Senior Financial Analyst

Lear Corporation; Selangor; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive supplier is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Selangor, Malaysia. This role focuses on financial return assessments and collaboration with stakeholders for accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of finance analysis experience, preferably in the auto industry, with strong analytical and communication skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential, and CMA or ACCA certification is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of finance analysis experience required.
• Auto industry background is preferred.
• Strong proficiency in financial reporting and assessment.

Responsibilities

• Champion financial assessment in Asia Seating division.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for financial reporting.
• Manage PAR/PFA preparations and approvals.

Skills

Financial analysis

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Excel

FP&A experience

Education

CMA, ACCA Finance certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Role

Sr. Financial Analyst – PAR/PFA

Report to: Finance Manager

Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities include the following:
• Champion of Asia capital application across all Asia Seating division. Provides solid financial return assessment regarding investment for stakeholder’s decision-making.
• Responsible for PAR/PFA preparation from each seating entity, review, and reporting. Provide guidance and standard assessment rules as company requirement.
• Communicate proactively with various stakeholders (internally and externally) to identify problems, create solutions and implement improvements.
• Perform and well communicate with Asia Functional teams to ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and conformity with professional accounting standards and best practices in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• High attention on PAR/PFA proper approval process per global threshold throughout program award to program launch.
• Identify, interpret and analyze potential investment risks and issues.
• Work closely with program management team for program financial and profitability, improvement, etc.
• Ability to quick learning on process, systems and quick response to the changes and requirement.
• Other ad hoc tasks based on requirement.

Qualifications

• Auto industry background is preferred.
• Finance background with 5-10 + finance analysis experience.
• FP&A or project analysis experience, sensitive in numbers.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills, Chinese language is a plus.
• Strong analytical mind and interpersonal skills.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• CMA, ACCA Finance certification would be plus.