Asia Pacific - Regional FP&A Manager

The Regional FP&A Manager collaborates closely with Regional Brand Directors and Market Brand teams to drive effective financial planning and analysis, supporting decisions and the achievement of Brand targets.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in FP&A, excellent business partnering and data analytic skills.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

SALES AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

• Develop a comprehensive tracking system for sales trends, focusing on key drivers such as product, channel, store, and customer performance.
• Conduct regular and timely financial reviews, analyses, and deep dives to understand brand profit and loss performance
• Identify and evaluate opportunities to enhance profitability, including optimizing marketing spend and cost-saving initiatives

BUDGETING/FORECASTING

• Support the quarterly brand budget and forecast preparation process, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business objectives
• Collaborate with regional and market Brand teams to build detailed, bottoms-up business plans that align with the regional growth strategy
• Prepare comprehensive storyboards, analyses, and presentations to clearly articulate changes in the financial plan and their implications

DATA TRANSFORMATION AND PROCESS INITIATIVES

• Initiate process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function, through the use of automated analytic tools and data visualization techniques
• Support and assist in regional data transformation projects

REQUIREMENTS

• Master/Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics, preferably with specialisation in Analytics
• Minimum 10 years combine progressive Accounting and FP&A business partnering experience
• Strong data analytics and numeracy skills with ability to translate financial data into actionable insights
• Hands-on, meticulous with excellent attention to details
• Self-starter and resourceful with a proactive and problem-solving mindset
• Excellent communicator and a team player
• Experience and proficiency in SAP, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI is a must
• Knowledge of at least one programming language would be an added advantage