Finance Planning & Analysis Manager - APAC

The APAC FP&A Manager is a major contributor to the region and HQ senior management’s monitoring and understanding of the Asia Pacific countries financial performance and action plans. He/She helps the APAC Managing Director and Sr. Finance Director make the right decisions based on reliable financial information, pertinent analysis based on common reporting rules and processes.
He/She also organizes and communicates the management cycles (reporting, forecasting, budgeting, planning), and defines the analysis methods that the countries of the APAC region should follow to provide an accurate and meaningful (past, present and future) view of the business and company’s performance.

Job Responsibility

1. Define and coordinate structured, efficient forecasting, budgeting and planning processes in APAC region throughout the year
- Assist in the organization of the overall reporting, forecasting, budgeting, planning and business review timetable of the year for the Asia Pacific region in line with group’s reporting and business review plan
- Supervise the monthly Business Review process with the operating countries (define schedules, templates, content and ensure timely delivery of business analysis etc.) and participate to the month BR meetings with country GMs and FCs
- Prepare all the materials of the monthly business review, budget review and 3-year strategy plan reviews with APAC Sr. Finance Director for the Asia Pacific management. This includes the production of supporting charts, analysis and comments, in order to provide insightful, high-level presentation on the financial performance of the APAC countries
- Monitor performance action plans in the countries (gross margin optimization, cash collection, inventory reduction…) and their financial impact
- Manage the 3-year strategy plan process (once a year) for nominated APAC operating companies
2. Support the organic and external growth of the company in APAC by reviewing and monitoring organic investment applications from countries (CAPEX, NPD, new branches, ERP, distribution centers…) on the one hand, and integrate newly acquired entities into the group’s financial reporting scope on the on the other hand
- Ensure that countries understand and apply group/region investment procedure in terms of validation process and investment return analysis
- Review each investment application that requires validation by region and/or Group, including approval by group top management (“Investment Committee”) and help prepare a pertinent, high-level presentation of the project to the Investment Committee.

Qualifications

1. Education Background:
- Bachelor’s Degree or above in Accounting or Finance
2. Working Experience
- At least 6 years of working experience in multinational companies with:
- Experience in financial analysis and reporting at a country/regional/ global HQ
- Excellent accounting, financial reporting and analysis skills, while able to understand business issues and build insightful comments
- Excellent presentation skills, in particular must MS Power-point and translate pertinent analysis into visual supports
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Knowledge with MS software and ERP system, Oracle is plus
- Experience in the manufacturing environment is a plus