.**Financial Shaping Manager Royal Canin Mexico****T2B**The Financial Shaping Manager **primary purpose is to partner with unit's CFO, GM, management team and unit's senior managers in providing support on financial performance management and decision-making process**. Plays a critical role in the unit by performing forecasting, and in-depth analysis that supports the business decisions of the Leadership team. Delivers qualitative and quantitative **in-depth analysis of the unit's operations to evaluate the company's progress toward achieving its budget's goals** and actively seeks and counsels diverse stake for opportunities to ensure the financial outcome of the unit.In deep connection with Unit's financial controller and S&F team, the Financial Shaping Manager / FP&A will **lead the financial analysis & planning processes and presentations to the management team on budgets, forecasts, and monthly performance reviews**. Supports SRM initiatives, understands and safeguards primes, LCC and MAC, and ensures ROI investment initiatives (A&CP + D, TE) and appropriate OVH control. Actively participates to business transformation initiatives**What will be your key responsibilities?****Financial Planning & Analysis**- Pre-closing: review details of the P&L accounts ensuring timely bookings, accruals in deep relationship with unit's financial controller- Periodic close contribution: prepare unit's Review deck- Creates and drives a periodic closing review engaging GM / CFO for the full P&L to happen after closing; "tell the story"- Provide analysis on Unit's periodic and YTD KPIs - defining the relevant KPIs and setting up the tools, reports and queries, including leading and lagging indicators.- Engages meetings with necessary stakeholders to review: Topline analysis (Volume, GSV, Trade, NSV), MAC Drivers (Prime / LCC) A&P + Display Material and Overheads- Interface with local financial controller, global and regional FP&A team and Supply Finance team on periodic performance reviews- Provides supports and insight to the GM and Unit's management team on performance reviews and financial planning**S&OP+ CO-Pilot and Forecast owner**- Creates a unique source of information and owns all finance data; develops necessary scorecards and KPI's to ensure business visibility; constantly involves stakeholders to understand evolution of delivered reports and metrics