Junior Operations Controller At Danone

The candidate will also carry the following responsibilities
A- Business Context & Key challenges

• Support and reply to the stakeholder on ad hoc basis.
• Support Line Manager on specific requests or projects.
• Mastering of our Operations (COGS & Logistics cost) for actuals as well as Rolling Forcast through permanent tracking, early detection & reporting of deviations.
• Reliable and consistent Reporting of Operations in Magnitude as well as all internal reporting (dashboard, analysis), enabling Top management to take the right business decisions.
• Identify & track productivity initiatives for the current projects.
• Secure compliance to Internal control (Dango) within the scope.
• Support ad hoc projec.
• Volatile and increasingly challenging business environment (Cogs increase, vessel constraints, Forex volatility).
• Business integration.
• Beyond Budget Rolling Forecast – increased complexity, reporting frequency & horizon.
• More sophisticated tools & processes (Themis SAP & Essbase) delivering stronger controls & efficiency however requiring stronger coordination, collaboration & anticipation.

B- Key Accountabilities

• Maintain twice a week of PRIMO COGS report.
• Monitor missing COGS not in Primo vs shipment plan and ask for it.
• Analysis of COGS v. LY (SCP/PTC/IPU) once a year.
• Animation of COGS Bridge with Vol/Price/Mix/Forex & Other impact.
• Tracking & Maintenance of Other Material costs.
• COGS (Actual v. DTBV) Recon in collaboration with DBS.
• Perform Operations reclasses in SAP.
• Maintenance in Essbase for all COGS indicators.
• Prepare and Manage postings for month end closure.
• Review challenge and validate the FY budget with D2D.
• Tracking of all logistics related cost & flag risk/ops. In Actual v. plan.
• Follow up of PO/GR process as well as approval.
• Make sure D2D team is performing the 3way matches PO/GR/Invoices.
• Prepare internal logistics bridge v. LY & Last RF & Share with stakeholders with action plans.
• Report YTD actual bridge and advice on variation and R&O.
• Tracking & Maintenance of Balance sheet accounts in scope.
• Support the business cases for operations-related projects that would come up.
• SKU-wise CO for portfolio management.
• Validating COGS for innovations.

C- Key Performance Indicators

• Forecast Accuracy – Avoid financial “surprises”.
• Reporting Accuracy & Respect to Deadlines.
• Relevance of Cost Analysis & Functional Support.

D- Job Dimensions

• Manage and interact with multiple stakeholders (internal and external).
• Key Challenge and Build role in Forecasting process.
• Technical knowledge (excel macro, Themis (SAP) & Essbase).

About YouTo be successful in the role you should ideally haveBachelor And Experience

• University degree in Finance or Equivalent.
• 3-4 years successful experience in Finance, primarily in Finance Controlling / Business Controlling in Multinational FMCG environment.

Functional Competencies

• Advanced Excel and SAP is a must.
• Essbase, Magnitude and Smart view is a nice to have.
• Mastering of Controlling skills, in particular analytic & synthesis capabilities including Supply chain cycle, Business drivers, Variable vs fixed costs, Variance analysis, Forecasting principles, Stock & leadtimes impacts, Risk and opportunities management, Allocation keys, Dashboards, Accruals.
• Sound understanding of Internal Control principles including Audit & audit track principles, DanGo Internal Control rules, Fraud risk awareness, WHO Code & Right Way, CBU authorization matrix, Governance principles.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication & presentation skills.
• A high degree of reliability, agility, initiative, resilience, integrity, confidentiality and empathy.
• Ability to perform in a cross-functional, volatile, uncertain and multi-cultural environment.

LocationCairo, Egypt or willing to relocate.Languages Required

• Fluent in English and Arabic.

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