Assistant Manager, FP&A

Overview:

• Company is a $135m business growing double digit with aggressive expansion ambition.
• Two Categories, Salty Snacks and Cereal
• Operations in six key Southeast Asian Economies as well as more than twenty export markets.
• Sourcing products primarily from company Manufacturing facilities in Malaysia and Thailand, but also tapping into at least seven other global manufacturing locations.
• The Assistant Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis plays a critical role in assuring past, current, and future data is stored and reported accurately, and transformed to an insightful information that will help decision making in the business.
• Information is our currency in finance, we collect data, we transform it into information, insights, decisions and ultimately outcomes for the business.

Responsibilities:

• Provide insights to management through monitoring and analyzing actual results month by month
• Work on process improvement of current system (CFS) and reporting
• Ensure smooth reporting and forecasting submission via the existing systems (BPC, CFS and SAP). This includes the process improvement to maximize the existing systems.
• Lead the budgeting process as the process owner and lead the strategic forecast process every quarter
• Assuring smooth month end closing process by supporting FP&A manager with journals preparation.
• Driving financial insight in commercial team by building SEA and Brand reporting. 
• As a finance business partner to Marketing team with Brand Building/A&P management.
• Develop and analyze bottoms up rolling forecast.
• SAP Price and ICP maintenance.

Requirements:

• Degree qualified in finance, business, commerce or related field
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in FP&A or accounting experience
• Excellent communications skills and ability to lead a process
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage delicate issues with stakeholders