Senior Financial Analyst

Frencken Europe B.V.; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Frencken Group Limited in Penang seeks an FP&A professional to support annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-range plans. You will consolidate data, build models and partner with business leaders to improve planning accuracy.

You will prepare monthly management reports, analyse revenue, margins and costs, and assist governance with controls and audits within a global technology group.

Qualifications

• Note: no formal qualifications specified in the ad.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategic plans
• Consolidate, analyze, and validate financial information from business units
• Develop financial models to support planning and forecasting activities
• Monitor forecast accuracy and identify key variances
• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and financial performance packs
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and key business drivers
• Provide variance analysis comparing actual results against budget, forecast, and prior year performance.
• Highlight financial risks, opportunities, and recommend corrective actions
• Collaborate with operational leaders, business unit heads, and functional teams to understand business performance
• Support the evaluation of business initiatives, pricing decisions, productivity improvements, and cost-saving opportunities
• Assist management in monitoring KPIs and achieving financial targets
• Build and maintain financial models for scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Support investment appraisals, CAPEX evaluations, and business case reviews.
• Assist with strategic projects when required
• Extract, validate, and analyze large data sets from ERP, BI, and financial systems
• Improve reporting automation and dashboard development
• Identify opportunities to streamline planning and reporting processes
• Support implementation and enhancement of FP&A systems and tools
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial information
• Maintain compliance with internal policies and financial reporting requirements
• Preparing and issuing the monthly corporate forex memo
• Coordinating with the company secretary on the quarterly non-dealing period memo and communicating the details to Group employees via email.
• Coordinating with the tax consultant and compiling the information required for the completion of the annual Group Master File.
• Assisting with the year-end audit and compiling information for the annual report
• Assisting in ad-hoc projects

Job description

Who are we?

Frencken Group Limited (FGL) is a Global Integrated Technology Solutions Company focusing on the Aerospace, Analytical, Automotive, Healthcare, Industrial, Industrial Automation, Life sciences and Semiconductor segments. Offering global integrated design, prototyping, NPI, manufacturing and supply chain solutions. Frencken’s success is attributed to its technology, operations excellence and employees, and the quality of its leadership.

1.Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Support the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategic plans
• Consolidate, analyze, and validate financial information from business units
• Develop financial models to support planning and forecasting activities
• Monitor forecast accuracy and identify key variances

Management Reporting & Performance Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and financial performance packs
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and key business drivers
• Provide variance analysis comparing actual results against budget, forecast, and prior year performance.
• Highlight financial risks, opportunities, and recommend corrective actions

Business Partnering

• Collaborate with operational leaders, business unit heads, and functional teams to understand business performance
• Support the evaluation of business initiatives, pricing decisions, productivity improvements, and cost-saving opportunities
• Assist management in monitoring KPIs and achieving financial targets

Financial Modelling & Decision Support

• Build and maintain financial models for scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Support investment appraisals, CAPEX evaluations, and business case reviews.
• Assist with strategic projects when required

Data Analytics & Process Improvement

• Extract, validate, and analyze large data sets from ERP, BI, and financial systems
• Improve reporting automation and dashboard development
• Identify opportunities to streamline planning and reporting processes
• Support implementation and enhancement of FP&A systems and tools

Governance & Controls

• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial information
• Maintain compliance with internal policies and financial reporting requirements
• Preparing and issuing the monthly corporate forex memo
• Coordinating with the company secretary on the quarterly non-dealing period memo and communicating the details to Group employees via email.
• Coordinating with the tax consultant and compiling the information required for the completion of the annual Group Master File.
• Assisting with the year-end audit and compiling information for the annual report

7.Assisting in ad-hoc projects

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