Regional Finance Manager

1.Planning and forecasting the P/L for the Region, including volume, mix, and local marketing & incentive spending and local sales admin; working with the Revenue Management Director to forecast localized annual price and mix plans with an understanding of how pricing strategies will impact the region profitability.

2.Assisting the Sales region function in making resource allocation decisions that maximize long-term profit and ensure adequate return on investment.

3.Reporting and analyzing P/L drivers and profit opportunities.

4.Ensuring financial control of the Region, including policy adherence, accuracy of books and records, and the safeguarding of Company assets.

The Finance Manager supports the leadership team in creating a financial operating plan that decomposes into specific P&L accountability at the region/mu level, and enables margin and spending variance analysis to identify performance that varies from plan, directing and facilitating actions to achieve or exceed the operating profit plan. The Finance Manager must ensure management unit strategy is formulated and deployed with accurate and insightful analysis.

• Develop the Annual Operating budget/financial plan ensuring there is a sound link between the operating strategies and the supporting financials.
• Participate in the formulation of the business unit strategy by providing an accurate and insightful economic analysis, and the impact of these decisions in overall P&L performance for the market area relative to its goals.
• Work with the Revenue Management, FMD, GM’s in developing budgets and profit forecasts, and developing guidelines for the budgets to ensure that resources are properly allocated and accurate and that financial risk are understood and appropriately managed.
• Develop budgets and profit forecasts, and developing guidelines for the budgets to ensure that resources are properly allocated and accurate and that financial risk are understood and appropriately managed.

Financial Reporting and Forecasting (LE)

• Ensure transparent real time understanding of P&L performance at the region/mu level.
• Manage monthly reporting and detailed variance analysis to ensure the operating unit is able to achieve plan and diagnose variance.
• Accurately report on all facets of revenue and expenses including: revenue, price promotions, consumer incentives, sales support, direct marketing expenses, administrative expenses and the related balance sheet assets and liabilities.
• Manage the statutory financial reporting requirements to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and financial regulations.
• Ensure reporting is consistent with regular management routines with the RVP and DBD and GM previews.

Accounting, Internal Control, SOX compliance and Company Policies

• Overall responsibility for the Balance Sheet accounts and P&L related to the region ensuring that the company’s financial position is accurately stated.
• Ensure that procedures and processes are managed and supported with the proper internal controls and required documentation as required per MillerCoors policies. Also ensuring that trade practices are followed per MillerCoors trade practices guidelines.
• Ensure routine review and understanding of MillerCoors policies to ensure compliance
• Ensure that SOX requirements are understood with management routines to review and sign-off on a quarterly basis

Business Transformation/SAP and business system support working knowledge

• Ensure that identified savings are understood, identified and incorporated into the budget P&L, LE. Resource to direct and facilitate business process review, identification of improvements and integrate financial and business processes with IT infrastructure
• Technical understanding of SAP reporting and working knowledge of margin minder, one view and business support systems

• A seasoned business leader [8+ years] and driver to accomplish the objectives of this business unit.
• MBA and CPA is preferred
• Managing operating budgets and providing deep commercial insights to improve business profitability.
• A well-developed strategic capability and proven experience in analyzing the marketplace, anticipating future alternatives and creating a strategic platform.
• Experience with managing a P&L, delivering deep financial analytical insight to a business with a disciplined understanding of making real time decisions between volume and profit. An accountant accomplished in the principles of pricing, forecasting, US GAAP, and maximizing commercial benefits.