Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Officer

Manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis to support business decisions and performance. Monitor capital spending, and budget utilization.

What You’ll Do

Variance Analysis and Management Reporting

• Analyze budget vs. actual performance at the department, cost center, and company level, identifying structural trends beyond one-off timing differences.
• Prepare monthly variance analysis and management reports with clear driver-based commentary, quantified impact, and recommended corrective actions.
• Present findings to relevant stakeholders, escalate significant deviations to the Finance Manager, and continuously improve reporting formats and dashboards for management usability.

Annual Budget and Mid-Year Reforecast

• Own and drive the annual budgeting process end-to-end – from timeline design and assumption setting through consolidation and management approval – in collaboration with the Finance Manager and department heads.
• Design budget templates and planning models, challenge departmental inputs for reasonableness, and ensure alignment with company strategic goals and prior-year performance.
• Lead the mid-year reforecast, revising assumptions and projections based on actual performance, order backlog, and updated business outlook.
• Prepare and present budget and reforecast packages to management, including key assumptions, risks, and sensitivity to major drivers.

Financial Modeling and Decision Support

• Build and maintain financial models (scenario, sensitivity, and breakeven analysis) to support management decisions on pricing, cost structure, and resource allocation.
• Evaluate budget transfer and additional budget requests by assessing business justification and financial impact, and recommend approval or alternatives to the Finance Manager.
• Act as finance business partner for department managers, advising on budget utilization, spending trade-offs, and compliance with budget control policies.

Capital Expenditure (Asset) Evaluation and Control

• Serve as the finance gatekeeper for capital expenditure requests, screening submissions against the approved capital budget and evaluating financial justification (e.g., payback period, cost-benefit) before endorsement.
• Coordinate with requesting departments, procurement, and the Finance Manager to ensure proper asset classification, budget availability, and approval workflow for each acquisition.
• Maintain the capital expenditure tracking log, monitor actual spend against the capital budget, and report utilization status to the Finance Manager.

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Own the company’s rolling cash flow forecast, incorporating receipts, disbursements, working capital movements, and capital expenditure projections.
• Monitor actual cash flow against forecast, analyze forecast accuracy, and escalate material deviations to the Finance Manager with root-cause analysis and recommended actions.
• Collaborate with Accounting and Treasury counterparts to ensure the forecast reflects the latest operational and financing activities.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or any related field. Professional certification is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in FP&A, budgeting, or a related corporate finance function.
• Proven track record of leading a full budgeting or reforecast cycle and producing management-level analysis independently.
• Experience within a listed company, technology, or semiconductor industry is an added advantage.
• Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT) to build analysis workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance reporting quality and speed.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling (driver-based models, scenario and sensitivity analysis, Power Query is a plus).
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems; Microsoft Dynamics experience is a plus.
• Solid understanding of FX revaluation, cash flow modeling, capital budgeting techniques (NPV, payback), and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical rigor – conclusions supported by verifiable numbers and clear logic.
• Effective communicator able to present financial insights to management and partner with non-finance stakeholders, including engineering teams.
• Self-directed and deadline-driven, with the ability to own multiple workstreams simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Proactive in improving and automating budgeting and reporting workflows, and able to coach junior finance staff on analysis standards.