Assistant Manager, FP & A

About this opportunity

The candidate will be responsible for supporting regional financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and business performance analysis across GC Asia Group entities, including Singapore, Australia & India. The role will partner closely with commercial, supply chain, country finance, and management teams to provide meaningful financial insights, identify business risks and opportunities, and support data-driven decision-making.

This role is responsible for preparing budget versus actual analysis, sales and gross margin analysis, profitability reviews, KPI reporting, and management dashboards. The candidate will also support group reporting deliverables, Power BI reporting enhancements, and continuous improvement of finance processes, reporting automation, and data accuracy.

The ideal candidate should have strong financial analysis skills, good accounting knowledge, sound commercial acumen, and the ability to translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actionable recommendations for management.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Accounting, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, rolling forecasts, scenario analysis, and financial projections across regional entities.
• Work with stakeholders to gather assumptions, validate inputs, and prepare budget and forecast submissions.
• Perform budget versus actual analysis and explain key variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support development and monitoring of financial KPIs, including revenue, gross margin, OPEX, profitability, and working capital indicators.

2. Management Reporting & Business Performance Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reports and performance packs for leadership review.
• Analyse sales, gross margin, OPEX, profitability, and business trends across countries, products, customers, and segments.
• Provide clear commentary on performance drivers, including volume, pricing, mix, rebates, discounts, and cost changes.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and improvement actions to support profitability, cost efficiency, and business performance.

3. Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and country teams to support commercial decision-making.
• Provide analysis for pricing, customer profitability, product profitability, sales campaigns, and margin improvement initiatives.
• Translate financial data into practical insights that help stakeholders understand performance and required actions.
• Support cross-functional discussions by presenting financial implications in a clear and business-oriented manner.

4. Sales, Margin & Profitability Analysis

• Analyse sales trends by country, product, customer, channel, and business segment.
• Review gross margin movements and key profitability drivers, including pricing, discounts, rebates, freight, and inventory-related costs.
• Support product mix, customer mix, and channel profitability analysis to identify margin opportunities.
• Highlight margin risks, underperforming areas, and recommended corrective actions for management review.

5. Power BI Reporting & Data Analytics

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards for financial and business performance reporting.
• Build dashboards for sales tracking, margin analysis, profitability, budget versus actual analysis, forecasting, and KPI monitoring.
• Improve reporting efficiency through automation, standardisation, data modelling, DAX measures, and dashboard usability.
• Ensure data consistency, accuracy, and integrity across reporting systems to improve visibility and speed of management reporting.

6. Group Reporting & Financial Reporting Support

• Support group reporting submissions into consolidation or reporting systems, including Cognos or other group reporting platforms.
• Prepare and review financial information required for management and group reporting.
• Reconcile financial data between local systems, group reporting systems, and management reports, including intercompany follow-up where required.
• Ensure reporting outputs are accurate, complete, and submitted within required timelines.

7. Process Improvement & Finance Transformation

• Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes, reporting workflows, data accuracy, and recurring finance deliverables.
• Support automation and standardisation of manual reports, budgeting, forecasting, dashboards, and management reporting processes.
• Participate in finance transformation, reporting enhancement, and data analytics projects.
• Contribute to stronger finance controls, documentation, and master data governance where relevant.

8. Accounting, Audit & Compliance Support

• Provide accounting and financial reporting support for month-end close, audit, statutory reporting, and group reporting matters.
• Prepare financial information for audit, management review, and reporting purposes
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external auditors on finance-related queries when needed.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and statutory reporting requirement

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, management reporting, business analysis, commercial finance, or accounting.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Experience in regional finance, group reporting, Microsoft Business Central, is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong financial analysis, management reporting, and financial commentary skills.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and business performance drivers.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, variance analysis, and data analysis.
• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard design, Power Query, DAX, data modelling, report automation, and familiarity with Business Central or other analytics tools.

Business & Analytical Skills

• Strong business acumen and ability to understand commercial performance drivers.
• Ability to analyse complex financial and operational data and convert them into meaningful insights.
• Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail, data accuracy, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Commercially minded, proactive, and comfortable recommending practical improvement actions to stakeholders.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with regional and cross-functional teams.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Proactive, accountable, professional, and comfortable challenging assumptions constructively.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The preferred candidate is an FP&A-oriented finance professional with strong analytical capability, solid accounting knowledge, and experience in regional management reporting. The candidate should be comfortable partnering with business stakeholders, preparing budgets and forecasts, analysing financial performance, and using Power BI to improve reporting visibility and decision-making.

The candidate should be commercially minded, data-driven, proactive, and confident in translating financial results into clear insights and practical recommendations. Experience with Business Central, Cognos, Power BI dashboards, and regional finance reporting will be considered an added advantage.