Associate Manager, Business Operations, FP&A

Purpose & Scope

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Month-end Close:

• Collaborate with GBS to ensure accurate reporting of management accounts, timely and in compliance with corporate policies and statutory requirements.
• In collaboration with the COE systems team validate data in financial systems for accuracy and compliance.
• Support markets / areas / regional FBPs to analyse variances between actual results and budget/forecasts, providing insights and recommendations, which includes detailed review and analysis of OPEX and headcounts.
• Support markets / areas / regional FBPs through conducting monthly and ad-hoc financial analyses – provide key highlights on costs, headcounts tracking and cost efficiency analysis.
• Prepare financial reports and dashboards for management.
  

Compliance

• Embed Compliance Culture, ensuring Integrity in Action is actively applied in all initiatives, and proactively address non-compliance
• Ensure a culture of Ethics and Compliance; lead by example and incorporate cross-cultural perspectives when addressing challenging situations.
  

Others

• Support Coordination with relevant stakeholders to validate financial calendar and required system adjustments before official release
  

Required Qualifications

• BS/BA in Finance / Accounting / Economics or related discipline
• MBA and / or CPA / CIMA and / or equivalent certificates (or qualified by experience)
• English conversational and business English
  

Preferred Qualification

• Solid work experience in planning and budgeting in Pharma industry
• Solid working knowledge of accounting and internal control standards
• Strong skills and experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP/BPC)
• Strong skills and experience with planning tools
• Strong Microsoft word, PowerPoint skills and Advanced Excel
• Solid experience in matrix environment
• Solid organization, project, and change management skills
• Demonstrated initiative and creativity in pioneering new approaches and ways of working.
• Experience and demonstrated aptitude leveraging enterprise-grade finance data / reporting systems.
• Solid communication skills and ability to influence with various management levels.
• Profound financial analysis skills, coupled with ability to communicate meaning from data.
• Profound teamwork and partner behaviours