PepsiCo Canada employs nearly 10,000 Canadians and is organized into two business units - PepsiCo Beverages Canada, which includes brands such as Pepsi, Gatorade and Tropicana; and PepsiCo Foods Canada, which includes Frito Lay Canada and Quaker foods & snacks. PepsiCo Canada, in turn, belongs to the global PepsiCo, Inc., family.
At PepsiCo Canada, we're committed to achieving business and financial success while leaving a positive imprint on society - delivering what we call Performance with Purpose. Performance with Purpose is at the heart of every aspect of our business.
Our people are our greatest asset . By supporting their ability to work effectively together and providing them with the tools they need to succeed, we are ensuring that PepsiCo Canada is the kind of company where talented people of all backgrounds want to work.
The Brand Finance Manager contributes to PepsiCo Beverages Canada's success by acting as an integral part of the Canadian Finance team, leading the Brand Finance agenda. In addition to providing business and strategic support, this position contributes to PBC's success by proactively monitoring business trends and identifying risks and opportunities. Key stakeholders include the CFO, VP Marketing, Sr. Portfolio Director, Marketing Directors, Finance Directors and Marketing Managers. Success in this role will require results-driven behavior, intellectual curiosity, strong collaboration abilities, solid organizational skills, strong financial and business skills and the ability work both independently or as part of a team. The successful candidate will be a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is intellectually curious with a demonstrated interest in continued learning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for leading Bev. DSD Brand Strategy, Brand AOP development, target setting and execution of Brand plans; Deliver business growth plans
- Drive for meeting key Brand targets; find and push key strategic opportunities
- Collaborate with Finance and Marketing leadership to analyze, prepare and update periodic financials and identify risks and opportunities; Action plan risks
- Interpretation and development as necessary, of management reports and analysis. Design and implement procedures for more efficient reporting
- Identify key business drivers and track performance against these measures.
- Prepare executive presentations with high quality and insightful content and present to various stakeholders including the Innovation Council (IC) as well as Marketing Leadership
- Finance lead for Brand Innovation, Innovation Council and Brand P&L; Collaborate on brand innovation projects and manage innovation financial analysis
- Collaborate with the North American Coffee Partnership on Brand Strategy, Innovation, brand plans, negotiations, forecasting and analysis.
- Maintain (complex) Excel models and tools
- Support Finance and multifunctional teams on various projects and ad-hoc analysis
- Collaborate with Marketing Team on A&M tracking, budgets and spending; identify opportunities and manage risks
- Manage Associate Brand Financial Analyst
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- University degree in Business required
- Finance Designation. MBA / CMA preferred or other Accounting Designation
- Experience in CPG industry preferred.
- 5 years of broad financial and planning experience
- Strong collaboration, influencing, interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Exceptional technical, problem solving, planning, organizational and analytical skills
- Experience in analyzing / forecasting Profit and Loss results
- Exceptional Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills are key requirements; Previous Essbase software experience an asset
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Warehouse and DSD supply chain experience are asset
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Ref: 32181BR