Principal Finance Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Provides key financial support at Country Business and Plan reviews.
• Provides support and financial advice through value-added analysis to stakeholders on all kinds of reports generated by FP&A such as sales & financial reporting, Opex and other ad-hoc reports.
• Works directly with divisional Sales & Marketing Managers in the reporting and analysis of Sales/COGS information to identify issues and opportunities.
• Conducts deep-dive sales analysis including productivity by customer/product.
• Key participant in FP&A process, including the preparation and data input of Forecast, Strategy Plan and AOP.
• Analyzes performance trends and provides commentary on sales, COGS, operating expenses and other key financial parameters to improve profitability. Explains to business stakeholders how their business decisions impact financials.
• Provides support and financial advice to Sales/Marketing.
• Investigates and reports on significant variances to ensure integrity of information and performance against quarterly plans. Helps division remain on target.
• Quotation & Costing for new project.
• Prepare and analyze order intake status and backlogs.
• Performs margin analysis by product and customer.
• Preparation of P&L and respective reports for Budget and Forecast reviews.
• Support and consolidate review in the analysis of P&L in the planning cycle.
• Partner with stakeholders in building and reviewing of budget.
• Provide monthly analysis commentary on Budget and Forecast.
• Support on any ad hoc analysis, either for new business development, new product development or P&L simulation.
• Provide financial information to related parties regarding the profitability and to drive improved productivity and profitability.
• Manage the rolling forecast and required quarterly re-forecast submissions.
• Establish standard metrics for measuring, reporting and tracking performance.
• Conduct analyses and reporting including monthly financial analysis, reforecasting, and variance analysis.
• Acts as Finance Business Partner to local business leaders and find opportunities to drive actions to improve business performance from top line to bottom line.
• Be open-minded and flexible to propose new ideas, building enhancement in process, and new reporting that can support the company’s growth.
• P&L Forecast and periodical financial result analysis.
• Support management in developing and implementing the proper controls.
• Liaise closely with the regional finance team in areas of financial planning, updates, process standardization & implementation of guidelines.
• Work closely with Business Leadership to formulate (update) mid-term strategic plan and break it down into annual operating plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent.
• At least 5 years’ experience in financial planning, costing & business analysis in a manufacturing company.
• Experience in Budgeting & Forecast, Business Analytics and Variance Analytics.
• Superior attention to detail while maintaining a view of the big picture.
• Strong data analytical, financial modeling & simulation capabilities.
• Financial accounting knowledge or background preferred.
• Experience in financial reporting / planning system is a plus.
• Self-driven with high ownership of work and also flexible and willing to take on ad-hoc tasks.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner.
• Experience leading and developing new financial processes, models and tools.
• Accounting knowledge with a strong understanding of US-GAAP.
• Using ERP system for K System is a plus.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• High proficiency in MS Excel (e.g., formulas, pivot, tables and graphs) and PowerPoint.