Senior Specialist, FP&A
CARL ZEISS PTE. LTD.
The Regional FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting FP&A activities across SEA, including regional consolidation, financial planning, reporting, performance analysis, and ad hoc business support to drive informed decision-making.
Primary Responsibilities
Financial Planning:
- Lead all aspects of the budgeting and forecasting processes and activities.
- Strengthen overall Planning and Reporting environment through effective implementation of the Global Planning guidelines and polices, monitoring of satisfactory outcome of the assigned business units
Commercial Analysis & Support:
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to SBUs, providing financial expertise, commercial insights, and analytical SBUs support to drive business performance and profitability
- Providing relevant and insightful analysis for the assigned strategic business units to support strategic initiatives
- Collaborate closely with regional and country management teams to evaluate business performance, identify growth opportunities, and mitigate financial risks
- In the absence of the Regional FP&A Manager, act as the primary FP&A representative, engaging with Heads of SBUs, country stakeholders, and Global Controllers
Operational Analysis:
- Drive financial and operational performance analysis of actual results vs budget and forecasting support to its key stakeholders for assigned SBUs, delivering actionable insights to support business decisions.
- Review monthly results against budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying key variances, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop and maintain management reporting, performance dashboards, and financial review materials.
- Provide adhoc financial analysis, reporting, and business support to address management and stakeholder requirements
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance /Accounting or any relevant disciplines (Mathematics, Business)
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in FP&A; experience in medical devices or FMCG industries preferred.
- Strong proficiency in SAP FI/CO; experience with Power BI is an advantage.
- Proficient in business intelligence tools such as SAP BW and IBM TM1
- Proficient in data analysis and visualization tools, including Power BI and MS Access.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for financial modelling and presentation.
- Strong analytical capability with a structured, process-oriented approach
- Highly meticulous and rigorous in handling financial data and figures
- Effective in planning, organizing, and prioritizing workload to meet tight deadlines
- Independent and strong communicator, able to engage effectively across all levels of the organization
- Strong accounting knowledge with solid business acumen