Assistant Manager, Global FP&A

Work Location: Jurong East

Job Summary:

• Support Senior Manager, Global FP&A as Finance Business Partner to Mfg/Sales and Marketing/SCM/Procurement leadership globally in formulating short to mid business direction and plan.
• Support Senior Manager, Global FP&A in monthly forecasting, annual budget and long-term projections, at global level, by actively collaborating with both global & local entities on timely submission.
• Own, develop and drive commercial analysis at in-depth level by drilling into P&L profitability such as by product range, product sub-ranges, sales areas, expenses for all entities in the Group.
• Own and enable global Management Performance Review by developing and harmonizing financial KPIs, develop efficient performance tracking tools and highlight deviation for corrective action plans.
• Actively Participate in global initiatives and projects on process improvement, system implementation (SAP, BPC, Business Intelligence Tools) etc.
• Global Superuser on Jedox, BPC Planning
• Develop and maintain tools and relevant reporting templates to improve the efficiency, timeliness & accuracy in data collation, analysis and performance tracking.
• Support Senior Manager, Global FP&A in coaching team members.
• Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive compilation, analysis and reporting of financial results and monitor achievement vs Targets (both Global & Regional level).
• Support Senior Manager, Global FP&A by initiating and collaborating actively with RVP, Marketing leaders, Manufacturing, SCM, GHR, Regional Finance heads and functional heads on the Group’s forecasting, budgeting process according to prescribed timelines for P&L of all entities.
• Collaborate with Senior FP&A Analysts to complete the compilation of full P&L projection.
• Own and drive analysis and review of forward-looking plans & forecast submitted by all entities, by comparing with actual & past trends.
• Own and drive analysis of past trends by drilling down to details (e.g. profitability per entity per product range, expenses, production related costs), identify causes of deviation based on financial data submitted, solicit explanation from entities and highlight any irregularities to Global Management.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve on the methodology and process of compiling global costs and execute allocation of costs to selected entities.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, preparing and analysing various management reports for senior global management team.
• Support analysis relating to revenue and margin, including breakdown by product ranges.
• Support analysis relating to product costing, manufacturing site costs and related processes.
• Support analysis relating to SCM related cost and inventory.
• Support analysis relating to SG&A, and R&D cost.
• Actively collaborate with Group Accounting team in the analysis of month end financial reporting.
• Support Senior FP&A Manager by compiling, analysing and identifying improvement areas for periodic financial reports & presentation material for shareholders & board meeting.
• Develop, design, implement and look for continuous improvement in sales and marketing reports, profitability reports, revenue reports and other KPI reports in Jedox and BPC.
• Actively participate in global projects & initiatives related to P&L.
• On ad-hoc basis (e.g. M&A activities, shareholders requests, legal cases, financial modelling), to support global leadership team in decision-making via periodic research and compilation of essential key information from internal & external sources e.g. market trend, competitive landscape, industrial benchmarking etc.
• Responsible for America region especially US FP&A full coverage. This includes full P&L analysis, review of financial trends, forecast, budget and CAPEX, etc
• Represents Global Finance in ISO matters and also acts as ISO internal auditor for DyStar.
• Any other task(s) assigned by Senior Manager, Global FP&A.

Requirements:

• Degree in accounting or its equivalent
• At least 8 years’ FP&A experience, with minimum 4 years in costing.
• Hands-on experience in production-oriented business environment.
• Excellent communication skills. This job requires ability to work with multicultural teams and communicate with various global team members.
• Good understanding of ERP systems (SAP and SAP Business Warehouse an advantage).
• Experience in project relating to Business Intelligence software implementation will be an advantage
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel).
• Good sense of urgency in meeting reporting deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills, meticulous.
• Fluent in business English. Spoken proficiency in Mandarin or other languages will be an advantage.

About Us:

DyStar is a leading specialty chemical company with a heritage of more than a century in product development and innovation from the textile industry. Today, the company operates with more than 1700 employees spanning across 50 countries and with 13 production sites, supporting customers from diverse sectors and supply chains with reliable products and solutions.

DyStar is committed to sustainability. Our service supports the supply chain, including brands, retailers and their industry partners, to ensure that they meet stringent quality and ecological specifications in a cost-efficient way and with short lead times.