Associate Finance Manager
Key Finance contact on the Tropicana Beverage business for the WalMart team.
- Work with Sales and Business Unit Sales Strategy to develop the annual plan (and division business reviews) for sales and trade.
- Provide financial expertise and recommendations to enable effective sales/promotional event decisions for WalMart team.
- Provide sales team with adequate decision making capability to manage trade calendars, investment decisions and overall customer performance.
- Calculate trade accruals for each period close. Monitor period accruals for accuracy as cash spending is processed and update balance sheet (liability balances) as necessary. Ensure accrual process is compliant with all SOX requirements.
- Partner with Customer Financial Services ( CFS ) to analyze WalMart's deduction/payment processes and timing and the Trade Promotions team to maintain accurate trade accruals.
- Work with Sales to develop accurate sales and trade forecasts. Analyze sales and trade variances to AOP, forecast and LY, providing insight to Sales and Business Unit.
- Provide insightful analysis of business results to Senior Management and perform ad hoc analyses that lead to problem solving and business improving recommendations.
- Provide "pre" "post" promotional event analysis.
- Partner with Sales and the Business Unit to work through IFR (Investment Funding Requests).
- Provide periodic reporting to Sales management for tracking business results and identifying potential risks and opportunities.
- Analyze potential trade investment opportunities and provide guidance and financial perspective to Sales team.
- Provide coaching to sales team to enhance their financial skill sets and build partnering relationships that ensure both functions are working together to enhance team performance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in business or accounting (MBA a plus)
- 6+ years accounting or budget/financial analysis experience
- Prefer previous consumer products related industry experience
- Excellent organization, presentation, and communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate analytical findings into actionable solutions/processes
- Good people skills to manage information-gathering requests and have a positive influence on team members
- Results-oriented, able to complete assignments in a timely and accurate manner, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities
- Proficient at Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and able to quickly learn various in-house software applications. Working knowledge of SAP (especially CRM ) a plus but not necessarily a requirement
- Able to work on own with minimal day to day supervision
- Ability to build relationships, manage conflict and embrace change
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 5% of the time.
Equal Opportunity Employment M/F/D/V
August 16, 2008
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