Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT?

Our Finance teams are important to the commercial and functional teams, partnering them to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader.  From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Audit, Investor Relations to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives. As a Fortune 500 company, you’ll discover endless opportunities to grow a rewarding career with a world leader in serving science.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Southeast Asia as a growth engine for the company, supports more than 20 divisions across all functions from commercial to manufacturing, R&D and supply chain.

Reporting to SG/MY Commercial Finance Senior Manager (located in Singapore) and partnering with Country Commercial General Manager, this business-critical role will provide commercial finance insights for the country and drive sustainable, profitable growth. You will be responsible for delivering on standard FP&A workstreams, annual operating plan, long terms strategic plan, and other ad-hoc projects. You will also be a finance partner in optimizing working capital levels while ensuring overall credit risks, receivables and debtor functions are managed appropriately.

This role will be based in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).

(1)     Commercial Finance / Business PartnerProvide day-to-day finance leadership for FP&A and business partnership for country’s operating teams to drive business while also optimizing commercial performance. This may include commercial channel management.Collaborate with commercial business partners, country and regional division finance teams to ensure key deliverables and timelines for business reviews / submissions are met. Build templates to facilitate efficient and effective planning, reconciliation and reviews.Understand the business, track and analyse monthly forecasts vs actuals for backlog, bookings and revenue by accounts, market segments or business units, providing quality financial analysis and commentaries on business drivers.Communicate key risks and opportunities, identify corrective actions and partner with commercial business partners to meet/exceed growth targets.Participate actively and be the voice of Finance, supporting Sales and collaborating across functions to drive business results.Drive monthly and quarterly business reviews (“MBR”/”QBR”), annual operating plan ("AOP) and long range strategic plan ("STRAP") in a matrixed environment, ensuring financial decisions support company goals and prevailing market conditions.Support pricing and commercial terms analysis for new and existing businesses.Assist in special projects and ad-hoc financial analysis as required.Use Hyperion Planning for loading of forecast and planning financial numbers, where applicable.(2)     Control & Risk ManagementContinuously establish, update, improve and implement compliance-related internal control system and SOPs, ensure company’s compliance requirements are carried through the company, employees and external business partners (e.g. distributors, customers, vendors).Provide support on compliance-related matters. Monitor behaviour of employees and external business partners against company integrity rules and report findings to leadership.Perform risk assessment of 3rd party intermediaries and develop recommendations to minimize their risk to the business.Support / handle implementation of compliance programs. Uphold compliance and keep commercial teams aware / in line with company and accounting guidelines, especially in relation to deal structure and transactions with customers.

(3)     Tax & AuditProvide support to tax, internal and external audits where applicable.

WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalentAt least 4 years of progressive experience in commercial finance or FP&A, and at least 6 years of experience in a MNC environment.Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities with advanced Excel skills.Able to work independently while being part of a remote team, self-motivated, hands-on and meticulous. Skilled at identifying and resolving partner concerns efficiently.Keen learner with an inquisitive mind, good commercial sense and comfortable handling ambiguity at times.Strong verbal and written communication, with good interpersonal skills / ability to influence across divisions and functions.Able to deliver results within a matrixed and complex work environment.Able to handle highly critical information with absolute confidentiality and integrity.Applied knowledge of various ERP, reporting systems (e.g. Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning) and business tools (e.g. SFDC, Power BI) would be an advantage.