Alcon Chile is looking to hire a Manager -Business Planning and Analysis (BPA) to join our finance team in South Cone Cluster (Chile, Argentina & Uruguay). The BPA Manager is instrumental in providing analytical, operational & strategic support for the financial performance of the assigned business scope. She/he is responsible for the management and coordination of the company’s budgeting and forecasting process, the analysis and review of consolidated financial data and for driving a strong discipline on financial management and investment decisions within the business.
In this role, a typical day will include:
- Manage planning process with high degree of accuracy: Budget and Forecasting. Proactively advice on early warnings/opportunities to supported finance and business teams.
- Execute month-end process, demonstrating business understanding, curiosity, and conveying explanations and actions in an effective manner.
- Ensure accountability to established objectives through tracking of actual results and highlight root cause events of variances.
- Analyze financial results, filter, and synthesize issues, communicate key messages to supported finance and business teams to allow adoption of corrective actions, as necessary.
- Directly contribute to the achievement of Alcon financial objectives (Sales, Profit and Cash Flow) through financial analysis to support operational decision-making for the franchises in scope.
- Identify, prioritize, and lead process improvements to drive value creation.
- Participate in ad-hoc projects and ad hoc analysis as a finance representative.
- Disciplined use of financial systems (ASPIRE, APMR, SAP, etc.) to manage and perform analytical analysis of financial results.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related analytical discipline.
- At least 3-5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) roles.
- Exceptional analytical abilities, capable of using data tools to drive decision-making and managing large pools of data in Excel.
- Demonstrates complex problem resolution proficiency and the ability to identify/implement process enhancements.
- Proactive communication style with the ability to build/foster relationships with business partners.
- Proven leadership, analytical, influencing, and problem-solving skills combined with the ability to identify risks and impacts and possible solutions and corrective actions.
- Excellent written and verbal English skills, along with quantitative, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Enjoy the freedom to innovate and drive process improvements.
- Enjoy challenging work that impacts our business and patients directly, fostering both personal and professional growth.
- Be part of a diverse and supporting team that values your contributions and encourages innovation & collaboration.
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Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
