Job Description
<Job Responsibilities> - Prepare annual budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans with business departments. - Review business assumptions including sales, pricing, volume, operating costs, payroll, marketing expenses, and investments. - Monitor performance against budget and forecast; recommend adjustments when required. - Prepare planning reports for Management and Group. - Analyze business performance based on management and financial reports. - Conduct variance analysis between actual, budget, forecast, and prior periods. - Analyze revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, and profitability by product, brand, customer, channel, and region. - Identify key business drivers, risks, trends, and opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency. - Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support business decisions. - Evaluate promotions, pricing, discount programs, trade investments, and business initiatives. - Conduct investment appraisals using ROI, NPV, IRR, and Payback analysis. - Support business units in developing KPIs and performance targets. - Monitor departmental spending against approved budgets. - Analyze cost variances and identify overspending risks. - Review key expenses including sales, marketing, logistics, operations, and payroll. - Recommend cost-saving and resource optimization initiatives. - Develop and maintain management reporting systems and dashboards. - Design business analysis reports and ensure reporting accuracy and timeliness. - Provide insights, alerts, and recommendations based on financial and operational data. - Continuously improve reporting tools and methodologies. - Analyze profitability by product, brand, customer, and distribution channel. - Evaluate revenue and profit structures to identify growth drivers. - Monitor the effectiveness of sales support, promotion, and trade investment programs. - Coordinate with banks regarding credit facilities, loans, trade finance, and financial risks. - Support banking negotiations and relationships to optimize funding sources. - Monitor financing requirements, credit utilization, cash flow forecasts, and financial obligations. - Prepare documents for loan applications, credit renewals, and fundraising activities. - Analyze capital structure, financing costs, liquidity, and covenant compliance. - Monitor interest rate and foreign exchange movements and recommend risk mitigation actions. - Perform other tasks assigned by the Board of Management.
Job Requirement
<Necessary Skill / Experience> - Education: Bachelor's degree or above in Corporate Finance, Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related fields. - Language: English - Business Level - Minimum 3–5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Analysis, or Management Accounting in FMCG/ RETAIL/ Product Import, Product Distribution - Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. <Preferred Skills> - Professional certifications such as CIMA, ACCA, CFA, CPA or equivalent international qualifications are preferred. <Competence> - Ability to perform under pressure and meet strict deadlines. - Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities. - High integrity, accuracy, and sense of accountability. - Strong planning, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. - Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and other Business Intelligence (BI) tools. - Solid understanding of financial statements, management accounting, corporate finance, budgeting, and investment analysis.