Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Planning and Forecasting

• Prepares overall roll-up and consolidation to generate full CIC financials and analysis, ensuring alignment with business objectives/directions and understanding the implications and drivers of changes as well as communication and presentation of results measured against plan, prior year and prior estimates.
• Provide CIC management with in-depth analysis of the financial statements vs Previous Estimate, Plan, Prior Year and other base comparison leading to the identification of risks and opportunities and recommendations for appropriate actions to address them.
• Ensures the accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness of all plan/forecast requirements to complete the full financial roll-up in a timely manner
• Ensures that the plan/forecast numbers are correct and consistent in all reporting systems
• Develop effective financial templates applicable to business models and requirements
  
  

• Ensures that actual data are secured to the level that is relevant both in the vertical and horizontal analysis of the financials as well as in the reporting packages
• Provides insightful analytics on what happened and how this compares with the latest estimate, plan, last year figures and other base comparison
• Identifies gaps in the financial performance and how these gaps will impact the delivery of the balance-of-year and full year numbers
• Communicates and coordinates promptly any material deviation to plan/forecast and identifies any potential risks and/or opportunities
• Prepares and ensures that the monthly reporting package presents the correct figures and provides insightful analytics
• Organizes and controls all templates, schedules, reports, packages, presentation materials, references, and other supporting documents (soft or hardcopy), for common reference, and usage of the team and to different business units.
• Ensures all working templates, supporting schedules and information with links, formulas and logics are intact and saved in the shared folder for common reference, usage and easy update.
  
  

• Act as administrator for consolidation and/or forecasting systems (e.g., Anaplan)
• Drive system enhancements and process automation to improve efficiency
  
  

• Practices continuous improvement on the planning, forecast, and reporting processes (working templates & reports) to leverage available tools and systems and to cater the needs of internal customers.
• Establishes strong and effective working relationships with the team and all business units counterparts.
• Other functions that may be required to ensure business continuity.
  
  

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics; MBA or CPA preferred.
• Experience: more than 5 years experience in FP&A or corporate finance, with 2–3 years in a supervisory role.
  
  

• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Expertise in consolidation and forecasting systems administration.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Knowledge of ERP and BI tools.