Business Planning Manager, South Asia

We are looking for a Business Planning Manager to take on a business partnership role working closely with functions and countries the South Asia zone to support and drive business objectives.

Job responsibilities

Duties & Responsibilities

• Regional role supporting 10 markets. Direct market review scope of some markets along with functional responsibility.
• Support zone budget construction, consolidation and review processes.
• Meet monthly reporting and budget timelines. Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent with Group/local requirements.
• Explanation of financial variances against budget and prior periods. Monitor financial performance and other key indicators, highlighting trends and unexpected variances.
• Work closely with markets to deliver timely and accurate reporting with variance commentary.
• Analysis of sales performance including weekly report – highlight trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitor and track competitor performance (sales trends, network changes, key events, etc.)
• Review investment requests prepared by the team, ensure alignment with Group requirements.
• Support rollout of Group changes in reporting and policy changes.
• Partner with functions to improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies or improvements.
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

Profile

Key Qualifications

• Prior experience in retail environment preferred.
• Commercial and business partnership mindset.
• Hands-on, independent and resourceful. Analytical and detail oriented.
• Sound technical and financial knowledge and exposure in accounting standards (IFRS).
• Advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills. Knowledge in SAP/BW/Power BI is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication ability.
• Highly agile and adaptable. Able to deal with ambiguity and stress and work within tight deadlines.

Reference LVM26733