FP&A Senior Specialist - APAC

The FP&A Senior Specialist is responsible for performing the day-to-day transactional activities within Financial Planning & Analysis, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, business-oriented services. The role focuses on financial planning and analysis activities to support effective decision-making and drive business performance. This position supports the FP&A function including internal and external revenues, cost of revenues, business-related SG&A and on statistical KPIs. This role will work closely with the Finance Business Partner.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare budgets and forecasts for the company’s organizational units and monitor their implementation to ensure alignment with business objectives

• Support the Finance Business Partner in analysing deviations from budget and forecast, providing clear insights into underlying drivers

• Develop financial models and business cases for investments, public tenders, and commercial opportunities to support strategic decision-making and scenario planning

• Support the Finance Business Partner in conducting in-depth profitability analyses across business units, products, and customer segments to identify improvement opportunities

• Support Finance Business Partner to conduct product margin analysis for price setting and tracking of price development

• Create and present management reports and presentations focused on commercial performance, key business KPIs, and strategic initiatives

• Monitor cost development, perform cost centre controlling, and support budget holders in managing their financial responsibilities

• Contribute to month-end and year-end closing processes, including preparation of accruals, reconciliations, and financial commentary

• Ensure compliance with internal control requirements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Accounting, Commercial Operations, and Medical Affairs

• Support/execute any other tasks as instructed by the direct FP&A supervisor or manager

• Participate in local and international projects aimed at improving financial processes, systems, and business insights

Qualifications:

• Academic degree or equivalent diploma in relevant subject matter (Economics or Finance)

• CPA, ACCA, CMA, CIMA or equivalent accounting certification is a plus

• 6-10 years of experience working on similar position in FP&A or any other relevant field

• Excellent communication skills with strong intercultural skills and understanding

• Solid experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, including cost centre controlling and profitability analysis

• Strong commercial finance skills, including preparation of business cases for investments, tenders, and commercial deals, as well as performance analysis using business KPIs

• Proficient in preparing management reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, and familiar with group reporting standards (IFRS) and compliance requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, for data analysis and presentation

• Familiar with ERP systems, ideally within an SAP environment; experience with SAP BI tools is considered an asset

• Exposure with planning and forecasting tools such as Anaplan is a plus