Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• 1. Monthly analysis - support, prepare, check and analyse selected entity or sub-group monthly/quarterly management reports, including overall P&L, balance sheet and cash flow analysis, working capital analysis, business highlights etc (using excels, systems and Tableau)
• 2. Forecast & budget - support, prepare, check and analyse the rolling forecast, annual budget and long-term projections (using excels and systems)
• 3. Corporate projects - working with other team mates on other ad-hoc financial analysis or corporate projects as assigned (e.g. corporate finance, merger & acquisition, improvement projects etc)
• 4. Identify risk and opportunities of key findings and analysis and prepare usual and scenario analysis as needed, for example, entities/ sub-group analysis, commercial analysis (sales and margin etc), inventory and expense analysis, KPI etc
• 5. Work closely with financial, business, functional and treasury teams. Attend monthly financial performance review meeting with Singapore, China and overseas team to follow-up and analyse on related issues
• 6. Execute and coordinate tasks entrusted, and communicate it well to other finance and business departments to deliver tasks, provide key insights, support business growth and operation excellence
• 7. Any ad hoc financial analysis or projects as assigned
• 8. Occasional business travel may be required.

Job Competencies

1. Financial Reporting Accuracy Communication Skills
2. Problem Solving Time Management
3. Qualifications & Experience (Skills / Knowledge / Attributes)
4. Bachelor degree or above in finance or accounting related field, finance related certificates preferred;
5. Above 4‐ 6 year working experience in corporate financial analysis experience; strong data and numbers skills and knowledge. Ideally coupled with 2‐3 years Big 4 or accounting firm experience but not a must;
6. Excellent excel skills and system data/ numbers extractions skills, e.g. from ERP (Oracle/ SAP/IBM) and HFM etc.; good command of MS Office applications and, especially EXCEL/PPT, etc.;
7. Hands‐on, strong knowledge skills‐set and work experience in financial planning & analysis, annual budgeting & forecast work experience + budgeting/ forecast system experience;
8. Preferably experienced in forecast/ budgeting system or analysis tool implementation, dash‐board projects, Tableau etc. although not a must;
9. Preferably sound technical skills in working on financial models (P&L, BS & CF), short-term and long‐term projections (e.g. 1 to 5 years), although not a must;
10. Good sense of finance data, strong with numbers, logic thinking;
11. Able to work under fast‐pace environment and tight deadlines as needed;
12. Responsible, proactive, self‐starter and quick learner. Positive attitude and mind‐set with strong problem solving ability; flexible in work approach, good communication skills;
13. Able to take ownership of own work in meeting deadlines, work independently and working as a team;
14. Strong English skills with fluent Mandarin in listening, reading and speaking; comfortable in Mandarin speaking environment and able to read Chinese (as need to liaise with China and overseas team (e.g. China working experience or experience working with China teams/ cross‐border is highly preferred)