Financial Planning Analyst

QI Group; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

QI Group in Malaysia seeks a proactive finance professional to support financial planning, reporting, profitability analysis, and business performance reviews across regional and country operations. You will translate numbers into actionable insights and partner with stakeholders to drive better decisions.

The role covers monthly close, management reporting, and presentation preparation for regional reviews, with a focus on data quality and cross-country collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline.
• Preferably 3+ years in financial planning and analysis or related finance function.
• Experience in multinational or regional environments beneficial.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial models, planning templates, and analysis to support management reporting and business decision-making.
• Extract, validate, and consolidate data from multiple sources to ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and reliable.
• Perform variance analysis by comparing actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, highlighting key drivers.
• Support month-end financial reporting and analysis for regional and global management reviews.
• Assist in preparing financial insights, commentaries, and presentation materials for management discussions.
• Prepare month-end reporting and performance analysis for various regions and countries.
• Support profitability analysis by market, region, or business segment for improvement opportunities.
• Work with local country teams to review results, clarify variances, and support new market evaluations.
• Translate financial analysis into insights understood by finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Support process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reporting accuracy, and overall finance effectiveness.

Skills

Financial modelling

Variance analysis

Data consolidation

Excel

PowerPoint

BI tools

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

SAP

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

We are looking for a proactive and analytical finance professional to support financial planning, reporting, profitability analysis, and business performance reviews across regional and country operations. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with data, translating numbers into business insights, and partnering with stakeholders across different markets to support better decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepare financial models, planning templates, and analysis to support management reporting and business decision-making.
• Extract, validate, and consolidate data from multiple sources to ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and reliable.
• Perform variance analysis by comparing actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, highlighting key drivers and trends.
• Support month-end financial reporting and analysis for regional and global management reviews.
• Assist in preparing financial insights, commentaries, and presentation materials for management discussions.

Regional and Country Performance Analysis

• Prepare month-end reporting and performance analysis for various regions and countries.
• Support profitability analysis by market, region, or business segment to help management understand financial performance and improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with local country teams to review financial results, clarify variances, and support new market financial evaluations.
• Provide clear and practical analysis to support business planning, resource allocation, and performance monitoring.

Benchmarking and Business Insights

• Conduct competitor benchmarking and market-related financial analysis to support strategic planning and business reviews.
• Identify financial trends, risks, opportunities, and improvement areas through structured data analysis.
• Translate financial analysis into meaningful insights that can be understood by both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Process Improvement and Projects

• Support process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reporting accuracy, and overall effectiveness of finance processes.
• Contribute to automation, reporting enhancements, and value-stream improvement initiatives where applicable.
• Support the manager in ad hoc reporting, business reviews, and other finance-related projects as required.
• Perform other tasks and assignments as directed by management from time to time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Preferably at least 3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, financial analysis, or a related finance function.
• Experience in a multinational or regional business environment will be an added advantage.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to prepare accurate analysis and clear presentation materials.
• Experience with business intelligence tools, SAP, ERP systems, or other financial reporting systems will be an advantage.
• Good understanding of accounting, financial management, financial analysis, and financial operations processes.
• Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail and the ability to work with large sets of data.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to liaise across departments and countries.
• Proactive, willing to learn, and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.