Job Purpose

We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering paints company that’s committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.

Job Purpose

The FP&A analyst will report to OPEX CoE Lead & will work closely with the ISC BU Focal Points by providing high value adding analysis for the manufacturing sites assigned.

He will also Supports the business in generating insights, particularly in manufacturing cost like Employee Related Cost, Utility, R&M etc. based on past trend/historical information & using statistical measures.

He will also be responsible for planning/forecasting and budgeting that support the strategic objectives of AkzoNobel & will strive to support continuous improvements and standardization initiatives in reporting.

Key Activities

Generating insights and analyzing trends

• Analyzes current and past trends in key performance indicators; monitor performance indicators, highlights trends and analyzes causes of unexpected variance and capturing it in form of commentary.
• Analyses Manufacturing cost across sites and highlight reasons for variances and actions needed to control cost
• Review ISC P&L of site and reason for variance
• Provide support in completing AR business case for capex
• Analyses inventory levels for Semi Finished Good and alerts navigator on potential SLOB risk
• Closely monitor Primary cost & recovery based on product cost run & identify abnormalities & highlight to Product Cost CoE for corrections.
• Develops financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives (such as ALPS/Continuous improvement, ISC cost of quality, footprint reduction)

Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting

• Drive the Quarterly rolling forecast process by identifying risk & opportunities.
• Drives the continued development of the QRF and other planning and forecasting processes
• Consolidates inputs from cross functional teams and navigators for submission of QRF and Budget into the required platforms
• Measures forecast accuracy and improve P&L accuracy.

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

Experience

Experience

• 5-8 years’ experience as analyst or as controller in a business environment and/or functional area
• You are ambitious and see this function as part of your development to become an all-round Finance professional in AkzoNobel.
• You have exposure of tools like Power BI, Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud.
• 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 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

Competencies

• Accepting Direction
• Accepting Responsibility
• Acquiring Information