Finance Associate Manager

**Auto req ID**: 285353BR

**Are you looking for a challenging opportunity in an organization with a dynamic, innovative and diverse environment? if so, your future is at PepsiCo.**

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes LAY’S ®, DORITOS ®, CHEETOS ®, GATORADE ®, PEPSI ®, QUAKER ® and more. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.

Our employees drive our culture. No two days are the same; we are dynamic and full of passionate teams that embrace new ideas through our collaborative spirit. At PepsiCo, we know that our company can only succeed when our associates and the society we serve flourishes. We are committed to fostering a diverse workforce by creating a collaborative, equitable and inclusive space where everyone, regardless of what we look like, where we come from or who we love, has a voice. At PepsiCo we create a Space to be you.

Currently we are looking for our next:
**Finance Associate Manager**

**Which is the main objective of this role?**
Provide planning and analytical support to LAB Mx Commercial Units to help in the diagnosis and resolution of key issues, improve understanding of CU economics, and facilitate the development of short-term and long-term performance targets and ensure delivery against those targets.

**_Financial Planning_**: Support the CU by developing the forecasts and supporting senior management (ie. Front Line, CU CFO, LAB Planning group) with the development of the Strategic Plan, annual operating plan and monthly forecast. Responsible for actual performance tracking against Plan and Forecasts while providing insightful business analyses.

**_Financial Analysis: _**Also responsible for tracking A&M investment, Coop generation, extra investments, concentrate price analysis, cogs tracking and all the OPEX forecasting.

**What will you be doing?**
- Support AOP/Strat Plan/Forecast development of CU initiatives, business action plans and priorities.
- Coordinate the development of CU capital and operating budgets and financial targets.
- Review current progress towards achievement of AOP targets and support the development of contingency plans and corrective actions.
- Develop and communicate quarterly and monthly updates/outlooks including volume flash reports, POR and financial mgt. reports. Clearly articulate operating performance in reporting and forecasts.
- Satisfy PepsiCo and HQ corporate governance and reporting requirements.
- Provide an accurate evaluation and analysis of current business results, opportunities and risks.
- Develop and implement pricing reports to aid in revenue management process.
- Provide sales reporting and forecasting support to the MU, with periodic volume and MC reporting, analysis and target-setting
- provide analytical support to cost and productivity initiatives.
- Provide analytical support to the BU to help in the diagnosis and resolution of key issues
- Prepare and communicate a report with the unit orders of the month and at the end of the month follow up the deviations and communicate opportunities
- Prepare in a monthly basis inventories analysis by category and country and compare vs bottler’s inventories
- Prepare and communicate a BOY units fct and align with FP&A Sr Mngr, Franchise team and control
- Prepare B/(D) Report
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with functional experts, franchise team, bottlers and distributors.
- Help identify process improvement opportunities.
- Build analytical capabilities of BU planning function and improve planning tools to capture financial information.

**Qualifications/Requirements**:
**Who are we looking for?**
- Bachelor’s Degree (Bus/Finance/Engineering Background) with at least 6 years of experience in Finance areas.
- Desirable Information systems knowledge (Hyperion, Sun Systems, Oracle)
- Ability to communicate well with senior management, peers and bottlers management staff.
- Ability to manage complexity.
- Multi-culture interacting capabilities
- Ability to travel/international exposure.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong initiative and drive for results; self-starter.
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to lead, develop, influence and motivate others
- Knowledge of Bottler/Distributor economics (prefer