Global Director FPandA

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight and pipelining specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house research.

About our client

Our Client is the global market leader in the design, testing, and manufacture of specialty filter solutions for the tobacco industry. Headquartered in Singapore, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, supported by two Innovation Centres, an accredited Scientific Services laboratory, and a Centre of Excellence dedicated to sustainability.

With a workforce of approximately 2,000 employees, Our Client serves customers in more than 120 countries worldwide.

Guided by a strong sense of partnership, Our Client’s purpose is to support its partners in transforming their businesses and realizing sustainable growth—succeeding together through collaboration. Its mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader, delivering excellence in sustainable solutions for today and the future.

About the role

• We are partnering with a leading global manufacturing organization to appoint a Global Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).
• Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving financial planning, business performance, commercial insights, and business intelligence across a global footprint.
• The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting executive decision-making, leading FP&A activities, enhancing business intelligence capabilities, and partnering with senior leadership to drive sustainable business growth.

As a Global Director FP&A, you will be responsible for...

Financial Planning & Performance Management

• Leading the Group's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes.
• Developing robust financial models and scenario planning to support strategic decision-making.
• Partnering with senior leadership to establish financial objectives, KPIs, and multi-year operating plans.
• Delivering timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis to support commercial and operational decision-making.
• Monitoring business performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.

Executive Reporting & Business Partnering

• Preparing executive-level financial reports and presentations for senior leadership, Board members, investors and lenders.
• Leading monthly business performance reviews and provide actionable insights on financial performance, risks and opportunities.
• Partnering closely with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and other functional teams to support business performance and strategic initiatives.
• Building strong cross-functional relationships and influence decision-making across the organisation.

Strategic Projects

• Supporting key strategic initiatives including M&A, investments and corporate development projects.
• Conducting financial analysis and scenario modelling to support investment decisions.
• Contributing to organisation-wide strategic planning and transformation initiatives.

Business Intelligence & Finance Transformation

• Leading the Business Intelligence function and driving improvements in reporting, analytics and data accessibility.
• Championing automation, AI-enabled reporting and continuous improvement initiatives across Finance.
• Partnering with IT and business stakeholders to improve data governance, reporting capabilities and financial systems.
• Driving the adoption and optimisation of SAP and integrated reporting platforms.

Leadership

• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners and Business Intelligence professionals.
• Fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.
• Building organisational capability across financial analysis, business partnering and digital finance.

What you already have...

Essential Experience

• Professional Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Minimum 15 years of Finance experience with at least 10 years in senior leadership positions.
• Demonstrated expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis within a multinational organisation.
• Strong background in manufacturing finance, including standard costing.
• Experience leading regional or global finance teams.
• Proven experience in executive-level business partnering and stakeholder management.
• Exposure to Board reporting, investor presentations and executive financial reporting.
• Experience driving strategic finance initiatives and organisational performance improvements.

Preferred Experience

• Business Intelligence leadership experience.
• Finance transformation and process improvement experience.
• Exposure to M&A, investments or corporate development activities.
• Experience working with SAP and modern reporting platforms such as Power BI.
• Experience leading data governance, reporting automation or AI-enabled finance initiatives.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong commercial and business acumen.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.
• Proven leadership capabilities with experience developing high-performing teams.
• Strong project management and change management skills.