Pepsi Lipton Finance Manager LATAM

Location: Mexico preferred (open to other key markets: Guatemala, Brasil, Peru or Chile)

Scope: Latin America

Job Description:

Background

Lipton is Unilever’s largest brand in turnover and global presence and is a key component in PepsiCo’s beverage portfolio. Lipton is a truly global brand and operates in two distinct areas: leaf tea and Ready to Drink Tea (RTDT). The RTDT team operates as a separate entity to Unilever and PepsiCo as part of a joint venture organization.

A role in Pepsi Lipton is unique experience that will allow you to rapidly develop and will add value to your career. It is a Joint Venture between Unilever and PepsiCo to manufacture and sell Lipton Ice Tea and operates across the globe. As a company in its own right, the joint venture has its own board of directors. Whilst in constant contact with its parent companies, it runs as a separate entity on a day-to-day basis. As a global company the variation in countries, bottlers and manufacturing sites makes this a very exciting place to work.

We have 5 regional organisations operating across North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa Middle East and Asia (AMEA) and Greater China and we are constantly breaking new ground with launches into white markets.

Working in the joint venture is one of the few opportunities to work in a small, entrepreneurial company within a larger framework of Unilever and PepsiCo. It is a unique opportunity to work across many areas of the marketing agenda and make a direct impact to the global business.

To learn more, visit www.pepsilipton.com 

Main Purpose

The role works in close partnership with the Latin America Senior Finance Manager to Provide the regional leadership team with solid financial forecasting and commercial finance support to deliver robust Financial input. The role will also become the link point into the business to ensure close alignment from Strategic Business Planning to the preparation of the Annual Operating Plans & the implementation Innovation agendas.

Specific activities include:

• Deliver robust financial inputs (Markets and LATAM HQ P&Ls) for the Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Business Plan.
• Maintain a monthly rolling forecast verifying reasonableness of Bottlers and Distributors forecast challenging variances against Co-op agreements and highlighting risks and opportunities.

Ensure monthly quality and timely availability of financial information for Leadership team

• Weekly sell out analysis and circulation of report.
• Control of regional marketing and G&A spend through clear understanding of cross-charges.
• Input of country forecasts into COGNOS reporting system.
• Monitor and report accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Analyse the performance of new business initiatives (new product launches, new packaging, business models… etc.) and provide guidance and financial perspective to senior management.
• Validate reasonableness of the monthly Bottlers and Distributors Case Sales volume submissions.

Establish close working relationship with local finance teams

• Ensure clarity within Pepsi Lipton and PepsiCo / Unilever on all financial reporting elements
• Maintain and control records of key business / franchise library documents (EBAs, Commercial and Cooperative Agreements,.. etc.)

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