F&A - Senior Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional to join Duracell's Finance team in a mid-level role with broad scope across commercial finance, financial planning, and legal entity compliance.

You will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and cross-functional stakeholders to support business decision-making, drive forecast accuracy, and ensure robust financial reporting. A shared responsibility for Türkiye statutory compliance and local banking operations is also part of the role.

Ideal for a Finance or Accounting professional with 6 to 7 years of experience who is analytical, hands-on, and comfortable working in a dynamic FMCG environment.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

• Schedule: Full-time
• Modality: Hybrid 
• Location based: Istanbul (Turkey)

Responsibilities

Business Analysis and Support:

• Securing compliance with the Trade Fund Management process, system validation, accrual creation, 
• Financially qualifying product launches and white space expansions, analyzing customer profitability, pricing adherence levels, and Trade Terms Structure
• Leading Promotional Activity ROI Calculations. Developing and maintaining ROI analytical Tools. Capture key learnings and recommending optimization opportunities on future spending plans       
• Developing ad-hoc data based analysis to  support decision-making process and statutory reporting.
• Preparing periodic customer profitability analysis, Quad Analysis, making recommendations on profitability interventions or Portfolio simplification opportunities.
• Maintain price master data and customer hierarchies across systems. 
• Working closely with Business Leaders and other functions (Sales, Marketing, Product Supply, Order Management, Accounting, E&A Finance Community). 

 

Managerial Reporting:

• Own Month End closing process: preparation of Month End entries (Accruals, GL reclasses), Analyzing actuals variances vs. Forecast, Verifying actuals for accuracy, Mix analysis, populating bridges vs. previous periods.
• Providing monthly reporting package - Sales Report, Overheads Report, Marketing Activities Report. 
• Developing and simplifying locally deployed reporting tools, training organization on Power BI reports

 

Financial Planning:

• Co-own and lead annual budget and Quarterly forecast process, verifying and challenging inputs from Multi-Functional stakeholders to ensure forecast accuracy
• Supporting the preparation of the short, medium and long-term financial planning. Consolidating the inputs from different functions, challenging, and analyzing the underlying assumptions
• Reporting and top-level adjusting the financial plans in PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)
• Load and maintain forecasting system Oracle PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service)

 

Türkiye Legal entity operations and compliance (shared responsibility):

• Legal entity statutory compliance and Tax filings (e-ledger, VAT, etc)

• Local banking operations (payroll, Importations, Travel and expense, Intercompany payments)

• Cash flow Analysis

• US GAAP to TR GAAP calculations

 

Qualifications

Profile of the Candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or professional finance certification is a plus
• Minimum 6+ years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering roles 
• Proven track record in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and trade/commercial analytics.
• Experience business partnering with commercial, sales, or marketing teams across multiple markets or regions.
• Prior experience in FMCG, retail, or multi-country/multi-market environments is strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable commercial insights.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with BI tools, SAP, Blackline, PBSC
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence non-finance business partners.
• Fluent English; additional regional languages are a plus

 

What’s on offer:

• Employment in a stable international company with an established position in the market.
• Permanent employment contract
• Hybrid working model.
• Attractive salary and competitive benefits package
• Highly developed company culture
• Professional growth opportunities

About UsDuracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.