Regional Financial Reporting & Analysis Director

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Regional Financial Reporting & Analysis Director

The Director of FP&A -APAC is the strategic finance lead for the APAC region (excluding China), driving financial performance, capital discipline, and decision support across multiple markets.

The role acts as a trusted advisor to regional leadership and Global HQ, ensuring robust financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and governance. Beyond reporting, this position actively identifies opportunities for financial improvement and mobilize leadership to seize opportunities.

This position will play key role liaising with APAC and Stafa leadership to align on processes and drive financial outcomes.

More about the role:

Financial Planning

. Develop and communicate Budget, Reforecast and month end reporting calendar & publish to relevant stakeholders within APAC leadership & GCs

. Lead the development and creation of Budget, Reforecast and month end consolidation templates - leverage FP&A COE templates

. Perform analysis to create & communicate financial targets for Regional and Group Company targets and goals

. Consolidate Budget, Reforecast and month end results, create management presentations & conduct reviews with APAC &GC leadership (create insights and visibility)

. Drive FP&A process and reporting standardization for GCs in collaboration with Group FP&A team

. Drive region wide FP&A process improvement and standardization, seek simplicity and enable efficiency within reporting processes

. Build & align Regional / Group Strat Plan (M&A, Greenfield, Expansions)

Reporting & Analysis

. Establish comprehensive, region wide financial reporting processes for P&L, Cashflow and other relevant reporting areas leveraging financial reports and templates provided by the FP&A COE

. Prepare management P&Ls and supporting financial KPIs and insights for month end results

. Perform variance analysis for APAC & Group Company specific results, analyze overall results and provide key performance insights and recommendations to improve performance

. Prepare management presentations (monthly) to summarize and communicate results, create cadence & communication mechanism to review and socialize results

. Analyze sales, gross margin, OPEX and business result performance and provide key insights and drivers

. Conduct regional balance sheet, cashflow and working capital analysis

. Perform WHS & Retail analysis to understand and communicate performance, highlight business & country mix impact to regional result

. Coordinate, facilitate and lead Daily Management and Daily Sales processes

. Create data visualizations using advanced data tools for key product financial and operational data points including NPS, key product, operational metrics, etc.

. Create and disseminate regional, country ASP and SPU insights

. Identify margin opportunities, highlight risk areas that need to be addressed

. Elevate visibility into key drivers for regional cashflow performance, AR, DSO, Capex

. Serve as a key business partner to Regional President, Regional SD Finance for financial and analytical insights

. Present complicated financial insights in an easy to understand and actionable way

. Drive continuous improvement within reporting and FP&A team

. Partner with Stafa teams on financial reporting changes

More about you:

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration with minimum 10 years progressive experience.

Personal Competencies

. Desire to establish and create common frameworks and processes to manage regional responsibility.

. Ability to create processes willingness to drive change for the sake of progress.

. Ability to synthesize data, connect dots, and communicate actionable insights.

. Results-driven: Able to deliver results against ambitious targets and timelines flexible enough to adjust work schedules to tackle changing priorities.

. Effective communication skills in both written and verbal forms.

. Hands-on& Quick Study: Detail-oriented while maintaining the ability to see the bigpicture.

Social Competencies

. Teamwork: Open and experienced in collaborating with international and cross-functional teams.

. Customer Focus & Business Acumen: Customer-focused with the skill to balance individual needs from different stakeholders open-minded with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

. Global Orientation: Open mindset towards different company setups and cultures.

Leadership Competencies

. Strong influencing skills.

. Ability to shape gray situations into actionable next steps.

. Desire to drive change to enhance business performance.

. Professional Competencies

. Strong data management skill set.

. Ability to create and run financial reporting processes.

. Strong analytical and communication skills.

. Experience and desire to drive continuous improvement.

. Core Expertise: Financial Analysis.

IT Skills

Office Software: Advanced knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.

Systems & BI Tools: SAP, SAP BW, Cognos, IRIS, PowerBI, and other BI tools.

More about what we offer:

As one of the world's leading hearing care providers headquartered in Switzerland, we're committed to building an inclusive culture. We want to create an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work, through our flexible hybrid working model. We offer a wide range of training opportunities for both your professional and personal development, and there are exceptional growth opportunities with individual development plans.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the marketplace. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.

We regret only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.