Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Role Overview
This role acts as a strategic Finance Business Partner to the MSD South East Asia Commercial Leadership team, driving sustainable and profitable growth. The position is pivotal in enabling data-driven decision-making through robust financial planning, forecasting, analytics, and process excellence. It strengthens financial discipline, optimizes return on investment, and ensures delivery of key financial KPIs including Revenue and EBITA.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Business Partnering
- Partner closely with the MSD South East Asia Commercial Leader to deliver sustainable, profitable growth and meet or exceed Revenue and EBITA targets.
- Lead core planning cycles including Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Strategic Plan, Rolling Forecast, and management reporting.
- Drive Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews (MBR/QBR), highlighting risks, opportunities, and actionable insights.
- Collaborate with Regional and Country Commercial & Finance leadership to ensure alignment and delivery of financial commitments.
- Provide timely, accurate financial reporting & forward-looking insights to support decision-making.
- Strengthen pipeline discipline, funnel health, and revenue visibility to improve forecast accuracy.
- Drive revenue quality by analyzing business drivers and supporting strategic growth initiatives.
- Optimize marketing investments by improving ROI and eliminating low-return spend.
- Generate competitive and market insights to support above-market growth strategies.
- Partner with Supply Chain to optimize inventory levels and working capital management.
- Conduct market visits to gather on-ground insights into customer behavior and competition.
Financial Planning & Analytics Excellence
- Own end-to-end P&L management, including variance analysis (Actual vs AOP vs Prior Year) and KPI performance tracking.
- Drive improvements in gross margin through product mix optimization, pricing strategies, and cost of goods (COGS) initiatives.
- Lead cost containment efforts to ensure effective allocation and utilization of resources.
- Enhance forecasting rigor through improved processes, tools, and governance.
- Build and strengthen business intelligence capabilities using advanced analytics and dashboards.
- Lead pipeline, backlog, and conversion analytics to improve target setting and revenue predictability.
- Improve CRM hygiene and embed forecasting discipline across commercial teams.
- Act as FP&A Subject Matter Expert (SME) for MSD South East Asia, including tools such as Hyperion Planning, SPoT-GLA, APAC DB, and BI Revenue Cube.
- Foster strong cross-functional collaboration across global, regional, BU, and country stakeholders.
Operational Excellence & Process Improvement
- Drive automation and simplification of financial reporting and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance agility and bias for action.
- Strengthen internal controls to ensure a compliant and streamlined operating environment.
- Ensure adherence to SOPs and Delegation of Authority; proactively address deviations.
- Develop & enhance performance dashboards (Power BI) to support business decision-making.
- Constructively challenge assumptions to improve financial accuracy and accountability.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Chartered Accountant (CA) or MBA with 8–10 years of relevant experience in FP&A / business finance.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen with demonstrated impact on business performance.
- Experience working with ERP systems (E1/SAP); exposure to Hyperion Planning preferred.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multicultural environment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
- High level of credibility with strong relationship-building skills across all organizational levels.
Location
This role is based out of Singapore Office
