About the Role
The Finance Velocity Office is designed to accelerate the development of a world-class finance function focused on shaping transformation strategy, improving business operations, and enhancing the overall impact of the department. The Senior Manager, CEMEA Cost of Volume (COV) Planning plays a vital role in the CEMEA Planning Center of Excellence (COE). This position is responsible for regional Cost of Volume forecasting, baseline development, governance, reporting, and the execution of the planning cycle. The Senior Manager will ensure high-quality COV baselines, manage exceptions, consolidate local overlays, and ensure submission readiness by collaborating with FP&A, CoE Global, FSS, DSG, and business stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Cost of Volume Baseline & Reforecasting: Own regional COV baselines and AI-driven reforecasting; review discounts, waivers, and exceptions; validate assumptions and forecast drivers.
- Pricing & Commercial Analysis: Support pricing and baseline reviews, assess commercial impacts, market dynamics, and key COV drivers.
- Allocations, Mapping & Validation: Validate allocations, mappings, hedging logic, and data quality; ensure alignment with global methodologies and reporting standards.
- Forecasting & Planning Cycles: Coordinate forecast updates, quality reviews, local overlays, and submission readiness; support variance analysis across forecasts and actuals.
- Monthly Close & Outlook Reporting: Deliver review materials, commentary, and insights on COV performance, risks, and baseline changes.
- Cycle Governance, FX & Risk Management: Manage FX, mix, and risk assessments; review exceptions and ensure governance and submission quality.
- Transformation & Project Management: Serve as the regional COV lead; partner with FP&A, CoE Global, FSS, and DSG to enhance methodologies, data quality, automation, and planning tools.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree, or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree, or 7 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
- Strong understanding of financial planning processes, methodologies, and best practices, as well as proficiency with financial planning tools and technologies.
- Strong understanding of relevant systems, planning processes, and data sources.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive process improvement initiatives.
- High credibility in a matrixed environment, with clear accountability and decision rights.
- Ability to identify opportunities to standardize key FP&A processes and improve efficiency across the finance organization.
- Experience in the financial services industry, with knowledge of industry-specific trends and challenges.
- Experienced in advanced forecasting techniques, predictive analytics, and statistical modeling for baseline revenue planning.
- Experience in implementing or optimizing financial planning systems and processes.
Work Environment
The company requires at least 3 days in office; expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
The company is an EEO Employer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
