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Beverage: Bottled Water Sector

Case Study

Interim Head of FP&A

A spinoff of Nestle Waters division; beverage and spring waters

Client Challenges

  • Restructuring of FP&A department
  • Lacked S/4Hana finance architecture
  • Needed 13-week cash flow predictive statement

Project Requirements

  • Someone to lead and reinforce it’s FP&A capabilities after their spin-off from a large group
  • Reporting, analysis and forecasting activities lacked proper architecture and needed a solid process revision and system mapping redesign
  • Stabilize newly implemented ERP
  • A high focus on cash flow to sustain its operation and health due to high seasonality and low margin of business

Project Deliverables 

  • Designed planning and reporting system infrastructure
  • Reviewed and aligned the COA, cost centers, profit center mapping to business framework
  • Coached and trained FP&A team
  • Built a solid process flow for planning and reporting activities