TOP LINE AND BUSINESS PLANNING MANAGER
DANONE
Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months
Member of the integrated business system core team.(business driver committee)
Consolidation of MEA financial plans as well as financial performance vs expectations including drivers of variances, business insights, corrective actions and recommendations for decision making
Formulate strategic and long-term business plans
Participate in month-end closing, quarterly and year-end financial reporting activities.
Implement Rolling Forecast- increased complexity &reporting frequency
Advise stakeholders on Sarbanes-Oxley Act-SOX for the financials
Provide training to new and existing staff when required
Analyze Weekly P&L and review with regional controller/Trader
Develop financial management mechanisms that minimize financial risk
Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities
Manage a company's financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems
Monitor and interpret cash flows and predicting future trends ( KPI)
Establish Purchase Price Variance dashboards
Maintain processes and capability to perform actuals vs. budget analysis
Ensure that all filings are prepared in a timely and accurate manner
Implement improvements to the control environment, including delegation of authority manuals.
Assess, communicate and mitigate all financial risks in compliance with policies and procedures
Ensure financial control processes across the business is operating efficiently and effectively, and support business unit activities
Ensure regular balance sheet, P&L and cash flow reviews as well as timely reconciliation of all cash, bank and intercompany balances
Lead the development and implementation of best practice tools, financial applications (e.g. GL, Hyperion) and process changes to improve accuracy, timeliness and cost effectiveness of financial processing and reporting
Lead all financial reporting policy and framework