The Regional FP&A Senior Specialist - APAC supports regional management by strengthening financial steering, transparency and decision-making across the APAC region. The role combines financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis with active finance business partnering to enable fact-based and forward-looking management decisions.
Closely linked to the month-end closing and management reporting cycles, the position ensures a clear understanding of actual performance versus business plans and latest forecasts. By leveraging financial and operational data, the role identifies and quantifies opportunities for business improvement, including productivity, pricing, margin development and working capital optimization.
Beyond analysis, the Regional FP&A Senior Specialist translates financial insights into clear business implications, scenarios and recommendations, effectively communicating them to cross-functional stakeholders and regional leadership. The objective is to support management in optimizing financial performance, managing risks and driving sustainable, organic growth within a complex, multinational environment.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. Month-End Closing & Performance Analysis
- Independently support FP&A activities during the monthly closing process in close collaboration with Accounting and Controlling.
- Ensure timely, accurate and compliant closing-related analyses.
- Monitor actual results versus budget and latest forecast.
- Perform meaningful variance and deviation analyses (Budget vs Actual / Forecast vs Actual),including root-cause explanations and business implications.
- Proactively follow up on issues, communicate findings clearly and support timely resolution.
2. Management Reporting & Regional Transparency
- Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages with clear, concise and value-adding insights.
- Provide deviation analysis and commentary for management review meetings.
- Act as a coordination point within APAC Finance to ensure timely transmission of management reporting to Group, alignment, consistency and data quality across countries.
- Support development and continuous improvement of actionable dashboards, KPIs and performance tracking tools.
3. Planning, Budgeting& Forecasting
- Actively support and coordinate the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes across the region.
- Engage with Sales, Purchasing, Production and other functions to build transparent and realistic planning assumptions.
- Challenge business inputs constructively and ensure financial reasonability.
- Maintain and further develop financial models from topline to EBT.
- Support strategic and operational planning through scenario and sensitivity analyses.
4. Finance Business Partnering & Value Creation
- Act as a finance business partner to regional and country management.
- Support management decision-making with data-driven financial analysis and recommendations.
- Analyze business initiatives related to productivity, pricing, margin development and working capital optimization.
- Translate financial impacts into clear messages for non-finance stakeholders and contribute to fact-based decisions.
5. FP&A Process Improvement & Automation
- Contribute to continuous improvement of FP&A processes, methodologies and data quality.
- Increase efficiency through automation, reduction of manual work and elimination of duplications.
- Leverage modern FP&A tools, BI solutions and AI-supported analysis where appropriate.
Core competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
- Business-oriented mindset with a focus on value creation.
- Ability to translate analysis into actionable insights and recommendations.
- High attention to detail combined with structured and independent working style.
- Proactive, reliable and comfortable operating in a matrix and multicultural environment.
- Confident communication across functions and seniority levels.
Qualification:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
- Master's degree or professional certification (e.g. CPA, CMA, CIMA, ACCA) is an advantage.
Experience
- 6-9+ years of experience in FP&A, Financial Analysis or Controlling.
- Experience in a multinational company, preferably with regional or cross-country exposure.
- Background in industrial, manufacturing or B2B environments is a plus.
- Experience working with European HQs is beneficial.
Technical Skills
- Strong financial modelling, analysis and forecasting capabilities.
- Advanced Excel skills and solid PowerPoint for management-level communication.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP) and planning tools (e.g.TM1 or similar).
- Experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI).
- Familiarity with modern analytics and AI-supported tools is an advantage.
Language Skills:
- Fluent English (written and spoken).
- Chinese proficiency required for effective regional collaboration with our Chinese counterparts
Work Environment and Opportunities:
- Dynamic international working environment within a regional APAC finance organization.
- Close interaction with regional management and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Opportunity to further develop as a senior finance business partner.
- Attractive long-term development prospects toward regional FP&A leadership or broader finance roles.
