Planning & Reporting Specialist

Nestlé; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé Malaysia is seeking a Financial Planning & Reporting Specialist to manage planning processes across the market, ensure timely, accurate management reporting, and drive digitalisation efforts. Be part of the world’s largest Food & Beverage company and contribute to transparent, data-driven decision making.

You will oversee planning cycles, consolidate reports with cross-functional partners, and support FP&A initiatives such as KPIs, SRM insights, and centralisation of local reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounting/Finance function (Controlling Decision Support, Operations Finance, Internal Audit, Commercial Control).
• Financial planning and reporting experience.
• Experience in data analytics and process automation.

Responsibilities

• Establish solid business planning processes to provide management with forecasts, gaps, risks and opportunities.
• Provide quality financial information and analysis to support decision making.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis on financial KPIs for Actuals and Dynamic Forecast for stakeholders including Group CFO.
• Coordinate consolidation and reporting of planning cycles (MBS, MBP, DF) across the Nestlé Market, coordinating with co-pilots and business partners.
• Promote deployment of Business Planning and Reporting Best Practices and Tools across the organisation.

Skills

Accounting/Finance

Financial planning

Reporting

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Job description

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestlé career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestlé, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

Position Snapshot

• Location: 1 Powerhouse, Bandar Utama
• Company: Nestlé Malaysia
• Permanent
• Bachelor’s Degree

We are looking for a Financial Planning & Reporting Specialist to:

• Be responsible for the financial planning processes across the businesses within Nestlé in the Market and ensure flawless execution and high quality of deliverables
• Ensure accurate, timely, efficient and compliant management reporting
• Champion digitalisation and automation initiatives across Nestlé in the Market

A day in the life...

Planning

• Ensures that a solid business planning process is in place across the business/ region in order to provide management full transparency on forecasts, gaps, risks and opportunities
• Provide quality financial information and analysis to the business to assist in decision making
• Conduct ad hoc analysis on various financial KPIs for Actuals and Dynamic Forecast (DF) to relevant stakeholders including Group CFO
• Drives the consolidation and reporting of the different planning cycles (MBS, MBP, DF) across the businesses/ countries within Nestlé in the Market, coordinating with the co-pilots and other business partners (Supply Chain, Sales, Technical, Human Resources…) using appropriate management tools
• Supports the deployment and promote Business Planning and Reporting Best Practices and Tools across the organisation/ market

General Reporting

• Provides full transparency on business KPI’s across NiM via periodic and ad hoc reports to local management,
• Drives the standardization and centralization of local management reporting across businesses; making full use of the available Standard Reports and Data Sets in group tools.
• Responsible for Group Reporting (SACT, PACT, Management Letter)
• Coordinates with NBS to ensure that cost allocations for P&L (excluding manufacturing, distribution, white collar) are in line with agreed principles and policies

Generating Demand (GD) Support, Marketing

• Provide periodic reporting of PFME together with basic and/or ad-hoc analysis

Sales/Commercial Development

• Provide periodic reporting of Sales and Trade investment together with basic and/or ad-hoc analysis
• Support implementation of Strategic Revenue Management (SRM) by providing insights through developing relevant reporting tools.

What Will Make You Successful

• Prior experiences in Accounting / Finance function (e.g. Controlling Decision Support, Operations Finance, Internal Audit, Commercial Control)
• Financial planning and reporting experience
• Degree or professional qualification in Accounting / Finance / Business
• Experience in Data Analytics/ Process automation