Finance Manager

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization – we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we're a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

The Commercial Business Partner Manager is responsible for creating and consolidating the annual budget, forecasting and reporting, and overseeing the business results for the Brazil market. It also involves delivering a comprehensive Profit and Loss (P&L) plan, forecasts, and variance analysis to the leadership team for Developing Markets.

The finance manager will share financial knowledge and reinforce key financial principles within the Commercial Organization. The candidate will lead the finance team by providing support and guidance, as well as offering financial assistance to the commercial director responsible for overseeing these markets.

The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, able to think strategically and proactively, and possess strong technical, managerial, and interpersonal skills to collaborate with partners at various levels.

Responsibilities:

• Plays an integral role in financial analysis, planning, reporting, consolidation and performance tracking of Brazil market.
• Provide financial and business analysis to support commercial and Brand teams during business planning. Analyze Customer/Channel plans and trends to ensure financial expectations are achieved.
• Partner with commercial teams to support and develop their business. Influence the Finance and Commercial Teams to help optimize Energizer's sales and profit growth.
• Develop and maintain financial tools and reporting systems to support commercial planning and forecasting efforts.
• Supervise the Trade Spend funds of its markets to optimize ROI and ensure financial objectives are met.
• Ability to balance and leverage Strategic Objectives in addition to financial factors.
• Partners with other members of the finance, supply chain, controllership, trade marketing, and marketing teams on cross-functional initiatives
• Engage and develop every member of the finance team to continuously improve their performance.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in finance and accounting.
• Minimum 3 years of financial business partnering/analytical experience.
• Broad P&L exposure.
• Speaking Language: English fluent, Spanish is preferred.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint).
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with business partners.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Strong analytical and problem resolution skills.
• Must be a self-starter.
• Capable of effectively working with remote teammates based in different countries.
• Embodies Energizer's leading other competencies: Strategic Thinking, Influence, Teamwork, passion, development of the organization, collaboration, Customer Focus, Achieving Results and Initiative.
• Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements to eliminate non-value-added work.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• High activity environment requires the ability to handle multiple tasks to accomplish objectives.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize based on business strategies and objectives.