Senior FP&A Business Partner LATAM

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Summary: This role provides strong co-piloting support to the LATAM Business Director, partnering to understand, steer, and improve business and financial performance, supporting standardized processes and transformation. Highlights: 1. Co-piloting role supporting business and financial performance in LATAM. 2. Opportunity to shape transformation agendas and drive continuous improvement. 3. Key participant in distribution integration projects and systems digitalization. **Job Description:** Provide strong co‑piloting support to the LATAM Business Director, partnering closely with Champion Global FPA to understand, steer and improve the business and financial performance of the region. The role also supports standardized planning, forecasting and performance management processes, contributes to the regional RTM transformation agenda, and acts as a key partner during distribution integration initiatives. The role has a dotted‑line to Champion CFO. What are we looking for? * 5 years of experience in co‑piloting or FPA roles, ideally at local unit level. * Master’s Degree in Business Administration / Business School preferred. * Strong financial and demand co‑piloting skills with ability to translate data into actionable insights. * Strategic and long‑term mindset with capability to shape transformation agendas. * Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across regional and global teams. * Experience working with planning and forecasting systems (e.g. Anaplan, Adaptive, M3\). What will be your key responsibilities? Regional FPA Performance Steering * Analyze periodic and YTD regional KPIs aligned with Champion FPA. * Support period close activities including accruals, comments and business review decks. * Analyze demand drivers (price, volume, mix) by distributor, customer and channel versus category, historical performance and market trends. * Review portfolio performance, innovation launches and distributor trade spend (COOP, accruals, credit notes). * Review PL performance and explain variances vs budget (trade, margins, overheads, marketing, EBITDA and cash). * Support distributor credit management in collaboration with Champion A/R. AOP, Forecasting IVCP * Support AEP/REPLAN and target setting with distributors; input regional targets into Champion planning systems. * Lead regional forecasting (LE1 / LE2\), identifying gaps, risks, opportunities and key winning actions. * Co‑pilot the Business Director in shaping the10‑year transformation PL, including ROI for distribution integration, innovation and go‑direct milestones. * Drive continuous improvement of forecast accuracy. Systems Digitalization * Ensure regional performance information is available in the Mars ecosystem (SAP/Atlas, Helios, dashboards) and reported into Champion systems. * Use Power BI to support performance tracking and support financial digitalization initiatives. Distribution Integration * Key participant in distribution integration projects, supporting demand policies, pricing, trade terms, logistics costing and system testing. * Post go‑live, act as demand co‑pilot for the unit with local sales leadership. What can you expect from Mars? * Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. * Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in\-house Mars University. * An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.