Senior Manager - FP&A

Ambition; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 210,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambition, a well-established education company in Malaysia, is recruiting an experienced FP&A Senior Manager who will oversee the financial planning and analysis team and partner with management, reporting to the CFO in Petaling Jaya.

You will lead monthly forecasts and budgets, develop long-term financial models, advise on pricing and profitability, support month-end close, ensure compliance with policies, and contribute to strategic decisions including ad-hoc projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance/Accountancy or professional qualification (ACCA/CPA/ACA/CIMA) required.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in financial reporting with FP&A and strong people management.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly forecast and budgeting updates, including management decks.
• Oversee the Group's annual and long-term budget and rolling forecasts.
• Conduct feasibility, pricing, profitability and EBITDA analyses.
• Partner with the CFO on strategic decisions and corporate projects.
• Participate in monthly business reviews and provide insights from data.
• Support accounting on month-end close and statutory reporting matters.
• Ensure FP&A adherence to group policies and internal controls.
• Perform ad-hoc assignments as required.

Skills

Financial planning

People management

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in Finance/Accountancy

ACCA/CPA/ACA/CIMA

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a well-established and rapidly expanding education company in Malaysia who is looking to hire an experienced FP&A Senior Manager, who will oversee the whole financial planning & analysis team and an important business partner to the management team. The successful candidate will be supporting and reporting directly to the CFO, based in Petaling Jaya.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly forecast and budgeting updates and review, including presentation deck for management.
• Lead the Group's annual and long-term budget, detailed financial models and analysis, rolling forecasts.
• Conduct and advise management on feasibility studies, pricing, profitability, EBITDA and other relevant matrix.
• Right hand person to the CFO on strategic business and investment decisions, corporate projects, M&A, financial modelling, etc.
• Active participation in monthly business reviews and providing insights based on big data analysis.
• Provide support to the accounting team on month end close and any other statutory reporting matters.
• Ensure that the FP&A team complies with the group policies and internal controls.
• Perform in ad-hoc assignments as and when required.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Possess Degree in Finance/Accountancy or professionally qualified accountant ie. ACCA, CPA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant financial reporting with experience in financial planning and analysis scopes, and experience as a strong people manager.
• Possess strong interpersonal, experience working cross-functionally, problem-solving and analytical skills.