Monroe Consulting Group, an Executive Recruitment firm, is partnering with an organisation in the Industrial sector to hire an FP&A Manager. This opportunity is based in Klang, Selangor.
Position Overview
Lead financial planning, analysis, forecasting, and business performance management activities to support strategic and operational decision-making.
Drive financial insights, profitability improvement, and budgeting excellence while partnering with leadership to achieve sustainable business growth.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Modelling & Analysis
- Create, maintain, and update financial models to support business planning and strategic decision making.
- Develop scenario analyses to assess financial impacts and business outcomes.
- Analyse business performance, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations to management.
2. Profitability & Cost Analysis
- Analyse product costing and profitability (by SKU, customer and segment)
- Monitor contribution margins and cost structures
- Support pricing strategies and margin enhancement initiatives
- Identify cost optimisation and efficiency improvement opportunities
- Develop financial models for revenue, cost, and profitability projections
- Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to assess risks and opportunities
- Evaluate new markets, product launches, and expansion projects
- Deliver actionable insights to support data-driven decision-making
3. Financial & Cost Management: Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting process across all departments.
- Manage and prepare monthly rolling forecasts, including variance analysis and performance tracking.
- Ensure alignment between budget assumptions, strategic priorities, and financial targets.
4. Strategic Financial Planning
- Work closely with the CEO and senior management to support long-term financial planning.
- Provide insights and financial perspectives on business initiatives, capital investments, and operational improvements.
- Translate financial data into clear, concise reports for decision-making.
5. Business Partnering
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand operational drivers and financial implications.
- Support department heads in monitoring budgets, identifying risks, and developing mitigation plans.
- Offer financial guidance on new projects, growth opportunities, and cost optimisation efforts.
6. Reporting & Compliance
- Prepare accurate, timely financial reports and dashboards for management review.
- Ensure financial analysis and reporting adhere to internal policies and standards.
- Support internal and external audit activities as needed.
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Possess a Professional Qualification or a Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Accounting.
- 5-7 years of financial planning and analysis experience with progressive responsibility.
- Prior experience in the manufacturing industry will be an advantage.
Technical / Functional Expertise
- Advanced hands on knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
- Experience in financial modelling, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis.
- Strong capability in budgeting, rolling forecasts, variance analysis, and performance tracking.
- Experience analysing product costing and profitability (by SKU, customer and segment).
- Knowledge of contribution margins, cost structures, pricing strategies, and margin enhancement initiatives.
- Ability to develop financial models for revenue, cost, and profitability projections.
- Experience evaluating new markets, product launches, and expansion projects.
- Ability to prepare accurate financial reports, dashboards, and management insights.
- Experience providing ad-hoc financial reports and analyses for special projects, such as mergers and acquisitions or new product launches.
- Understanding of financial reporting, compliance requirements, and audit support activities.
Soft Skills & Leadership Competencies
- High attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
- Able to execute responsibilities, meet rigorous deadlines and manage multiple competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to provide actionable recommendations.
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Effective communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate financial data into clear business insights.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to support strategic decision-making and business growth initiatives.
