Finance Analyst / Supply Chain & Marketing Controller

For our client, a leading international company, we are looking for Supply Chain & Marketing Controller.

Location: Kiev, Ukraine.

About the Role

We are looking for Supply Chain & Marketing Controller, who will take responsibility for reporting, interpreting and analyzing actual and planned financial results of Supply Chain & Marketing costs, in order to assist management in making informed business decisions. As a SC&M Controller, you will be the linking pin between different departments, primarily Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance and will manage the daily operation from a finance and controlling point of view. As a Business Partner you will be a key contributor to definition and implementation a holistic supply chain, pricing, digital and marketing strategies.

Supply Chain & Marketing Controller reports to Finance Manager and has no direct subordinates. 

Reason for opening: new role.

Main responsibilities:

• Planning, budgeting & forecasting of food & paper costs and marketing investments.
• Execution of monthly financial closing activities in Supply Chain and Marketing areas including creation/follow up of supply chain provisions for obsolete stock and marketing reserves. Manage approval process for Inventory requests such as write-off and stock differences.
• Preparation of monthly management review on SC performance, providing full visibility of variances (actual vs plans) related to Food&Paper Cost by cost categories and key factors (FX, inflation, supplier price increase, product mix). In depth review of Non Recipe and Waste/Deviation reports.
• Participation in periodic budget reviews and negotiation with key suppliers. Analysis of financial KPIs of suppliers within annual assessment cycle.
• Creating an effective system of analysis and validation of proposed price changes from suppliers and factors impacting price changes through available cost calculations. Collection of analytics related to commodities\labor\utilities price evaluation and contribution to negotiation strategy.
• Analysis of supplier KPIs impacting on profit share and pay for performance. 
• Analysis of changes in working capital, goods account and inventory levels, defining jointly with key suppliers ways to improve performance. 
• Analysis of proposals received from supply chain partners on existing processes improvement, evaluation of their impact on company performance.
• Following up on the financial impact of key initiatives / projects and validate supply chain savings.
• Improving product performance by analyzing/evaluating/validation pricing, product mix, waste, deviation, gross margin and NPDs to identify cost optimization opportunities, eliminate value destroyers and maximize ROI.
• Providing support to CFT Menu by making F&P cost calculations on development stages and performing P&L calculation for new core & promo products.
• Actively contribute to digital and delivery promotions by validating product profitability and expected ROI.
• Evaluation of promo campaign effectiveness by comparing actual results with initial targets on sales, profitability and stock write off.
• Actively promote improvements on reporting and process organization, proactive seek and share best practices in coordination with Supply Chain, Finance and Marketing teams. Ensure tools adopted by Company meet expectations with respect to efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure quality financial information is used by the business for decision making. Analyze the gaps, check data consistency, challenge results, identify risks / opportunities and propose corrective actions needed to reach budget's targets. Proactively communicate findings to company management.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Marketing departments and cross functional teams. Providing timely and accurate financial information to key stakeholders for decision making purposes.

Profile of the person we are looking for:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics, CPA, MBA or similar accreditation preferred
• Fluent written and spoken English and Ukrainian
• 5+ years experience of relevant roles (e.g. Supply Chain or Marketing Controller)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently and interact effectively with all levels of management. Able to develop strong relationship with colleagues and peers 
• Confident, strong influencer, creative, change oriented, understands cross functional business processes and can drive improvements
• Analytic, organized, responsible, precise, curious to influence Strategic Finance agenda 
• Advanced MS Office skills, specifically MS Excel, Power Point and Access. 1C knowledge is a plus.

Company offers: 

Company offers competitive and rewarding salary and benefits package (monthly salary, annual bonus, medical insurance for employee and employee’s family, life insurance) as well as intellectually & creatively stimulating work environment, possibility to work with strong & successful brand in a professional team.