Job Description

Role & responsibilities The FP&A Commercial analyst reports to the Head of Regional FP&A and works closely with the Commercial Navigator, creating an impact by providing high value adding analysis to the Commercial organization Supports the Commercial Navigator in generating insights, particular in the area of margin managament, OPEX, TWC and CAPEX monitoring Supports the global FP&A Commercial processes, like planning and budgeting that support the strategic objectives of AkzoNobel Supports continuous improvements and standardization initiatives 2. Key responsibilities Management Reporting & Analysis (Margin) Analysing current and past trends in key performance indicators, highlighting trends and determine causes of unexpected variance. Calculating price, volume, mix impact per channel/segment/customer and highlights areas for margin improvement. Maintaining standard and non-standard reports. Providing comments and insights on performance along with recommendations. Gathering insight in review meetings with the business. Management Reporting & Analysis (OPEX / S&D) Finding and explaining variances between different plans and scenarios. Identifying cost savings opportunities from data. Standard and ad hoc reporting & analysis. Budgeting & Forecasting Consolidating and validating input from the commercial teams and navigators for submission of QRF and budget into the required platforms. Planning and coordinating the process across your own area. Driving continuous development of the QRF and other planning and forecasting processes. Presenting and communicating the result to key stakeholders. Continuous improvement: Proactively seeks opportunities to improve and standardize data reports to gain efficiency Eliminates, simplifies, standardizes, and automates outputs in a structured and consistent manner Shares best practice among the team and other regions Preferred candidate profile 3+ years experience in a similar role/field. You are ambitious and see this function as part of your development to become an all-round Finance professional in AkzoNobel. You are curious, eager to learn and always searching for improvement opportunities (process wise) You have affinity for numbers and systems, and have strong analytical skills combined with a critical, but constructive, attitude Experience in building automated reports and models is a must; excellent financial and analytical skills Strong HFM, ERP (preferable SAP) and BI systems experience Strong analytic skills and the ability to analyze, organize, summarize and articulate complex financial information for decision making Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including ability to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner Able to prioritize and work with multiple supervisors Strong ‘can-do’ mentality and ‘drive’ to accomplish tasks in an environment with multiple stakeholders Self-starter, hands on mentality and team player Being able to make independent interpretation, draw conclusions and propose solutions Able to reduce complex and/or large volumes of data to a readable high level Accurate, organized and disciplined in order to achieve high quality output and to meet strict deadlines