Southeast Asia, Financial Planning & Analysis Financial Planning Analyst

Carrier International Sdn Bhd; Puchong; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to support Southeast Asia financial planning, consolidate forecasts, and prepare executive reviews.

You will partner with country finance teams, equipment and aftermarket leads, manage the SEA HQ budget, and drive standardization and automation across the region.

The role requires 5–8 years of FP&A experience, strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, and experience with HFM and SAP in a multinational setting.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of FP&A, commercial finance, controllership, or related finance experience.
• Strong modelling, forecasting, variance analysis and performance management skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint for executive presentations.
• Experience with HFM and SAP; BI tools a plus.
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Support Southeast Asia financial reporting cadence with weekly updates and monthly forecasts.
• Consolidate regional forecasts across sales, orders, backlog, profitability, and cash flow.
• Prepare executive-ready reviews and performance narratives for regional leadership.
• Partner with country finance teams and business leads to identify risks and opportunities.
• Drive consistent analysis and reporting discipline across Southeast Asia markets.
• Coordinate with local FP&A teams for timely, accurate planning deliverables.
• Manage SEA HQ budget, including actuals tracking and variance analysis.
• Support HFM data consolidation, including data validation and lock procedures.
• Drive reporting standardization, process optimization, and automation initiatives.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and leadership requests.

Skills

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Variance analysis

PowerPoint

Excel

Data presentation

HFM

SAP

Automation

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related discipline

CPA/ACCA/CFA certification advantageous

Tools

HFM

SAP

Job description

• Support Southeast Asia financial reporting cadence, including weekly performance updates, monthly forecasts, quarterly business reviews, annual operating plans, and long-range planning cycles.
• Consolidate regional forecasts and performance results across sales, orders, backlog, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and functional costs.
• Prepare clear, executive-ready financial reviews, performance narratives, and decision-support materials for regional leadership.
• Partner with country finance teams, Equipment and Aftermarket leaders, and business stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities, and actions required to deliver financial targets.
• Drive consistent financial analysis, reporting discipline, and performance management routines across Southeast Asia markets.
• Coordinate with local FP&A teams to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality planning and reporting deliverables.
• Manage the Southeast Asia HQ budget, including actuals tracking, forecast updates, variance analysis, and cost-control actions.
• Support HFM data consolidation activities, including out-of-balance reviews, data validation, and HFM lock procedures.
• Drive reporting standardization, process optimization, and automation initiatives to improve quality, speed, and scalability across the region.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, business cases, and leadership requests as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Southeast Asia financial reporting cadence, including weekly performance updates, monthly forecasts, quarterly business reviews, annual operating plans, and long-range planning cycles.
• Consolidate regional forecasts and performance results across sales, orders, backlog, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and functional costs.
• Prepare clear, executive-ready financial reviews, performance narratives, and decision-support materials for regional leadership.
• Partner with country finance teams, Equipment and Aftermarket leaders, and business stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities, and actions required to deliver financial targets.
• Drive consistent financial analysis, reporting discipline, and performance management routines across Southeast Asia markets.
• Coordinate with local FP&A teams to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality planning and reporting deliverables.
• Manage the Southeast Asia HQ budget, including actuals tracking, forecast updates, variance analysis, and cost-control actions.
• Support HFM data consolidation activities, including out-of-balance reviews, data validation, and HFM lock procedures.
• Drive reporting standardization, process optimization, and automation initiatives to improve quality, speed, and scalability across the region.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, business cases, and leadership requests as required.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline; professional certification such as CPA, ACCA, or CFA is advantageous.
• 5–8 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, controllership, or a related finance role, preferably within a multinational or regional business environment.
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting, variance analysis, and business performance management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop executive-level financial presentations and analysis.
• Experience with financial systems such as HFM and SAP; exposure to dashboarding, automation, or business intelligence tools is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple reporting deadlines accurately and effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

• Key Competencies
  
  • Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
  • High level of ownership, accountability, accuracy, and follow-through.
  • Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across regional, country, and functional teams.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and simplify financial messages for decision-making.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive process simplification and automation

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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MISSION AND PURPOSES

Mission

To be our customers’ first choice for air-conditioning, heating, refrigeration, controls, fire and security solutions globally.

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We make the world a better place to live. We create comfortable, efficient, healthy, safe and secure environments, and ensure the global food supply is transported and preserved for safe consumption.

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Quality is the common denominator of all we do.

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We strive for continuous growth to reinforce our leadership position.

We achieve world-class financial performance.

We continuously improve the productivity of our assets and resources.

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HISTORY

A History of Innovation

UTC Climate, Controls & Security is a family of remarkable companies defined by its leading global brands and renowned for its unyielding commitments to innovation and environmental sustainability.

More than that, the UTC Climate, Controls & Security family may be unique in its legacy of founding entrepreneurs, men who not only built significant and lasting businesses, but who defined and even invented their industries. These extraordinary entrepreneurs are today a very real part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security’s success in the vision and values they shared, and their names an essential part of the unit’s competitive advantage.

Willis Carrier changed the world in 1902 when he designed the first modern air-conditioning system, provided the underlying framework for the design of air-conditioning systems with his 1911 Rational Psychrometric Formulae, and brought comfort air to the public with his centrifugal chiller. Dr. Carrier is the acknowledged Father of Air Conditioning, and his legacy of environmental stewardship today remains an important part of Carrier’s ongoing innovation and leadership.

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