Supply Chain Finance Senior Analyst
Posted Today by The Hershey Company
Negotiable
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London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Supply Chain Finance Senior Analyst is responsible for conducting comprehensive supply chain analyses, managing cost budgets, forecasts, and commitments for business units, while ensuring alignment with actual results. This role necessitates close collaboration and communication with key stakeholders across various regions, including EU, MEA, and WTR. The analyst will also drive margin expansion projects and enhance reporting functionalities through the development of tools and systems. A proactive approach to problem-solving and effective communication skills are essential for success in this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage Supply Chain Cost for EU and WTR, providing financial analyses on Manufacturing Variances, Purchase Price Variances, and Plant Fixed Cost.
- Develop tools/systems and automate processes for budgeting and forecasting solutions.
- Communicate supply chain cost variance expectations to stakeholders effectively.
- Drive visibility on sourced SKUs and timely forecasting on COGS impacts.
- Support and coordinate EMEA/WTR Supply Chain teams on margin expansion projects.
- Partner with SC Team on cost improvement projects and production optimization.
- Prepare analyses to identify opportunity and risk areas, recommending cost improvement opportunities.
- Build financial contracting capability with external partners and distributors.
- Support in managing Ad Hoc Supply Chain requests and lead projects based on business requirements.
Key Skills:
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Effective communication skills in English.
- Integrity and objective decision-making to improve P&L.
- Proactive, organized, and problem-solving mindset.
- Knowledge of financial policies and controls.
- Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP systems.
- Strong Microsoft Excel analytical skills.
- Good understanding of supply chain financial planning and analysis.
- Experience in accounting flows and processes.
- BA/BS Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or Business.
- At least 5 years of supply chain and financial planning/analysis experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Supply Chain Finance Senior Analyst
Location: London, UK
Summary: Sr Finance Analyst is responsible for responsible for all required Supply Chain analyses, cost budgets, forecasts and commitments for business units while providing a regular review of the actual results against the targets. The role will require a close working relationship and regular communication with Key stakeholders across EU, MEA & WTR LT and supply chain teams across the regions.
Summary of Major Duties:
- Managing Supply Chain Cost for EU and WTR: Provides all financial analyses to Business Units on Manufacturing Variances, Purchase Price Variances and Plant Fixed Cost for LE, Plan, Strat Plan and Innovations.
- Continuously develop tools/systems and automate processes for budgeting and forecasting solutions to streamline the forecasting and budgeting processes and provide enhanced reporting functionality.
- Managing Business Units’ expectations on the supply chain cost variance and effectively communicating to the supply chain stakeholders to meet the ultimate business objective.
- Drives enhanced visibility on US/Mexico/Malaysia sourced SKUs with explanations on cost drivers and assumptions and timely forecasting on COGS impacts.
- Supply Chain Margin Expansion: Elevates partnership with Supply Chain team based in UK (SC Director, EU SC Manager) and US based OBD Team.
- Supports & coordinates EMEA/WTR Supply Chain teams to drive margin expansion projects via close coordination with respective stakeholders across the region.
- Partners with SC Team on 3 year multi-million CI pipeline of EUDR portfolio, helping deliver multi-layered and dimensional cost improvement projects out of US, Mexico and Malaysia.
- Partners with SC Team on EU-Coman portfolio, optimization of cost and sustainability of production as well as Innovation/Portfolio expansion feasibility projects.
- Partners with SC Team on UK Co-packing portfolio transformation, transforming oversight and execution of current procurement & production for UK/EU portfolio.
- Prepares analyses, identifies opportunity and risk areas Provide recommendation of costs improvement opportunities through supply chain costs analysis.
- Builds financial and financial contracting capability with External Co-man’s and Co-packs while working directly with external parties and distributors.
Other Projects: Support in managing Ad Hoc Supply Chain requests coming from EU&WTR. Lead projects for EMEA & WTR based on business requirements.
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:
- Ability to work independently under fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
- Team player and able to communicate effectively in English.
- Integrity and able to provide objective decisions to improve P&L bottom line.
- Good business sense committed and responsible in meeting deadline.
- Proactive, organize and problem-solving mindset.
- Knowledge in financial policies/control.
- SAP or equivalent ERP system exposure is a must.
- Microsoft Excel analytic skills.
Competencies:
- Good level of supply chain financial planning and analysis knowledge.
- Good understanding of accounting flows and processes.
- Must have computerized systems operating experience (SAP preferred).
- Proficiency in MS Excel.
Education: BA/BS Degree in Finance / Economics / Accounting / Business. Masters degree not required (but can be useful/favorable).
Experience: At least 5 years of supply chain & financial planning/analysis experience, preferably in multi-national manufacturing environment.