Finance Business Analyst

About Albea & the Product line that is recruiting
Albéa is a world leader in beauty, personal care, oral care, pharmaceutical and food packaging. Albéa Gennevilliers is home to our global headquarters.

Scope

• Commercial Excellence: support the development and implementation of a Global Margin database on all sites (PMDB). Once implemented, the Finance Business Analyst will ensure its maintenance and improvement in a “Continuous Improvement” Culture.
• Finance: As part of Beauty Care FP&A team and as a key business partner to Beauty Care operating teams, you improve the coordination and review process of the Financial statements and KPIs within a perimeter of various sites in order to ensure that the quality of the information communicated to Business unit/Product Line Management is accurate and reliable (Actuals, Forecasts, Budget and variances).

Main activities
PMDB: Animate the process with Sites, ensure reliability and harmonization of processes, continuous improvement on leakage allocation, simplification of data collection.
o Project Management
 Animate Margin Database project’s Roll Out in USA and Mexico
 Gap analysis of sites capabilities vs Margin Tool Guideline
 Follow up on actions
 Clarification of Margin Tool Guidelines when needed
 Identify misalignment in Financial Reporting and propose alternatives

o Site Finance Controller support
 Help finance controller in allocating cost in Margin Leakers
 Propose solution for reporting / Tracking
 Identify Best Practices at site and roll them out when feasible

o Process structuration
 Embed a steady and lean quarterly update of the Margin Database for all site
 Guarantee integrity and reliability of Margin from site
 Ensure consistency of methodology between sites

Sales Year End Rebate (YER) Management
o Guarantee YER proper evaluation for reliable accrual over year.
o Ensure reliability of information and guarantee Audit control on rebate
o Follow Up aged balance sheet YER Position
o Guarantee reliability of Rebate payments (incl. all contractual penalties)

FP&A:
o Work closely with Beauty Care CFO in order to collaborate to Finance projects on site and support plant controllers
o Guarantee accurate and on time delivery of specific reports: EBITDA variance analysis, Margin Analysis, Working Capital and Cash-Flow analysis (Capex cash-out)
o Review the consistency of EBITDA and Cash-Flow forecasts

Profile (Experience & qualifications)

• Graduating in Business & Management School or Engineer Schools (with Finance knowledge)
• Project Management experience
• Interest for numbers, Finance and value analysis
• Very comfortable with Excel and SAP
• Knowledge of Power BI or other reporting tools
• Fluent in English
• Ability to manage multiple high priorities and high visibility deliverables
• Strong analytic skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (oral and written), interacting with multiple levels across the organization
• Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances
• Clear thinking/problem solving successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions