192437BR

Job Description

We are recruiting an FP&A Analyst to join our dynamic team in Little Island Cork on a permanent basis.
We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 17 locations across 11 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world.

Let’s be frank. PepsiCo is a $63billion global business. It is extremely complex. And our Finance community make sense of it by tracking our overall business results, helping maximise our financial performance and put in place the right controls to ensure accuracy and transparency of our results. Whether working in Financial Planning, Operations Finance, Back Office or Controls, the Finance function takes a central role in the way we run our business. Do you want to be a part of the financial heartbeat of our organisation? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level.

Role Summary
Reporting to the Ireland & Singapore COGS Finance manager, this role is responsible for periodic reporting of COGS and insightful analysis on same. This role will support the annual and quarterly planning and forecasting cycles, including standard setting and review.

Principle Accountabilities

·  Responsibility for executing the Singapore Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Forecast and Latest Estimate process, performing analytics and challenging assumptions before reviewing the submission with the local COGs Finance Manager and highlighting key variances
·  Responsibility for the execution of the periodic close processes for Ireland and Singapore, ensuring that results are delivered right first time and on time.
·  Review of monthly incurred Purchase Price Variance (PPV) report for Singapore ensuring that all variances are understood and corrections are made in advance of costs hitting the P&L – close collaboration required with local procurement and supply chain. Identify where trends are not consistent with AOP/latest forecast
·  Recommend changes to standard costs/ PIRs where an investigation warrants - clear understanding of impacts on financials must be understood (underlying knowledge of COGs must be excellent)
·  Collaborate closely with Plant Cogs person to ensure planning and reporting process is accurate and timely. Understand on a periodic basis what variances are being booked.
·  Champion the finance agenda with local Procurement and Supply Chain teams, ensuring training is provided when required
·  Prepare AOP standards to issue to sectors for AOP1 and 2 on an annual basis, validating changes in indices year on year and recommending changes to standards where appropriate.

Qualifications/Requirements

Qualifications/ Requirements

Essential Skills

·  Professionally qualified accountant
·  Experience in analysing and distilling large amounts of data into meaningful and presentable content to support decision making
·  Strong financial skills, excellent communications and problem solving
·  Excellent Communication & Influencing Skills particularly within global multinational working environments – key to be able to influence non-finance teams (Procurement / Supply Chain)
·  Ability to adapt to changing situations and problem solve quickly in a changing and dynamic environment – tight month end timelines
·  Proficiency using MS Excel
Desired Skills

·  Experience in a high volume multinational manufacturing environment
·  Strong systems experience - Microsoft Business applications, and SAP/ BPC Experience
·  Excellent working knowledge of COGs and BPC processes
·  Demonstrated Track record of academic success and career progression
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business. For more information, visitwww.pepsico.com

For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a FP&A Analyst. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be FP&A Associate Analyst.


Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable
Job Type: Regular