APAC Value Creation Finance Lead

Arbex; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Arbex, a global tissue and hygiene innovator, seeks an APAC Value Creation Finance Lead to drive financial leadership across multiple workstreams, partnering with Mills, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to accelerate initiatives in APAC. You will oversee planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis to exceed EBITDA targets and strengthen business cases across regions.

You will collaborate with the Transformation Office and FP&A to ensure accurate forecasts and timely performance reviews, while

Qualifications

• Experienced finance leader with strong commercial, operational and technical finance capability.
• Professional accounting qualification, MBA or equivalent senior finance experience. Typically, ten years of progressive finance experience, including P&L ownership, commercial analysis, business planning, manufacturing and supply chain finance.
• Strong strategic and analytical capability, with the courage to constructively challenge assumptions and influence senior leaders.
• Strong enterprise mindset and ability to work across diverse cultures, functions and geographies.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to explain complex financial matters clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong English communication skills are critical for this role to analyse, interpret complex documents, respond effectively to sensitive enquiries or issues, and make clear, persuasive presentations to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to the ABU President and APAC Leadership Team, shaping the Value Creation plans, ensuring robust analysis, bringing challenge and insight to strengthen execution, tracking and forecasting performance.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly performance reporting and presentations, translating financial results and KPI’s into clear insight, highlighting variances and trends.
• Own and drive the financial performance of the VC agenda, including delivery of short- and long-term plans, forecast accuracy, risks and opportunities, and clear mitigation actions.
• Ensure disciplined investment choices supported by robust analysis and business cases.
• Provide robust challenge and decision support to Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Marketing, ensuring major decisions are financially sound and aligned with CFIs.
• Build, coach and develop analytical capability within the mills and supply chain finance teams to step change the quality of cost analysis and enable bolder and faster decision-making.
• Partner effectively with the Transformation Office, APAC Value Creation Lead, PMO, FP&A and wider workstream teams.

Skills

Finance leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical capability

Communication skills

Cross-cultural collaboration

Education

Professional accounting qualification

MBA or equivalent

Job description

Become part of the team powering household names like Kleenex®, Scott®, and WypAll®. At Arbex, everything you need is right here—innovation, growth, and the chance to leave a real mark.

Settling for just any role isn't you, and it isn't us either. Being Unstoppable Together calls for a particular kind of person and teams who genuinely care about making a difference. Here, you'll channel your professional expertise, talent, and drive into building and managing a portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide.

About You

You were made to create what’s next: you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity and driving continuous improvement. You hold the big picture while mastering the details, making sure every product, process, and partnership moves with precision and purpose. You lead with the highest standards of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide. We’ll be Unstoppable Together.

The APAC Value CreationFinance Lead is accountable for providingfinancial leadership, analyticalpower andconstructivechallenge and insight tosupportthe deliveryand trackingofthe Value Creation plansthat willultimately enablethe ABU toexceedtheEBITDA targets.TheVC Finance Leadrole will work across the ABU engaging with all LT Functional Leaders, Workstream Leaders and finance teamsto ensureinitiatives are supported by a strong business case,costanalysisis accurate andteams are continuingtoapproachtheVCchallenge with bold thinking and a sense of urgency.

In addition to providing Finance & Analytical expertise, theAPACVC Finance lead willpartnerclosely withtheTransformation Office Value CreationAPAClead(who willassume the role of PMO) todrivethe transformation, champion the change agendaandleadtheexecution across APACwithpace and urgency.

Whilst the VC Finance Leadwill have accountability across all 5 workstreams,the primary focus willbe to workcloselywith the Mills, Supply Chain and Commercial teamsto accelerateexecution of initiatives in these workstreamsacross APAC.The role will also work closely with theArbexFP&A team to ensurefuture forecasts are captured within the QuarterlyForecastand performance is integratedintothe Monthly Results review process.

In thiscontextthe ABU VC Finance Lead will needtowork effectively both within the ABUcross-functionallybut alsolead and collaborate with Finance teams across the mills,countriesand HQ teams.

Essential duties and responsibilitiesinclude:

• Act as a strategic partner to theABU PresidentandAPACLeadership Team, shaping theValue Creation plans, ensuring robust analysis,bringing challenge and insight to strengthen execution, trackingand forecastingperformance
• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly performance reporting and presentations, translating financial results and KPI’s into clear insight, highlighting variances and trends
• Own and drive the financial performanceof the VCagenda, including delivery of short- and long-term plans, forecast accuracy, risks and opportunities, and clear mitigation actions.
• Ensuredisciplined investment choices supported byrobust analysis and business cases
• Provide robust challenge and decision support to Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Marketing, ensuring major decisions are financially sound and aligned withCFIs
• Build,coachand developanalytical capability within the mills and supply chain finance teams tostep change the quality of cost analysis and enable bolder and faster decision-making
• Partner effectively withthe Transformation Office, APAC Value Creation Lead,PMO, FP&Aand widerworkstream teams.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following:

Qualifications and experience

• Experienced finance leader with strong commercial,operationaland technical finance capability,preferably in FMCG or another manufacturing-led consumer business.
• Professional accounting qualification,MBAor equivalent senior finance experience. Typically,ten years of progressive finance experience, including P&L ownership, commercial analysis, business planning,manufacturingand supply chain finance
• Strongstrategic and analytical capability, with the courageto constructively challenge assumptions and influence senior leaders.
• Strong enterprise mindset and ability to work across diverse cultures,functionsand geographies.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to explain complex financial matters clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Srong English communication skills are critical for this role to analyse, interpret complex documents, respond effectively to sensitive enquiries or issues, and make clear, persuasive presentations to senior management.

Total Benefits

We believe thatouremployeesareourgreatestasset, andwe'recommittedtoprovidingthemwiththeresourcestheyneedtobesuccessful.Ifyou'relookingforarewardingcareerwithacompanythatcaresaboutitsemployees,thenARBEXistheplaceforyou.

Flex That WorksatARBEX

We believegreat workhappens when people come together with purpose.That’swhy we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate whilemaintainingthe balance you value.

And finally, the fine print….

ForARBEXto grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands thatshape the future of tissue and hygiene, which is whyweseek to build a workforce that encompassesthe experiences of our consumers.When you bring your original thinking toARBEX, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties,responsibilitiesand skillsrequiredfor this position.

Employment is subject to verification of local policies.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. ARBEX will not provide relocation support for this role.