Job Description

This position is in charge of all business forecasting. He manages the end-to-end business planning processes and plays a key role in assisting senior management with key reports and insights to support executive-level decision-making on short-term resource allocation and long-term resource planning. 

Result areas & responsibilities

Financial Planning 

• Responsible for the financial output of the monthly Sales and Operational Planning cycle. Coordinates alongside the demand planner, all the major S&OP process activities for timely and accurate inputs for the financial output. 
• Present detailed analysis and commentary of key trends and significant deviations of the S&OP plans against the previous year and agreed business target. Also responsible for engaging with relevant finance business partners for root cause analysis of significant variances and action plan recommendations to senior management for corrective action.

Statutory compliance 

• In charge of the preparation of quarterly financial statements (Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement) based on IFRS standards.
• In charge of the preparation of quarterly financial ratios ( eg: profitability ratios, Liquidity ratios, solvency ratios, and valuation ratios) and timely submission with the relevant commentaries and recommendations for senior management. 
• Responsible for the preparation of all financial statements & Business plans for banks and other users. 

Performance Management 

• Provides insights and deep dive analysis into financial data as a become a subject matter in support of finance business partners for functional engagement. 

• Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and recommendations to mitigate inherent risk.

Decision Support and Others

• Design and implement financial models to aid key business decision-making.
• Business partner for the finance business partners and functional directors on key and support the strategic business planning process, providing essential analysis on KPIs.
• Research, analyze, reconcile, and validate a variety of data sets and information to inform business decisions. 
• Prepare pre and post-project appraisals.

Budget preparation 

• Responsible for the annual budget preparation for commercial, plant & procurement departments (Revenue, ATL/BTL/Discount, Third party logistics, and cost of sales.
• Support the annual budgeting process by managing the consolidation of all budget inputs and follow-up engagement with budget owners to sense check assumptions and justification for budget inputs. Also manages the cash up process that generates the final budget for board approval.