Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Acting as support to Deputy Head of Finance APAC on all FP&A issues and become integral part of APAC Finance team providing leadership to the team along with analysis, challenge and commercial support to the business.

The role is a key part of the team partnering a business with c.£49m turnover and 7 sites across multiple countries throughout APAC and needs to effectively influence upwards to their key contacts/stakeholders which include site GMs, UK & Global Operations FD and APAC MD. It is responsible for performance of APAC FP&A team, ensuring they understand key priorities and remain focussed on them.

As a senior member of the finance team the role will be expected to help drive the agenda and set the tone for the team culture.

Responsibilities

Reporting & Controls

• Analyse, challenge and interpret the month end results to provide detailed analysis and insight into variances in sales, margin, overhead and working capital.
• Produce bridging and commentary between Actuals, Budgets and Forecasts. Understand and explain the causes for large variances, provide documented commentary and challenge the variances with the sites.
• Help steer the messaging and content of the Components APAC month end reporting pack to ensure the correct insights and actions are communicated to management.
• Lead analysis of all areas of the P&L to identify opportunities and propose actions to improve profitability of APAC Region
• Develop value adding reporting and review processes and procedures to ensure efficiency and timeliness of information and deliver additional insight.
• Own the Capex control & reporting process to identify spending risks and ensure expected efficiencies are delivered.

Forecasting & planning

• Deliver the annual budgeting and quarterly forecast process for APAC region to ensure a rigorous, insightful output.
• Drive the forecast and annual budget process with the sites to ensure numbers are pressure tested for both commercial and financial integrity.

Business Partnering

• Key point of contact for the APAC Leadership Team as well as APAC Deputy Head of Finance and Global Operations FD
• Gain buy in from operational managers and become a credible part of the regional commercial and operations teams as well as an integral part of the finance team.
• Build relationships and understand the commercial aspects of the business to become a key finance point of contact for the APAC businesses
• Support investment appraisals within the sites and offer guidance where required, as well as helping to identify and track benefits arising from investment opportunities.
• Supporting the APAC business, providing analysis, challenge and commercial support to improve business performance and aid decision making.
• Manage profit enhancement plans to ensure delivery of gross margin and operating profit targets through monthly reporting on Cost saving Initiatives end ensuring agreed efficiencies are delivered.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and ensure they are driven through to completion.

Team Management

• Manage performance and address any poor performance/ provide recognition where appropriate
• Give appropriate & timely feedback to assist graduate in decision making and taking accountability for their work.
• Drive the profile of the FP&A team across the region and ensure finance are seen true partners to the commercial functions.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within a financial planning role.
• Experience of working in fast paced, dynamic environments.
• Ability to work with non-financial stakeholders to provide value adding financial support, challenge and analysis
• Experience of working with stakeholders of differing levels of seniority up to and including directors.
• Comfortable using numerous accounting packages with a good understanding of systems and ability to understand data quickly
• Good Powerpoint and presenting skills, comfortable presenting to, and receiving challenge from, senior management
• Advanced Excel skills to enable manipulation of multiple data sources to deliver detailed analytic
• Ability to display insight by manipulating linking multiple data sources (both internal & external) in different ways to provide value adding recommendations.
• Use insight to proactively identify areas of improvement and working on own initiative.
• Highly organised / structured approach, with the ability to co-ordinate a large number tasks simultaneously and ensure deadlines are met with clear, logical plans and foresight to pre-empt obstacles.
• Advise key stakeholders using technical expertise and experience
• Build relationships across the business to ensure delivery of tasks
• Own delivery of targets and hold relevant people accountable for delivery
• Ability to overcome obstacles whilst remaining professional and motivated.
• Share best practice amongst the team and work collaboratively to deliver to achieve team’s objectives
• Ability to demonstrate Influencing skills across colleagues of differing levels, both internal & external to finance
• Able to work effectively under pressure to deliver high quality work
• Undergraduate Degree in Accounting or Finance

Desirable Skills

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with good academics & experience (c5 yrs + PQE)
• Cost accounting knowledge
• Capital or Treasury knowledge

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: RM12,000.00 - RM13,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Opportunities for promotion
• Professional development

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Performance bonus

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• financial planning: 5 years (Preferred)
• Financial analysis: 5 years (Preferred)

Experience:

• financial planning: 5 years (Preferred)
• Financial analysis: 5 years (Preferred)