Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Merck Gruppe - MSD Sharp & Dohme in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is seeking a Specialist Financial Planning & Analysis to join the Animal Health Finance CoE. You will lead monthly actuals validation, regional consolidation, budgeting coordination, and PGM analysis, acting as a SME for local markets and coordinating forecasting activities.

The role requires 3+ years in finance, a finance-related degree, and strong SAP BW/BPC, Nexcast, Excel, and PowerPoint skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in finance, business administration or similar.

Responsibilities

• Participate in monthly data validation (revenue and expense).
• Support the preparation and consolidation of regular/adhoc reporting requirements ensuring high quality and timely submission.
• Prepare inputs for presentations for Regional Management.
• Coordinate annual budget and quarterly forecast cycles for the APSA AH region and validate submissions.
• Act as contact for local finance for Nexcast and Masterdata.
• Collaborate with Local Country Finance teams to deliver high-quality support to the business.
• Provide technical expertise and local guidance for finance tools.
• Support process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Provide training to local FP&A teams.
• Participate in regional and global projects.

Skills

Finance

FP&A

Data Analysis

Financial Modeling

Stakeholder Management

Treasury Management

Audits Compliance

Budgeting

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance/business administration

Tools

SAP BW

BPC

Nexcast

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Location Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Job Type Full time

Job Description

Our company's Animal Health is a worldwide research-based company, engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of Animal Health products. The APSA Finance CoE is currently looking a highly motivated and qualified Specialist Financial Planning & Analysis to join our team.

• Actively participate in the monthly actuals reporting and validation in coordination with the AHFLT for the region and the local markets.
• Participate to regional consolidation monthly process.
• Contribute to the correct submission of budgeting and forecasting in liaison with the designated cluster/sub region you will be supporting as PoC.
• Support the local market with PGM analysis.
• Act as technical expert for the local market and provide guidance in the coordination of Forecasting activities.
• Act as SAC-P SME and Master data SME for local markets.
• Provide ad-hoc analytics in order to identify areas for opportunities and optimizations.
• Act as a business analyst between the regional finance and the local finance.

The role reports to the Finance Director – Finance CoE APSA Animal Health.

Required Experience and Skills

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in finance, business administration or similar

3+ years’ experience in finance role

Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)

Strong business acumen and ability to see the big picture

Extended Financial understanding / Analytical and ability to think conceptually

Driven to lead by influence and execute on complex projects

Strong communicator and ability to work with multiple stakeholders, cultures

Good knowledge of SAP BW, BPC, Nexcast and strong MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills

Positive attitude and willingness to learn

Efficient, accurate and goal oriented

Multi-tasking

Open for challenges

Team player

Responsibilities include the following, but not limited to:

Participate to monthly data validation (revenue and expense)

Support the preparation and consolidation of regular / adhoc reporting requirements ensuring high quality and timely submission

Prepare inputs for presentations for Regional Management

Participate in the coordination of the annual budget & quarterly forecast cycles for the APSA AH region and participate to the validation of accuracy of submissions

Act as point of contact for local finance for Nexcast and Masterdata

Partner closely with Local Country Finance teams to deliver high-quality support to our business

Provide technical expertise and local guidance for finance tools

Support initiatives to improve processes, increase efficiencies

Provide training to local FP&A teams

Participate in regional and global projects

Required Skills

• Audits Compliance
• Budgeting
• Capital Budgeting
• Cash Management
• Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Data Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Income Tax Planning
• Management Controls
• Preparation of Financial Reports
• Stakeholder Management
• Treasury Management
• Variance Analysis

Employee Status: Regular

Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid