Strategy & Program Delivery Analyst

Be a part of a revolutionary change

At PMI, weve chosen to do something incredible. Were totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, youll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

Its so rare in R&D that everything aligns to create the ideal conditions for outstanding work. Right now, at PMI, thats exactly whats happening. R&D is the driving force for our bold new vision to replace cigarettes with a revolutionary portfolio of alternative products.

Join us and youll have the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see ideas come to life. Youll be surrounded by some of the brightest scientists in their fields, with fast access to subject experts and commercial decision-makers.

If youre creative, courageous, and ready to take risks, you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions. Ultimately, by delivering our smoke-free and nicotine-future, your work could help accelerate the end of cigarettes.

The S&PD Analyst needs to have extensive business knowledge required to translate business inputs into financial actions for the company by

• Contributing insights to the allocation of investments
• Enable beneficial investment decisions across all commercial areas

Your day to day

Commercial Partnering & Support for budget management and forecasting

• Maintain the allocation structure for commercial as it relates to cost centres (CC) and work breakdown structures (WBS) ensuring the Authorized Signatory Matrix is updated timeously.
• Ensured aligned forecasted budget spend for commercial as outlined via the Integrated Consumer Plan (ICP)
• Develop, enhance, and maintain the commercial finance database relating to actuals, rolling forecast and original budget
• Be a key liaison between commercial and support departments
• Monthly tracking, analysis and reporting of business and overheads commercial spend
• Prepare input database for Tagetik and ensure forecasts are updated for projects and overheads during rolling forecast cycle

Project Management Office support

• Track Project ROI
• Manage the IT/Capex request process within the market
• Ensure depreciation is correctly accounted for in forecasting cycles
• Consolidate and analyse project FTE to assist in the effective use of people resources across full project portfolio with close collaboration with the Commercial Program Manager (CPM)
• PMO Process Efficiency Custodian (PMI PM tools, templates etc.)
• Contribute to better portfolio visibility by ensuring accurate creation and management of projects in ePPM through data quality audits, provide support and training to project managers on the use of ePPM
• Support with the preparation for Project Portfolio Health Reviews (Local & Regional)

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Management Accounting
• Preference will be given to Professionals on the path towards CIMA/CA(SA)/ACCA or Relevant Honours or Postgraduate Qualifications
• Minimum 2 years of Commercial/Marketing Finance experience in large FMCG/CPG businesses

Skills/competencies And Experience

• Strong foundation of business knowledge
• Experience in in-depth financial analysis, utilizing of data for story telling
• Good understanding of budgeting and reporting (preferably in multi-national environment)
• Project Management experience would be an advantage - experience on ServiceNow or similar project management tools would be an advantage
• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint skills is essentional

About The Person

Results driven, analytical skills, collaboratitive, strong communication and presentation skills to provide analytical insights based on the interpretation of the statistics and assisting teams to understand relevant data

Have a passionate learning attitude with attention to detail and be able to work under pressure.

What we offer

Our success depends on our talented employees who come to work here every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. Well empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyones contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the worlds best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society to deliver a smoke-free future.

To join our growing team.