Senior Specialist, FP&A

The Regional FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting FP&A activities across SEA, including regional consolidation, financial planning, reporting, performance analysis, and ad hoc business support to drive informed decision-making.

Primary Responsibilities

Financial Planning:

• Lead all aspects of the budgeting and forecasting processes and activities.

• Strengthen overall Planning and Reporting environment through effective implementation of the Global Planning guidelines and polices, monitoring of satisfactory outcome of the assigned business units

Commercial Analysis & Support:

• Act as a trusted finance business partner to SBUs, providing financial expertise, commercial insights, and analytical SBUs support to drive business performance and profitability

• Providing relevant and insightful analysis for the assigned strategic business units to support strategic initiatives

• Collaborate closely with regional and country management teams to evaluate business performance, identify growth opportunities, and mitigate financial risks

• In the absence of the Regional FP&A Manager, act as the primary FP&A representative, engaging with Heads of SBUs, country stakeholders, and Global Controllers

Operational Analysis:

• Drive financial and operational performance analysis of actual results vs budget and forecasting support to its key stakeholders for assigned SBUs, delivering actionable insights to support business decisions.

• Review monthly results against budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying key variances, risks, and opportunities.

• Develop and maintain management reporting, performance dashboards, and financial review materials.

• Provide adhoc financial analysis, reporting, and business support to address management and stakeholder requirements

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance /Accounting or any relevant disciplines (Mathematics, Business)

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in FP&A; experience in medical devices or FMCG industries preferred.

• Strong proficiency in SAP FI/CO; experience with Power BI is an advantage.

• Proficient in business intelligence tools such as SAP BW and IBM TM1

• Proficient in data analysis and visualization tools, including Power BI and MS Access.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for financial modelling and presentation.

• Strong analytical capability with a structured, process-oriented approach

• Highly meticulous and rigorous in handling financial data and figures

• Effective in planning, organizing, and prioritizing workload to meet tight deadlines

• Independent and strong communicator, able to engage effectively across all levels of the organization

• Strong accounting knowledge with solid business acumen