Job Description

Position Purpose

The FP&A Manager, Malaysia owns financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis and commercial finance partnering for the Malaysia business, providing independent financial challenge and recommendations to support profitable growth and disciplined resource allocation.

Reporting to the FP&A Lead, Asia, the role partners with the SG/MY Cluster Country Head and Malaysia leadership team to challenge commercial assumptions and translate financial insights into business actions. The manager independently manages the Malaysia FP&A agenda, escalating material risks and decisions in line with company policies and delegated authority.

Key Accountabilities & Performance Indicators

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

• Own and lead Malaysia annual budgeting and monthly forecasting end to end, setting timelines, coordinating stakeholders and ensuring robust, integrated P&L submissions.
• Challenge commercial and cross-functional assumptions, assess scenarios and align risks, opportunities and gap-closing actions with business owners and the FP&A Lead, Asia.

Management Reporting and Performance Analysis

• Own Malaysia monthly management reporting and lead financial performance discussions with the leadership team, explaining underlying drivers, outlook implications and required decisions.
• Lead Malaysia delivery of cluster and regional reporting requirements, ensuring consistent financial narratives and working with Finance and Controlling to resolve data and reconciliation issues.

Business Performance Analysis and Decision Support

• Lead commercial finance partnering across revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, gross-to-net and customer/channel profitability; challenge pricing, trade spend and investment proposals with clear financial recommendations.
• Own financial modelling and scenario analysis for material business decisions, evaluate returns and trade-offs, and partner with business owners to track outcomes against approved assumptions.

Financial Governance, Controls and Process Improvement

• Drive financial governance within Malaysia FP&A and commercial decision support, ensuring appropriate documentation, policy adherence and approval routing; partner with Controlling and other control functions to resolve exceptions.
• Lead prioritised improvements to planning, reporting and data quality, coordinating cross-functional delivery and embedding sustainable processes, automation and clear ownership.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline; a recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or CPA is preferred.

Skills & Experience:

• At least 8 years’ relevant finance experience, including 5 years in FP&A or commercial finance, with demonstrated ownership of country or business-unit planning and senior stakeholder partnering.
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end budgets and forecasts, challenge assumptions, develop financial models and translate performance analysis into recommendations and business actions.
• Strong commercial finance experience across P&L management, gross-to-net, trade spend, pricing, customer/channel profitability and investment evaluation; able to balance growth, margin and financial risk.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability, with experience using ERP, planning or BI tools such as SAP, TM1, Power BI or similar systems; demonstrated delivery of reporting or planning process improvements.
• Excellent English communication and influencing skills, with the ability to present recommendations to leadership, challenge constructively and lead cross-functional delivery without direct reporting authority.
• Malaysia market experience in FMCG, consumer healthcare or pharmaceuticals preferred, including familiarity with distributor-led commercial models; exposure to multi-market or regional FP&A environments would be an advantage.