Manager FP&A APAC Cocoa

The FP&A Manager APAC Cocoa plays a crucial role in the financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making processes for the company's cocoa business across the APAC region. He/ she works closely with the Finance Business Partner Cocoa APAC to deliver the financial performance of the Cocoa APAC division.

The APAC cocoa business is a complex business focused on trading, sourcing and processing of beans. This position will partner with various stakeholders, including regional business units, and regional/global finance teams, to ensure accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis. The FP&A Manager will also contribute to daily business decision-making and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with the company’s overall objectives.

The business scope of this role encompasses two cocoa production sites: Pasir Gudang and Bandung. The total annual bean grinding output is 170,000 metric tons (MT). Regarding total annual third-party (TP) sales and inter-company (IC) volumes, the region handles approximately 150,000 MT.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes for the APAC cocoa business, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
• Provide insightful analysis of business performance from a commercial perspective, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to support strategic commercial decision-making.
• Monitor and report on key financial metrics, including revenue, profitability, working capital, and cash flow.
• Monitor the execution of strategic business initiatives (e.g. Asia Turnaround, NL).
• Support ad-hoc, time-sensitive analysis requirements.
• Drive standardization and digitalization of finance processes across APAC in line with Global Cocoa's direction.
• Share best practices across APAC.
• Collaborate with the global cocoa finance team to ensure consistency in financial reporting and alignment with global strategies.
• Liaise with the broader FP&A team to prepare monthly Cocoa APAC business review slides, and support Finance BP Cocoa APAC and VP Cocoa APAC in leadership meetings.
• Manage and develop a team of finance professionals, providing coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback.
• Support Finance Business Partner Cocoa APAC in managing risk positions of Cocoa APAC business, with a solid end-to-end understanding of risk exposures arising from various flows of a complex Cocoa APAC business.
• Execute the month-end Clarity MTM fair valuation, review risk positions & perform reconciliation (including inventory, and futures).
• Prepare the month-end embedded margin file as a correction to the Clarity MTM fair valuation.
• Execute the fair valuation and perform insightful analysis to accurately determine the financial impact of regular hedges/ switches/ arbitrages/ cash flow hedges.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Strong experience in the food & beverage industry, specifically in cocoa or similar commodities, is highly desirable.
• English business proficiency (written and spoken).
• Technical proficiency:
• Excel (Power Query/ Power Pivot/Power View);
• Microsoft Power BI;
• Microsoft PowerPoint.
• ERP system (SAP as a plus);
• Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strategic Thinking / Decision-Making / Team Leadership / Business Acumen.
• Proactive and Results-Oriented / Adaptability / Detail-Oriented.
• Team player who can interact and closely collaborate with other finance sub-departments and all other functions.