Head of Finance CS Indonesia & Malaysia

PT Bayer Indonesia; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 1.003.009.000 - 1.337.346.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company in Indonesia seeks a Finance Business Partner to oversee strategic financial management and support business growth. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in financial management and hold a master's degree in economics or finance. Key responsibilities include leading budgeting processes, managing cash flow, and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in financial management.
• Strong understanding and ability to drive results.
• Proactive and self-motivated approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Provide financial analysis and decision support.
• Manage cash flow and oversee credit management.

Skills

Financial management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Networking

Education

Master's degree in economics or finance

Job description

Finance Business Partner is the partner to the CCL and CS business team in country regarding strategic and operational financial management of the business in country. He/she assures an integrated view on sales, operational and financial planning and cash flow. He/ she partners with and provides advice to the local divisional management, provides dedicated business analysis and decision support. He/she enables effective financial business steering and resource allocation in country, supports business growth and balances with appropriate risk management, and ensures adequate focus and compliance to company policies and controls framework.

YOUR KEY ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Planning, Budgeting and forecasting
• Leading financial planning, Budgeting and forecasting process in country.
• Converting budgets into operational plans and KPI and ensure tracking and implementation
• Active participant in the country S&OP process and leading reconciliation of operational and financial forecast.
• Management reporting / analysis and Decision support
• Supporting business to track KPI’s through appropriate management reporting process.
• Ensuring that business leverages DataOne and other reporting capabilities.
• Provides financial analysis and decision support for all business decisions in country.
• Financial support to business on pricing, rebates and discount, commercial policies and sales incentive plans (SIP).
• Support marketing team to conceptualize, plan and implement appropriate pricing strategies, transactional pricing and rebate & discount programs and right KPI for SIP.
• Ensure compliance and controls over pricing, rebates & discounts and SIP, including adherence to company policies, appropriate accruals and accounting.
• Guiding resource (OpEx) allocations and cost management.
• Leading prioritization & allocation of budgeted resources (OpEx) to key tasks: the right spends.
• Championing cost management for CS functions through appropriate reporting and business steering.
• Steering cash flow management.
• Managing cash flow including receivables and overdues, inventory including channel inventory.
• Cross‑functional activities.
• Liaising with accounting, taxation on critical business and financial process including compliance to policies, transfer pricing, etc.
• Provide financial support to local divisional functions (e.g. MD, R&D and FS) overseeing.
• Credit management.
• Ensuring appropriate balance between credit management to support business growth and time managing risk.
• Leads formulation of credit management policy and setting up of process for credit in country.
• Oversees annual credit limit set‑up of customers and changes to credit terms.
• Oversees operational credit management.
• Works with business to ensure collection plans for overdues, tracking and reviewing receivables and ensuring appropriate reserves for bad debts.

YOUR KEY SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10 years of experience in financial and functional management with master’s degree in economics or finance.
• Strong business understanding and insights and ability to drive results.
• Strong management, leadership, organizational and communication and influencing skills – systems orientation.
• Ability to balance between business support and risk management – analytical skills, structured approach, proactive and self‑motivated.
• Advanced skills to analyze business and financial trends.
• Strong networking capabilities and ability to work in a matrix.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture, aiming to improve people’s quality of life through innovation, growth and high earning power.