Finance Performance Manager: Strategy to Impact

Merck Group; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck Group in the Philippines seeks a senior Finance professional to design and drive a transparent Finance performance management approach across the organization. You will connect Finance strategy, operational performance and senior stakeholders to translate data into actionable insights and governance.

The role emphasizes KPI architecture, targets, benchmarking, and collaboration with global teams. You will lead cross-functional reviews, identify improvement actions, and ensure sustainable

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Finance, Business Administration, IT).
• Master degree is a plus.
• At least 5 years of experience in Finance, performance management, business partnering, transformation, process excellence or a corporate/consulting environment.
• Experience in diverse international teams and with senior stakeholders.
• Proven success in projects delivering measurable process, service or performance improvements.
• Experience with KPI design, target setting, trend analysis and governance.
• Familiarity with Lean methodologies/tools and driving improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design and continuously improve the Finance Performance Management framework, including KPI architecture, definitions, targets, reporting cadence and governance routines.
• Translate Finance strategy and transformation priorities into measurable performance objectives for Finance services, processes and enabling activities.
• Coordinate collection, validation and interpretation of Finance performance data for meaningful reporting.
• Support Finance organizations in analyzing performance results, identifying root causes and defining corrective actions.
• Lead performance review sessions with Finance leadership and stakeholders to ensure relevance of topics.
• Benchmark externally to set ambitious but realistic Finance targets and identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Finance

Performance management

Business partnering

Transformation

Process excellence

KPI design

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Change management

Lean methods

AI literacy

Virtual collaboration

Education

Bachelor degree in Finance or related

Master degree is a plus

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Merck Group in the Philippines seeks a senior Finance professional to design and drive a transparent Finance performance management approach across the organization. You will connect Finance strategy, operational performance and senior stakeholders to translate data into actionable insights and governance.

The role emphasizes KPI architecture, targets, benchmarking, and collaboration with global teams. You will lead cross-functional reviews, identify improvement actions, and ensure sustainable