FP&A Manager (SG Market)-Bangsar South

Lazada; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce platform in Malaysia is seeking a financial analyst to manage the budget process and provide financial analysis. Ideal candidates will have 7-10 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. Knowledge of accounting is a plus, and interest in e-commerce is essential. The role involves collaborating across functions to drive business performance and governance.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant work experience in financial/business analysis.
• Ability to work with large data sets and proficiency in SQL is a plus.
• Exceptional analytical and numerical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage yearly budget process and quarterly rolling forecast.
• Analyze overall monthly financial performance.
• Coordinate monthly closing cadence with accounting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Business acumen

Proficiency in Excel

Experience with large data sets

SQL proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Accounting or relevant field

Job description

FP&A Responsibilities

• Manage yearly budget process and quarterly rolling forecast by closely working with larger finance team and respective business partner, assess reasonableness of bottom up proposal to ensure it's align with Company strategy/ goal and overall resource pool target
• Analysis on overall monthly financial performance, assisting CFO and head of FPA in result deck preparation to be presented to regional (both platform and logistic)
• Manage monthly closing cadence, hand-in-hand review with accounting and FBP, coordinate across function to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial numbers, robust review on management report, raise red flag for significant deviation on KPI
• Close monitoring of overhead performance, ensure efficiency and reasonableness of overhead spending, acts as business partner for IT HR and admin team
• Manage nonFTE budget monitoring and performance, drive nonFTE efficiency
• Liaison with Regional FPA and other regional function such as marketing, accounting, tax as needed
• Work with the bigger finance team including Accounting, FBP for other business functions, FP&A etc. to drive the full P/L together

Support Responsibilities

• Partner and advise Business Unit management in driving business and financial performance Business
• Governance Policy & Process: Setup and maintain financial governance policies, process and systems to support the business
• Other FBP Matters: Manage stakeholders from business function, regional business function and regional finance team to align and support any business initiatives, reporting requirement and handle Singapore related request and queries

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree (knowledge of Accounting is a plus)
• Comfortable working with large data sets (proficiency in SQL is a plus)
• At least 7-10 years of relevant work experience in financial/business analyst working experience
• Exceptional analytical and numerical skills
• Sharp business acumen coupled with solid analytical power and communication skills
• Proficiency in Excel is a must
• Interest in E-commerce