Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia) is seeking a finance specialist to enhance Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) within divisional planning and decision-making. This role is crucial for delivering budgets, forecasts, and performance insights while partnering with stakeholders to address financial implications.

The ideal candidate will have strong FP&A experience, be able to challenge assumptions constructively, and build trusted relationships with divisions, contributing to improved planning processes and better resource allocation.

Qualifications

• Strong FP&A and financial modeling experience.
• Ability to build relationships while maintaining independent financial challenge.
• Confidence in engaging senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver budgets, forecasts, and performance analysis.
• Partner with divisional stakeholders to understand operational drivers.
• Shape management reporting and performance narratives.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Financial modeling

Business finance

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Job description

Why PayNet / Why Now

• PayNet’s scale and financial complexity require strong day‑to‑day financial judgment close to the business.
• Divisions need reliable forward‑looking insight to make timely trade‑offs on cost, investment, and priorities.
• This role exists to bring Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) discipline closer to divisional planning, performance conversation, and business decision‑making.
• The organisation needs a finance specialist who can partner effectively with divisions, challenge assumptions and translate numbers into practical business choices.

TL; DR

• Deliver planning, forecasting, and performance insight for assigned divisions, business areas, products, or initiatives.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to divisional stakeholders, helping them understand financial implications and decision trade‑offs.
• Translate strategy and operating priorities into executable financial plans, clear performance signals, and practical recommendations.
• Balance analytical depth with business empathy, constructive challenge, and delivery discipline.

Why This Role Matters

• Poor planning and weak insight lead to reactive decision‑making and misallocated resources.
• Strong FP&A support helps divisions make earlier interventions and better cost‑benefit trade‑offs.
• This role sits where divisional assumptions meet financial accountability.
• The role requires judgment over precision, with the ability to translate financial insight into business action.

What You Will Actually Do

• Deliver budgets, forecasts, and performance analysis for assigned divisions, business areas, products, or initiatives.
• Partner with divisional stakeholders to understand operational drivers, planning assumptions, and financial implications.
• Shape management reporting and performance narratives that support clear decisions by senior stakeholders.
• Challenge assumptions and surface practical trade‑offs behind business decisions.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear financial targets, monitoring mechanisms, and actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in planning processes, models, and tools.

Examples of This Role in Practice

• Reframing a divisional cost overrun discussion into trade‑offs senior stakeholders can actively decide on.
• Challenging optimistic forecasts using scenario analysis and a clear view of operational drivers.
• Working with a division to convert business priorities into realistic budgets, forecasts, and performance measures.
• Highlighting early performance signals that prompt timely course correction.
• Partnering with stakeholders to align financial plans with operational reality and execution constraints.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong FP&A, financial modelling, or business finance experience applied to real decisions.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with divisions while maintaining independent financial challenge.
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders with clarity, commercial understanding, and practical recommendations.
• Comfort operating with imperfect data, shifting priorities, and evolving business needs.
• Curiosity about how strategy, operations, and financial outcomes connect across PayNet’s divisions.