About the Role
This is a pivotal and high-visibility position within the regional finance structure. Reporting directly to theAPAC CFO, you will play a critical role in ensuring robust financial planning, forecasting, and performance management. You'll act as a strategic business partner across departments, delivering insights, driving efficiencies, and supporting growth initiatives with a focus on bothcommercial and industrial cost control.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead regional budgeting, forecasting, and planning activities across commercial, industrial, supply chain and overheads.
- Partner with regional leaders to drive business performance and support decision-making with data-driven insights.
- Deliver timely analysis and reporting of financial results, highlighting risks, opportunities, and corrective action plans.
- Oversee monthly closing processes and ensure variance analysis is aligned with operational drivers.
- Monitor and evaluate pricing strategies, trade spends, and Gross-to-Net impacts.
- Support supply chain and manufacturing cost analysis, including destruction cost, stock evaluation, and capex monitoring.
- Manage and develop a high-performing finance team, promoting a culture of inclusion, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, systems, and corporate financial policies.
- Actively contribute to transformational finance initiatives and systems upgrades across the region.
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are looking for aseasoned finance professionalwith:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in financial planning & analysis, business controlling, and commercial finance within the FMCG or manufacturing sectors.
- A minimum of 35 years in a regional or senior finance leadership role, working cross-functionally across commercial, supply chain, and operations.
- Demonstrated expertise incosting, supply chain controlling, and driving financial performance improvements.
- Proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders (CFOs, GMs, Regional Heads) to influence strategic and operational outcomes.
- Strong communication, analytical, and leadership skills, with the agility to adapt in a dynamic, high-performance environment.
What We're Looking For
- A tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, or Business; CPA, CA, CIMA is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of performance monitoring and planning, budgeting, profit analysis and overheads management.
- High level of analytical acumen, with the ability to translate data into strategic recommendations.
- Experience with ERP and financial planning systems (SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Essbase preferred).
- Excellent team management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
