FP&A Senior Specialist - Regional Service Center

Role Purpose:

The Senior Analyst / Specialist - Regional FP&A Service Center is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all FP&A Service Center activities across the MEAP & TR-CIS region.

This role ensures timely, accurate, and high-quality delivery of financial planning, forecasting, and analytical outputs, while acting as a key link between affiliates, analysts, and HQ stakeholders.

Major responsibilities:

Service Center Coordination & Delivery Oversight

• Oversee the end-to-end execution of FP&A Service Center activities, ensuring all deliverables are completed accurately and within defined timelines.
• Act as the central coordinator across analysts, allocating workload, managing priorities, and ensuring optimal resource utilization.
• Monitor progress against deadlines, proactively identifying risks, bottlenecks, and delays, and implementing corrective actions.
• Establish and enforce clear governance, timelines, and delivery standards across all Service Center processes.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex issues, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder alignment.

Forecasting & RLBE Governance

• Oversee the RLBE submission and system loading process in SAC, ensuring consistency and alignment across all countries and dimensions.
• Review and validate P&L, BS, Causals & P23B submissions from affiliates, ensuring data integrity and alignment with affiliate inputs.
• Ensure robust reconciliation and validation frameworks are in place and consistently applied by analysts.
• Coordinate closely with affiliates and HQ to ensure smooth planning cycles and high-quality outputs.
• Drive continuous improvement of templates, models, and processes to enhance efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

Portfolio Optimization & Brand P&L Oversight

• Oversee the development and maintenance of Brand P&L models and allocation methodologies, ensuring consistency and robustness across markets.
• Review key analyses and outputs, ensuring insightful, accurate, and decision-oriented deliverables.
• Guide analysts and affiliates on best practices for allocation mechanisms and financial modeling approaches.
• Support and challenge key outputs used in portfolio optimization initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Review and enhance affiliate decks and presentations.

Financial Processes Governance

• Oversee critical FP&A processes, including:
  • Annual Standard Cost Cycle: ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely reconciliation across all countries.
  • OEM Cycle: ensure consistency of templates, data quality, and timely system uploads.
  • Month-End Close Support: ensure models and outputs are aligned with reporting requirements and timelines.
• Ensure all processes are executed with strong controls, clear ownership, and standardized methodologies.

Tools, Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive the enhancement and automation of financial models, templates, and reporting tools.
• Ensure internal analysis tools (P2A, cash flow, statistics, causals, etc.) are robust, user-friendly, and scalable.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize workflows across the Service Center.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
• Proficiency in Excel and financial systems (experience with SAC is a plus).
• Ability to manage large, complex datasets across multiple dimensions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and automation.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-country environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver within specified timelines.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or similar roles.
• Experience in a regional or Service Center structure is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with forecasting, planning cycles, and financial systems.