Assistant Director (FP&A)

CARRIER SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

CARRIER SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED seeks a Global Container FP&A Head to lead planning, forecasting, management reporting and decision support for the global container business. You will partner with regional and functional leaders to deliver clear financial insights, improve forecast quality and drive cash generation.

The role oversees financial modeling, performance reviews and governance of FP&A processes, with a focus on profitability, working capital and capital efficiency across regions.

Qualifications

• Qualified professional with CA/CPA/ACCA or MBA Finance.
• 10–15 years of progressive FP&A, finance, reporting leadership in a multinational environment.
• Hands-on FP&A with manufacturing/global business exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan, rolling forecast processes for Global Container business.
• Coordinate planning calendars, assumptions, submissions, reviews and leadership presentations across regions.
• Develop robust financial models, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to support decisions.
• Improve forecast accuracy by strengthening assumptions and data quality.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance analysis for leadership reviews.
• Explain performance vs plan with linkage to operational drivers.
• Analyze KPIs including sales, orders, backlog, margin, EBIT, cash flow, working capital, pricing.
• Highlight risks, opportunities, and required management actions.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, productivity and capital initiatives with insights.
• Prepare business cases, ROI analyses and financial evaluations for strategic projects.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP familiarity

Education

CA / CPA / ACCA / MBA in Finance

Tools

ERP systems

BI/reporting tools

PowerPoint

Excel (advanced)

Job description

The Global Container FP&A Head will lead financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, business analytics and decision support for the Global Container business.The role partners closely with business, regional and functional leadership toprovideclear financial insights, improve forecast quality, strengthen performance management, and support sustainable growth, marginexpansionand cash generation across the global business

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Annual Operating Plan, Long RangePlan, profit assuranceand rolling forecast processes for the Global Container business.
• Coordinate planning calendars, assumptions, submissions, reviews and leadership presentations across regions and functions.
• Develop robust financial models, scenarioanalysisand sensitivity analysis to support business decisions.
• Improve forecast accuracy by strengthening assumptions, cadence, dataqualityand accountability across the organization.
• Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly performance analysis for business leadership reviews.
• Explain business performance versus plan, forecast and prior year, with clear linkage to operational and commercial drivers.
• Track and analyze key performance indicators including sales, orders, backlog, margin, EBIT, cash flow, working capital, pricing.
• Highlight risks, opportunities, performancegapsandrequiredmanagement actions ina timelyand structured manner.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to support profitable business growth.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, productivity, working capital and transformation initiatives with financial insights and analytics.
• Prepare business cases, ROIanalysisand financial evaluations for strategic projects, capitalinvestmentsand operational initiatives.
• Lead cash flow forecasting and working capital performance analysis in partnership with operational finance teams.
• Analyze inventory, receivables,payablesand operational driversimpactingcash conversion.
• Support initiatives to improve cash generation and capital efficiency.
• Standardize and simplify management reporting, forecast templates, reviewdecksand FP&A processes.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to reduce manual reporting effort and improve insight quality.
• Promote strong governance, dataaccuracyand consistency in financial reporting and analysis.
• Lead,coachand develop FP&A COE team, building strong analytical, communication and business partnering capabilities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuousimprovementand high-quality execution.

Requirements

• CA, CPA, ACCA or MBA Finance
• 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A, business finance, managementreportingand leadership exposure in a multinational environment
• Experience in hands on FP&A scope to manufacturing, industrial, equipment, or global business environments preferred.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling,PowerPointand executive presentation skills. Working knowledge of ERP, BI/reporting tools
• Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, communication, influencing, problemsolvingand team leadership skills.
• Commercially curious, analytical, hands on, detail-oriented, improvement-focused and comfortable operating in a fast-paced global environment.
• Given the global/regional and cross-functional nature of the role, flexibility to work and engage with stakeholders and team members across different time zones (including US) is required
• Strategic financial planning and business performance management
• Executive-level financial storytelling and presentation capability
• Strong commercial, operational and manufacturing finance acumen
• Ability to convert complex data into actionable insights
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
• Forecasting discipline, processgovernanceand continuous improvement
• People leadership, coaching and capability building
• High integrity, ownershipmindsetand strong attention to detail