Management Information and Planning Analyst at Vivo Energy

o prepare monthly/quarterly Financial Results in accordance with set deadlines, standards and targets.

Principal Accountabilities

• Responsible for the preparations and generations of timely, accurate and reliable Financial Statements from the SAP Systems on monthly basis and file all monthly financial accounts and management information by the due dates.

• Constantly review the chart of accounts with a view to making it template compliant whilst ensuring that it serves the interests of the businesses through satisfying their management information needs.

• Monthly review of actual to plan performance for all Business Units and cost centres.

• Annual planning and budgeting control and leadership.

• To conduct specified projects relating to accounting systems, and accounting policies.

• To assist other departments in a wide range of commercial activities which call upon the incumbent’s financial expertise.

• Conduct ad–hoc investigations and reviews of various financial and procedure controls throughout the businesses to ascertain the level of compliance and their effectiveness and continued relevance to the businesses and making recommendations for improvements.

Main Responsibilities:

• Financial Analysis: [Monthly and quarterly]: analyse financial results and coordinate in country performance review including cash flow analysis, explanation of actual performance
• Cost management: track, analyse drivers and variances on local expenses
• Projects: to improve performance [margin management, cost initiatives, etc.]
• Management Information: custodian of Management Information architecture and manuals in the country
• Planning process: Lead the Business planning process, and deliver the Commercial and retail plans with special focus on the operationalization of the agreed plan at local level, including setting detailed Key Performance Indicators targets. Consolidate and reconcile the operational plan and ensure it is correctly captured in the systems. Provide requested and spontaneous analysis on consolidated country level, split per product, segment, channel etc. resulting in meaningful Management Information to help to deliver the plan, steer the business and appraise actual performance against plan.
• Other: Any other assignments as required by the business. 

Job Knowledge, Skills & Experience required

• Degree in Accounting or ACCA or Economics qualification
• Minimum 3-4 years’ relevant work experience in similar position.
• Financial accounting and Management Accounting.
• HPL/HFM Experience is key.
• Outstanding analytical abilities in MS-Excel
• Good financial foundation [accounting/MI/planning/economics
• Analytical thinker and problem solver.
• Good communicator [oral and written]
• Self-starter: able to drive change and run projects.
• Effective inter-personal skills to work with the country management team and business teams.
• Ability to manage priorities and very tight deadline is key.

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