Financial Planning & Analysis - Assistant Manager - Manila

Financial Planning & Analysis - Assistant Manager

Overall Objectives:

• Ensures that the Business Unit plan/forecast is coherent and incorporates the directions and expectations of the management. Any risk therein is identified and discussed with the Business Unit management so that appropriate programs is crafted to address it if not mitigate the impact
• Keeps the Business Unit management well informed of what’s driving their financial performance and knowledgeable of any gaps and the impact that these gaps have in the delivery of their plan/forecast
• Ensures that all SBU numbers are correct and consistent across all reporting systems

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the plan/forecast embodies the latest direction of the management and if there are any changes, such changes are identified and quantified
• Ensures that known gaps in actual performance are addressed if not mitigated in the plan/forecast
• Identifies potential areas of concern and aggressively seeks information to understand why it is in the plan/forecast
• Ensures the accuracy, completeness, and reasonableness of all plan/forecast requirements to complete the full financial roll-up in a timely manner
• Ensures that the plan/forecast numbers are correct and consistent in all reporting systems
• Secures all assumptions and directions used in building the plan/forecast as well as the details behind the plan/forecast numbers

• Ensures that actual data are secured to the level that is relevant both in the vertical and horizontal analysis of the SBU and BU financials as well as in the reporting packages
• Provides insightful analytics on what happened and how this compares with the latest estimate, plan, and last year figures
• Identifies gaps in the financial performance and how these gaps will impact the delivery of the balance-of-year and full year numbers
• Communicates and coordinates promptly any material deviation to plan/forecast and identifies any potential risks and/or opportunities as a result
• Prepares and ensures that the monthly reporting package presents the correct figures and provides insightful analytics

• Practices continuous improvement on the planning, forecast, and reporting processes to leverage available tools and systems
• Provides analytics as often as deemed necessary in the completion of a project/program
• Shares expertise to other members of the FP&A team

Desired: MBA, CMA or CPA