Manager, FP&A Business Partnering

Tungsten Automation; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Manager, FP&A Business Partnering. This vital role involves designing and maintaining financial reports, enhancing forecasting models, and ensuring data integrity. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of FP&A experience, excellent Excel skills, and familiarity with financial planning tools. This position offers an opportunity to drive impactful business decisions through analytics and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or business partnering roles.
• Demonstrated experience in reporting, forecasting, and process improvement.
• Proven ability to drive process improvements and deliver actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain standardized financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs.
• Develop and enhance forecasting models.
• Analyze spending patterns and cost drivers.
• Ensure accuracy and transparency in financial reporting.

Skills

Advanced proficiency in Excel

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Tools

Anaplan

Adaptive Insights

Pigment

Oracle PBCS

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

The Manager, FP&A Business Partnering is a key member of the finance team, supporting the Corporate FP&A function with a focus on building and enhancing reporting, KPIs, and dashboards to drive effective expense management. This role is responsible for developing and standardizing forecasting and reporting processes, modeling headcount and expense trends, and identifying spending patterns to enable efficient and impactful business partnering across the organization. The Manager will also cultivate business partnering relationships, primarily working in support of the broader FP&A team to deliver actionable insights and facilitate data-driven decision-making.

Reporting, Analytics & Process Improvement

Design, build, and maintain standardized financial reports, dashboards, and KPIs to support expense management and business performance monitoring

Develop and enhance forecasting models, including headcount and expense projections, to improve accuracy and visibility for business partners

Analyze spending patterns and cost drivers, providing insights and recommendations to optimize resource allocation and expense control

Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to streamline and automate reporting, forecasting, and data collection workflows

Ensure consistency, accuracy, and transparency in financial reporting and forecasting processes across the FP&A team

Business Partnering & Team Support

Serve as a finance partner to assigned business functions, providing financial analysis, scenario modeling, and performance insights

Support the broader FP&A team by delivering standardized tools, templates, and best practices to enable effective business partnering

Collaborate with business leaders and finance colleagues to understand information needs and deliver timely, relevant analysis

Assist in the preparation of management reporting packages and executive presentations

Systems & Tools

Assist in the management, maintenance, and optimization of financial planning environments, ensuring data integrity and system reliability across all FP&A platforms

Support the administration, configuration, and troubleshooting of financial planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Pigment, Oracle PBCS), ensuring these systems meet evolving business and reporting needs

Build, maintain, and automate financial models, reports, and dashboards using planning tools and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) to provide timely insights and support business decision-making

Develop and maintain user documentation, training materials, and best practices to enable effective and consistent use of financial planning tools across the organization

Identify and drive opportunities to streamline, standardize, and automate FP&A processes through effective use of technology and systems

Requirement / Prerequisite

5+ years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or business partnering roles, with demonstrated experience in reporting, forecasting, and process improvement

Advanced proficiency in Excel (complex modeling, pivot tables, advanced formulas)

Experience with financial planning tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Pigment, Oracle PBCS) and BI platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is strongly preferred

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Proven ability to drive process improvements and deliver actionable insights

Collaborative, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities independently