Manager, Financial Planning

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis to join our Finance Team. Reporting to Vice President, Finance, this role will play a key part in budgeting, forecasting, business analytics, and strategic decision support for the APAC region. The ideal candidate will bring deep financial acumen, advanced modeling skills, and the ability to communicate insights effectively to senior leadership. A strong collaborator, this individual will work cross-functionally to align financial plans with strategic goals and drive performance across the organization

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Partner with business leaders to develop the Annual Budget, ensuring alignment with strategic and financial objectives.
- Lead forecasting cycles, incorporating key business drivers and market insights
- Drive reporting requirements; ensure accuracy, timeliness, and transparency.
- Conduct monthly Budget vs. Actual analysis; provide meaningful insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends
- Prepare and deliver financial presentations to business and finance leadership, highlighting key metrics, risks, and opportunities.
- Ensure Budgetary Control as per defined guidelines
- Analyze data, trends, variances and identify opportunities for improvement
- Build and maintain Financial Models, Benchmarking to help in decision making
- Continuously improving the processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy
- Cross-functional collaboration to gather relevant information

Demonstrated Competencies:

- Accountability & Integrity We keep the promises we make, especially when it is hard to do so. This creates trust and supports strong relationships. Taking responsibility for one's actions and outcomes, ensuring commitments are met, and learning from mistakes. Honest and having strong moral principles.
- Business Acumen Ability to understand and apply business principles and concepts to make effective decisions and drive organization success, essentially how a business operates, makes money, and how individuals within that business contribute to its overall success.
- Decision Making The process of making choices by identifying a decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions while factoring ethics and organizational values
- Positive Attitude We find the good in everything that happens to us, and that propels our lives forward. Finding the good in every person enables us to attract terrific people, opportunities, and wealth. Demonstrating a positive yet realistic attitude, energetic engagement, and a willingness to go the extra mile. It involves showing genuine interest, maintaining motivation, and inspiring others with one's passion for work or projects.
- Leadership Guiding and motivating others, setting clear expectations, and fostering a positive work environment. Making sound decisions and developing buy-in through trust and vision.
- Team Work The combined action of a group, especially when effective and efficient. Collaborative and adaptable. Able to work across teams and flex with evolving priorities.

Required Qualifications:

- MBA(Fin)/CA/CMA with 3-4 Years of experience in FP&A/Business Finance/Commercial Finance
- Strong expertise in Finance Modelling, Presentations, Power BI
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to work with senior leaders and manage cross-functional collaboration

Preferred Qualifications:

- Working knowledge of ERP (Preferably NetSuite) and One Stream

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

This is a full-time position. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

An equal opportunity employer.