Associate Manager, Finance Developing Markets

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Position Summary:
This position will be responsible for providing financial analysis, insights, and business decision support to the assigned part of the Commercial team, including contract renewals, new business opportunities, and responses to competitive pressures, directly and through team management. In addition, the Associate Manager will play a key role in the development and analysis of a monthly Commercial forecast and monitoring the financial performance of customer accounts. Provide team management and prioritization of resources in the analyst pool to support the markets in the Geo Cluster.. Key Result Areas include: achieving results with regards to delivering Commercial Gross Margin plan/forecast through critical thinking, collaboration, process improvement, and change management.

**Responsibilities**:

- Head of Finance Colombia

Provide understanding about the Trade Group/Cluster performance and outlook.
- Support Cluster/Market Commercial teams during business planning by providing financial and business insight
- Provide support to the SFM/FM through effective management of the GEO cluster analysts
- Provide support to the SFM/FM for major proposals affecting the business; e.g. contract renewals, new product reviews and competitive pressures
- Provide financial leadership and decisions support to cross-functional assigned Sales and Marketing teams
- Assist in the preparation of the Category, Channel & Large Customer’s Annual Business Plan and Forecast
- Manage Category, Channel & Large Customer P&Ls from sales to gross margin
- Ensure the absolute and quality of margin is driven through effective direction on TI ROI, and margin management.
- Proactively review profit initiatives and risk mitigation activities
- Deliver system & process improvements through collaboration with TG COE and engagement with the commercial team.
- Support the team with adopting a curious mindset that looks both internally and externally

What we are looking for:

- Min 3-7 years business experience
- Experience leading projects
- Could be multi country, multi customer, business challenges could contain some ambiguity
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel (advanced), Word, PowerPoint
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements to eliminate non-value added work
- Open, direct, and respectful communication style with excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced and changing environment, delivering quality output while adhering to tight deadlines
- Demonstration of Business Partnering competence of operational thinking, passion, teamworking and relationship building to influence
- SAP (desirable)
- Intermediate/Advanced English: able to hold a business conversation

Come join us:
Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.