Responsibilities

　　Maintain Budgets

　　Build working relationship with function budget owners withing communication team; developing a working knowledge of the work to be completed in the fiscal yearCollaborate with control function to Initiate the aligned upon budget in the Oracle/ SAP systems, generating project numbers for each brand project Request, review and maintain files related to final estimates from vendorsCollaborate with Control's budget coordinators to gather/process invoices and generate PO'sOwnership of teams' inter-company Journal Entries (JEs) allowing the movement of budget dollars from one team/budget to another, +$10K per transactionPartner with PepsiCo Corporate Affairs on management of +$1MM of Annual Association dues. Work with Sr. Leadership to build AOP (Annual Operating Plan) budget for Communications. AOP requires several iterations until final. Needs and casuals for budget asks must be detailed.Manage tracking of completed estimates and POS's; accounting for remaining balances, needed estimates, open purchase orders, etc.Complete adhoc analysis of cost buckets to identify efficiency opportunities for future planning purposes

　　Manage Budget Processes

　　Support communication processes with reporting vertical leaders and Business Partners (project planning, workflow monitoring, quality checks, on-going changes)Help Reporting vertical leadership develop and finetune internal COE processes (work-flow mapping, pain-points, and bottlenecks to process management) both related to service delivery and internal center operationsImprove existing processes based on frequent end-user and Business Partner feedback loop

　　Qualifications

　　10-12 years of experience in finance, planning and/or accountingExperience in financial systems & programs (SAP, BOBJ, Essbase, Tableau, Excel)Able to work independently and takes initiativeDetail-oriented; organized in approach and in document maintenanceStrong collaborator: Interested and motivated by working with others. Actively creates and participates in opportunities to co-create solutions across markets; will be willing and able to embrace Responsive Ways of WorkingKnowing the Business Cold: Can easily see how separate data inputs are connected; synthesizing key learnings to highlight opportunities to inform future business decisionsExcellent written and oral communication skills; proactively communicates using appropriate methods for situation and audience in clear, concise and professional manner