Financial Reporting and Planning (FR&P) Center of Excellence (COE) Head, APAC

Job Summary

You will be responsible for the governance and preparation of management reporting, variance analysis and forecasting, delivery of annual budgets; as well as profitability analysis to support pricing and operational decisions to the APAC businesses. In addition to routine reporting for the APAC region and FMC’s Global Headquarters in the US, you also need to provide ad-hoc financial analysis for APAC Leadership Team to support critical business decisions. You will also support commercial activities such as pricing analysis, market share analysis, and the like.

This role requires working in partnership with regional and global COE teams and leverage of COE resources to better achieve the below key responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Management reporting, variance analysis, and budgeting

• Work with COE team to conduct regular management reports and analysis and perform reasonableness review, which include monthly financial results reporting, P&L analysis (e.g. variance analysis of all key items vs budget, forecast, and PY), working capital consolidation and tracking, quarter-over-quarter analysis, new product introduction tracking and sales analysis by product portfolios
• Drive reporting and business improvement as required by leveraging SAP S4/HANA and associated planning and reporting platforms (including BPC, Fiori, and AFO)
• Provide technical guidance to country teams and offer management reporting solutions when there is a business/operation change or when associated accounting change happens, which requires good understanding among management reporting, local books, and consolidation
• Refine and validate long-range plan, annual budget, and forecasts that are consolidated by COE
• Actively participate in integrated business planning activities and meetings
• Experienced in hedging and handling multi-currency and multi-location foreign exchange exposures
• Drive process improvement efforts to reduce time, facilitate analysis & better decision-making
• Lead project initiatives that create value-add for the finance function
• Lead SOX and internal audit queries as needed
• Assist CFO, APAC to refine and lead executive review meetings

Operational functions

• Partner with business Marketing/Sales and Finance departments on pricing, rebate scheme and promotional spending decisions
• Provide analysis of AR aging, customer payment performance and credit evaluations with necessary COE support
• Coordinate regional HQ P&L, WC and Cash Flow related financial planning and analysis for various of regional locations, support regional functional teams to monitor their functional spending with COE support
• Solid understanding of Demand planning impacts on financial forecasting, solution-oriented approach in problem solving
• Other duties as assigned

Ad hoc projects

• Support APAC Leadership Team with various meeting, project and presentations

• Support CFO, APAC in providing financial analysis, building financial models to support business and investment decisions

• Gather market intelligence, macroeconomic data and analysis relevant to the APAC ag markets (e.g. trade & regulatory policies, currency fluctuations, competitor activities) to assess key business risks and opportunities

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline
• Accounting or Finance
• 10 years experience in financial planning and analysis role, preferable with experience and exposure to the manufacturing/chemical industry and leading teams of senior and financial analysts
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to communicate complicated issues effectively
• Ability to work in a matrix organization
• Demonstrated ability to perform consistently under varying business pressure as well as ability to adapt to a quickly changing environment
• Ability to work across levels within the organization and foster strong relationships with others
• Solution oriented approach in problem solving
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel & Power point)
• SAP S4, BPC/AFO, Power BI/Tableau experience preferred
• Strong business acumen, proactive and be a good team player
• Ability to multi-task and work with minimal supervision (self-motivated)
• Proficient in English