Commercial Finance Business Analyst

About the Position

Commercial Finance Business Analyst

Cape Town, WC, South Africa

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About Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions. The company’s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major market and industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and more than 25,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers with insights and innovations that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent.

Headquarters in Glendale, California. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

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About Your Role

Scope and general purpose of the role:

Overall Commercial and FP&A support to Middle East/Africa (MEA) Business and Region. Actively support the Commercial and Sales teams with commercial guidance. Custodian of BI development and related data integrity/maintenance.

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Responsibilities

Month-End Closing (10%)

• Submit weekly sales orders in HFM on time as required
• Update monthly rebates and discounts workings or perform review if prepared by others. Track sales discount agreements and arrange for credit note processing at designated contract time.
• Perform designated expense review (e.g., samples) and raise appropriate accruals where expenses are missing or reallocate expenses where required.
• Submit regional flash reporting for Reflective and Tapes division and review final results for both
• Supplementary information preparation and submission to SSO.
• General support to the SSO during month-end activities, in order to achieve HFM submission on day 3
• Update sales information for Global customer scorecards

FP & A Support (20%)

• Update of various regionally assigned monthly and quarterly reporting schedules
• Prepare financial smartview templates for inclusion in the MBR presentation deck
• Assume responsibility for monthly regional reporting requirements including, but not limited to:
  • Flash report during financial closing week for responsible BU’s
  • Pulse report during 3rd week of the month for responsible BU’s
  • GM Scorecard (pricing updates)
  • Rolling forecast preparation
  • Preparation of first draft of the Business Review presentation deck and circulate to responsible persons for comments
• Perform commercial regional and local reporting as required
• Ensure team keeps to regional timelines in terms of monthly reporting
• Attend regional FP&A meetings/calls as and when required
• Responsible for all regional reporting for the Reflective and Tapes businesses

Forecast, Annual Budget and Stratplan (Ad-Hoc 10%)

• Assume accountability for monthly sales forecast file, and associated commercial trackers.
• Prepare schedules and reports required for annual budget pack
• Contribute towards preparation of presentation deck and reviews
• Preparation and upload of HFM data (Reflective and Tapes)
• Stratplan: Support with assigned responsibilities as part of Stratplan process, focusing on Industry and price-related updates

Business Intelligence (15%)

• Manage Cognos (data warehouse) updates and uploads including data preparation and data reconciliation
• Update sales data required by the commercial team (e.g., Sales Pivot file, DataStudio, etc)
• Develop reports as requested by internal customers
• Oversee and review PLT reporting and PLT Data Integrity
• Assume responsibility for all sales and commercial reporting
• Review master data integrity (BI driver)

Commercial Business Partnering (35%)

• Review and update price change request
• Perform workings and support for price change decisions
• Proactively review SKU profitability and discussions with Sales team
• Finance and Commercial related support to the Sales Teams
• Flag risk areas of low margins, pricing anomalies, etc
• Provide proactive commercial insights and feedback to Management
• Identify, interpret and advise on the impact of cost changes

General (10%)

• Provide support for stock take as and when required
• Support during statutory audit as and when required
• Training support to the business on areas of expertise i.e., Google, BI, etc.
• General finance support to the business
• Responsible for VAT administration (return submissions, VAT recon, etc.)

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Requirements

• Be approachable to team members and have strong communication skills
• Computer literacy – Google suite, with Google Sheets and MS Excel at an advanced level
• BI experience – COGNOS capabilities/ Data warehousing and Integrated systems
• Commercial support/understanding of key business drivers
• FP&A reporting
• Experience in regional reporting, prepare presentations and experience in a multinational environment

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Competencies Required

• Building Partnerships
• Communication
• Contributing to Team Success
• Decision Making
• Energy
• Formal Presentation
• Information Monitoring
• Managing Work (includes Time Management)
• Planning and Organizing
• Stress Tolerance
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Tenacity
• Work Standards
• Initiating Action

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We Offer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.