DescriptionThis role requires an ability to work in multicultural teams across multiple time zones, continents, and disciplines and might need to have limited international travel.
This role acts as a finance business partner to Global Key Accounts (GKA) leaders with aims to provide the stakeholders with timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis and help them to make informed business decisions.
This role will focus on developing and continuously improving the finance decision support to GKA teams (e.g. deal assessment/renewal, intercompany pricing assessment/review, etc.), R&D and Marketing product projects (e.g. NPD, Marketing campaigns, BPS, etc.).
ResponsibilitiesScope:
- Advise and partner with the GKA teams to help make informed decisions to drive business performance
- Consolidate and analyse all the necessary financial information for GKA from our 20+ subsidiaries world-wide to deliver accurate budgeting, reporting, and analysis in a timely manner, including presentation preparation of monthly/quarterly results and quarterly budgets
- Make use of actual and budget data on predefined KPIs and metrics, including a good understanding of the main performance drivers, operational and financial risks related to the GKAs, to ensure delivery of the budgeted financial results
- Support tender negotiation/contract with GKA with business plan, profitability analysis and intercompany price setting to evaluate how decisions and initiatives can impact the overall HOYA VC’s profitability
- Work with relevant stakeholders (e.g. Tax, Production Finance, etc.) to have appropriate intercompany pricing for GKA
- Ensure implementation of the transfer pricing rules for the GKA (correct flow and margins
- applied)
- Support local subsidiaries to maintain local profitability per GKA as well as correct allocation and control of Local and Global SGA costs plus inbound and outbound shipping costs
- Communicate with subsidiaries to find out the reason for variance to budget/previous year/trend and discuss about future plans
- Work with Global Headquarters to develop the process/system to calculate throughout profit
- Compile monthly GKA variance analysis report
- Advise, partner and challenge non-finance stakeholders to jointly make informed business case advice to the top management
- Work with function leadership teams to forecast project costs and profitability to evaluate product modifications/developments/roll-out to best serve the interests of HOYA VC
- Improve financial control framework over cost tracking and ensure correct treatment of accruals, provisions and cost allocation
- Ad-hoc business reports and/or analysis
QualificationsAttributes
- 5+ years of progressive work experience in a multinational environment
- 3+ years direct FP&A and/or finance partnering experience
- Extensive knowledge of accounting and financial processes (financial closure, consolidation, reporting, budgeting, etc.)
- Experience in a global manufacturing organization with experience in investment assessment, project controlling, esp. in the areas of new product/technology development and marketing/promotion spend, preferred
- Good understanding of project financial assessment metrics (NPV, IRR, Payback, etc.)
- Strong scenario building skills and proven ability to perform complex numerical calculations and prepare detailed management reports in a timely manner
- A hands-on, sleeves rolled up mentality
- Strong problem-solving skills and proactively working with team to find solution
- Detail orientated - ability to focus on small details whilst seeing the big picture
- Ability to connect and integrate facts and circumstances
- An attitude that seeks perfection, with a mind-set for best practices
- Integrity, transparency, honesty, and patience as core attributes are a must
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with strong boardroom skills required
- Fluency in English language required, with proven strong business writing ability
- Experience using: SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle’s Cloud-based suite, and other BI tools