Assistant Director (FP&A)

Carrier; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is seeking a Global Container FP&A Head to lead planning, forecasting and management reporting for the global Container business. You will partner with regional and functional leaders to provide clear financial insights, improve forecast quality, and support sustainable growth across the global organization.

You will own the annual operating plan, long-range planning, and rolling forecasts, building robust models and scenarios to guide strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Qualified professional with global FP&A leadership experience.
• Experience in multinational manufacturing/industrial environments preferred.
• Strong Excel, financial modeling, PowerPoint and executive presentation skills.
• Proven business partnering, stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.
• Hands-on FP&A scope covering planning, forecasting and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan and rolling forecasts for Global Container.
• Coordinate planning calendars and leadership submissions across regions.
• Develop robust financial models and scenario analyses to support decisions.
• Improve forecast accuracy through solid assumptions and data quality.
• Deliver monthly/quarterly performance analyses for leadership reviews.
• Explain performance with linkages to drivers and actions across org.
• Track KPIs including margin, cash flow, working capital, pricing.
• Lead FP&A COE and coach team for analytical excellence.
• Drive governance, automation and standardised reporting.

Skills

FP&A leadership

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

PowerPoint

Executive presentation

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA or MBA Finance

Tools

ERP

BI/Reporting tools

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