Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Job Purpose:

As Senior Financial Analyst, reporting directly to APJ FP&A manager, you will be working closely with the FP&A COE and Functional Leaders and responsible for providing FP&A support and business partnership. You will be experiencing in dynamic interaction and collaboration with key stakeholders located in different countries across the globe.

Responsibilities:

• FP&A consolidation and review of monthly business performance for the APJ region, delivering the monthly management report.
• Timely and accurate monthly reporting of the business performance with key variance analysis for Year over Year, and Forecast / Budget comparisons.
• Partner with the FP&A COE team (in Malaysia), in country finance teams and corporate FP&A group to collaborate on metrics, goals and business review.
• Liaise with accounting team on any month end closing issues.
• Act as primary finance contact to work with business team and liaison with other functional teams.
• Prepare and support forecasting cycle and annual budgeting process (including functional spend)
• Provide complete, accurate and timely financial reporting and business insights to APJ FP&A, Corporate FP&A, and Function leaders.
• Support the implementation and roll out of new financial reporting tool and system.
• Lead and initiate enhancements to reporting and insight generation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Familiar with SAP, BW, TM1, and PowerBI experience is a plus.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Good command in English (written and verbal)
• Minimum of 5 to 8 years in a MNC organisation
• IT distribution industry experience a plus
• University graduate with major in Accounting or Finance
• Experience in FP&A business partnering, curiosity in understanding the business and how FP&A can add value to the business
• Strong financial discipline, strategic thinking and mindsets
• Strong responsibility sense, positive working attitude, effective communication skills (outspoken)
• Good team player, problem solving skill and self-motivated
• Work independently with minimum supervision