We are now recruiting a Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst (FP&A) to join our team in Little Island, Cork on a permanent basis. We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCos mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 17 locations across 11 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world. Lets be frank. PepsiCo is a $63billion global business. It is extremely complex. And our Finance community make sense of it by tracking our overall business results, helping maximise our financial performance and put in place the right controls to ensure accuracy and transparency of our results. Whether working in Financial Planning, Operations Finance, Back Office or Controls, the Finance function takes a central role in the way we run our business. Do you want to be a part of the financial heartbeat of our organisation? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level. This role will support Ireland Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) Team which will provide exposure to both HQ and Manufacturing Support Functions Reporting. It will include detailed reporting and analysis, planning and forecasting, engagement with senior management and is an excellent opportunity to drive an agenda of delivering best in class processes and practices to enhance business support. Primary Accountabilities:
* Leads the Financial Analysis and insight for AOP/Forecast and Actuals ensuring budgets and target requirements are met by location by Sector and by function
* Responsibility for interpreting PGCS Ireland MOH/ Capital performance and aligning with VP Functional Lead and their direct reports on signing off on PGCS beverages and Snacks Costs in AOP, Forecasts, Monthly Actuals.
* Collate Risks and Opportunities to Forecast to ensure insight and foresight is available to Senior stakeholders
* Analysis and insight of MOH Productivity agenda Ensure 3.5% Productivity target is constantly reviewed and monitored ensuring each stakeholder is kept up to date on progress against Target.
* Complete Financial reporting for support functions for month end and period close ensuring all numbers are accurate and right first time within a 1 day turnaround.
* Ensure all financials are accurate by Sector and develop cause of change analysis to ensure all variances are explained versus Plan/Forecast
Requirements: Essential Skills:
* Professionally qualified accountant with 7 years+ PQE in a high volume preferably in a multinational manufacturing environment
* Excellent Excel skills a necessity
* Systems literate with SAP (or equivalent ERP systemgreenTxtBg!) is a distinct advantage
* Collaboration, communication and influencing skills are key to success in this role balancing budget holder customer needs and overall PGCS Ireland Manufacturing needs
* Ability to work with all levels within the organization.
* Org Savvy a key requirement
* Balancing competing priorities. Ability to participate in a High performing team environment is key
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated approximately $63 billion in net revenue in 2016, driven by a complementary food and
This position is open to all candidates.