Senior Specialist, Financial Planning and Analysis (APAC)

The Senior FP&A Specialist is responsible for performing the day-to-day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute with budgets and forecasts preparation for the assigned manufacturing units and in monitoring their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives

• Support Finance Business Partners and Plant operations team in analyzing deviations from budget and forecast, and in providing clear insights into underlying drivers

• Contribute with developing financial models and business cases for investments to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning

• Support Finance Business Partners in preparing annual standard cost calculation and conducting in-depth analyses of product cost developments to identify improvement opportunities

• Support Plant operations team and Finance Business Partners to conduct contribution profit analysis to steer plant productivity

• Prepare management reports and presentations focused on plant operations performance, KPIs, and strategic initiatives

• Contribute with monitoring cost development, performing cost centre and profit centre controlling, and with supporting budget holders in managing their financial responsibilities

• Contribute to month-end and year-end closing processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and financial commentary

• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

• Support/execute any other tasks as instructed by the direct FP&A supervisor or manager and participate in local and international projects aimed at improving financial processes, systems, and business insights

Qualifications:

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)

• CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA or equivalent accounting certification is a plus

• 6-10 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field

• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding

• Solid experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, including cost centre controlling and profitability analysis

• Strong commercial finance skills, including preparation of business cases for investments, tenders, and commercial deals, as well as performance analysis using business KPIs

• Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) and compliance requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, for data analysis and presentation

• Familiar with ERP systems, ideally within an SAP environment; experience with SAP BI tools is considered an asset

• Exposure with planning and forecasting tools such as Anaplan is a plus