FPNA Manager

Job ID:41877
Location:LRQA - Hong Kong - Dorset House  
Position Category:Finance
Position Type:Employee Regular

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Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled FPNA (Financial Planning and Analysis) Manager to join our team in the Asia Pacific region. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing strategic financial insights, driving financial performance, and supporting decision-making processes. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

• Ownership of the overall planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the APAC Regional’s financial performance across actuals, budgets, forecasts, KPIs and 5 year plans. Performance to be measured through a shareholder lens.
• Ownership of all management reporting (P&L, cash flow and balance sheet, KPI reports, dashboards) for the APAC region and BU, ensuring reports and presentations are “investor ready”, meet stakeholders’ needs and are streamlined and consistent.
• Hold the Region and supporting functions to account for KPIs, ROI, cost controls and efficient balance sheet management. Support the business in identifying risk and opportunities; help the EXCO prioritise them.
• Challenge the Regional BUs on initiatives, identify new strategic opportunities. Provide reporting and analytics to enable FBPs to develop ambitious but achievable plans.
• Improve the accuracy of forecasting across the business – ensuring variances to expectations are messaged through the forecast, not the actuals through monitoring and analysing key financial metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Provide finance leadership with APAC Region and BU, working closely with finance business partners and into the back-office functions (Group accounting and SSC) to help embed the new organisational structure, improve the end to end performance of the finance function and re-align with the broader operating model.
• Develop and maintain metric driven models to evaluate performance and stress test forecasts and 5 year plans for the APAC Region and BU.
• Support development of good quality management information to ensure excellent business insight is built into core reporting, addressing root cause data and process issues where relevant and optimising use of financial data from different core systems. Output should be “investor ready” management reporting.
• Work with senior stakeholders and fellow Finance Business Partners across the business, ensuring Transformation budgets are met and that expected benefits are realised. Transparent reporting and governance and effective guidance and communication will be key to ensure a strong, common understanding and ownership of results.
• Interpret financial benefits of business cases and understand the impact of not taking particular actions. Identify areas for improvement and proactively implement solutions.
• Provide ad-hoc and project support and guidance where needed e.g.  systems integrations, analysis of VC initiatives, competitor benchmarking, M&A due diligence, integration planning and execution.

Technical / Professional Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field. MBA or relevant professional certification (e.g. CPA) is preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, with at least 2 years in a leadership role, preferably within a multinational company.
• Proficiency in financial modelling, forecasting, budgeting and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI and ERP system like ByD (SAP).
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles, financial statement analysis, and management reporting.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Proven ability to drive changes and work under pressure.
• Strong business acumen, problem-solving skills, and a results-driven mindset, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional and multicultural environment.
• Strong team player with can-do attitude and thrive for team success.
• High level of integrity, professionalism and attention to details.

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