Finance Insights Manager: Budget & Forecasting Lead

foodpanda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Corporate Office); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free snacks & coffee

Health and dental insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Corporate Allowance

Lifestyle Allowance

Job summary

foodpanda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Corporate Office) is seeking an experienced finance professional to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across business units. You will partner with management to deliver insightful variance analysis and strategic financial modeling for ad-hoc initiatives.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced startup-like environment. Based in Malaysia with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of post qualification experience in audit or consulting firm or another relevant field.
• Highly proficient in Excel/ Gsheets (e.g. Pivot Tables, vLookups etc.) and report automation (e.g. Google Datastudio, Lookers, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical abilities
• Strong sense of ownership to see projects to its completion
• Ability to work well under pressure, detail-oriented and employ a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Process-oriented as well as strong organizational skills with a hands-on mentality
• Team player with an ability to function effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Experience in a start-up is a plus

Responsibilities

• Support and manage annual budgeting and monthly rolling forecast for different business units within the company by liaising with key business stakeholders in the management team for valuable input. Perform analysis to assess trend and forecast of business key KPI’s.
• Control business performance by providing variance analysis and commentary to explain monthly results versus forecast/budget/prior year and provide insights/ warning on deviations in a timely manner
• Support business strategies by providing financial analysis/ developing financial models to evaluate ad-hoc projects/ initiatives. Act as a business partner for finance to support business teams.
• Able to recommend/ drive the cost-saving initiatives and help to promote a culture of efficiencies
• Assist in establishing and/ or improving templates & reports for internal use as well as processes with bottom-up approach
• Manage various other financial topics to support the team and provide ad-hoc support where needed

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pivot Tables

vLookups

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Ownership

Problem-solving

Team player

Tools

Google Data Studio

Looker

Google Sheets

Job description

foodpanda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Corporate Office) is seeking an experienced finance professional to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across business units. You will partner with management to deliver insightful variance analysis and strategic financial modeling for ad-hoc initiatives.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced startup-like environment. Based in Malaysia with opportunities for professional growth.