Financial Planning & Forecasting Analyst

Haleon; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking a Planning & Forecast Analyst in Petaling Jaya to support the Planning & Forecasting Director. You will manage the in-market annual and monthly peak load planning, and produce monthly management reports to evaluate performance, while consolidating financial forecasting per corporate guidelines.

You will create, update and maintain financial models for detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts, compare forecasts against budgets, and perform variance analysis to drive

Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration or Finance; professional qualification desirable.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and reporting in MNC.
• Post-qualification experience preferred.
• Mandarin language ability preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly Opex, A&P and cash flow forecasts.
• Develop and maintain financial models for forecasts.
• Prepare internal management reports (DRM, MPR, S&OP) for leadership.
• Coordinate with Market P&F Analysts to finalize plans/forecasts.
• Provide ad-hoc trend analysis for product types.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Financial modeling

Stakeholder communication

Education

University degree in Business Administration or Finance

ACCA / CPA / CIMA

MBA desirable

Tools

Excel

Job description

This Planning & Forecast Analyst role is providing support to the Planning & Forecasting Director. This includes managing the preparation of in-market annual, monthly peak load management and improvement in Core Commercial Cycle (CCC). You will need to prepare monthly management reports for the Markets to evaluate performance. Also, be responsible to coordinate and consolidate financial forecasting information, ensuring that managerial financial reporting is performed, in time and in the formats required by corporate guidelines, facilitating managerial decision making.

• Working with P&F Director to prepare Market budget (Annual & Long Team Plan) and communicate them to Markets and P&F Analyst
• Provide support to the Planning & Finance Director with the preparation of plans to the Leadership Team.
• Responsible for the preparation of the monthly Opex, A&P and cash flow forecast for the key Markets.
• Accountable for creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the key Markets (CCC process)
• Compare forecasts against budgets and prior month forecasts.
• Performs variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward
• Preparation of internal management reports (e.g. DRM, MPR, S&OP) for executive leadership & support decision making
• Support in creating, updating and maintaining financial models to provide detailed monthly and quarterly forecasts for the market
• Supporting ad-hoc reporting requests from Area / Markets e.g. trend analysis for a product type
• Coordinate & Consolidate with Market P&F Analysts for Region to finalize plan/ forecasts/ management reports

Requirement

• University degree in Business Administration or Finance, ACCA, CPA/ CIMA, MBA desirable
• Demonstrable post qualification experience within a similar industry / MNC
• Budgeting, forecasting and reporting experience require.
• Preferred language literacy Mandarin.

Location - this role is based in: Plaza 33, Petaling Jaya - Selangor