Global FP&A Manager: Lead Forecasting & Strategy

CBRE; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Global Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in Malaysia to lead a team responsible for financial planning, analysis, and reporting. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and performance evaluations while driving process improvements and policy development.

The role requires strong leadership, advanced Excel skills, and a solid foundation in finance. You will collaborate with management to optimize operations and align with CBRE standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
• Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial related calculations.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. This can include work schedules, assign tasks, cross-training staff, set and tracking staff and department deadlines.
• Support client budgeting and forecasting and prepare clear reporting and insightful findings.
• Conduct financial and business studies and other duties as assigned by management.
• Perform detailed P&L, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet analysis, identifying business trends, risks and opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Participate in the research, development, and preparation of accounting policy and procedures, as required.
• Consult with management on financial policies, procedures, and applications.
• Ensure overall departmental priorities are being completed and all deadlines are met.
• Participate in projects, relating to pricing, new project cost & savings tracking, and long-term planning.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

P&L analysis

Financial reporting

Coaching & development

Staffing & recruitment

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

CBRE is seeking a Global Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in Malaysia to lead a team responsible for financial planning, analysis, and reporting. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and performance evaluations while driving process improvements and policy development.

The role requires strong leadership, advanced Excel skills, and a solid foundation in finance. You will collaborate with management to optimize operations and align with CBRE standards.