Marketing And Innovation Finance Manager – Foods

Marketing And Innovation Finance Manager – Foods

Lead financial analysis, planning, and forecasting for Innovations and their performance, KPIs for the Thailand Foods Market Unit.

Drive the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budget management, and strategic planning processes for marketing innovations in the Thailand Foods Market Unit.

Be a Finance Business Partner for PepSpark Business, Horizon 2/3 innovations.

Act as a strategic business partner, providing financial decision support to drive brand and innovation performance.

Deliver actionable insights and proactively identify risks and opportunities from a P&L perspective, considering market dynamics and commercial trends.

Support the execution of strategic initiatives to ensure alignment with company goals and maximize business impact.

Conduct financial simulations and provide recommendations to key stakeholders in Commercial, Consumer Marketing, Marketing, and Trade Marketing functions, ensuring financial implications are well understood.

Act as a business partner by collaborating with Channel & Category teams in Commercial and Marketing functions to drive strong performance through analyzing results against plans, identifying improvement opportunities, and supporting decision-making via scenario analysis.

Qualifications

Bachelor's and Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.

Minimum 5 years of experience in the Finance Manager position, preferably within the FMCG industry, with exposure to people management.

Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Strong background in business case development and project financial analysis.

Expertise in evaluating the effectiveness of trade and marketing spending and analyzing channel and brand P&L performance.

Familiarity with SAP, Tableau, and Power BI is a plus.

Solid technical knowledge in Finance and Accounting principles.

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Office tools.

Excellent communication skills in both Thai and English.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate across functions.