Finance Section Head (FP&A)

More than just a recruitment company. At PRTR, we have been a part of our customer's success for 30 years as their total HR solutions partner. With 550 dedicated professionals and over 15,000 outsourced staff, we will continue to carry out our mission to develop a better career, a better life, and a better society, and thrive to become the No.1 people solutions organization in Southeast Asia.

Job Objectives

• Coordinate and deliver accurate financial planning and actionable variance analysis, partnering with Operations and Program teams to evaluate performance, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure timely follow-through on improvement actions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the annual budget, periodic forecasting, and long-term financial planning cycles.
• Translate management direction into clear deliverables, responsibilities, and timelines.
• Review team deliverables to ensure analysis is accurate, commercially sound, and decision-focused.
• Ensure consistent FP&A methods, assumptions, and reporting standards.
• Independently review business performance, and challenge operational and financial assumptions.
• Escalate significant issues promptly, with quantified impact, available options, and a recommended course of action.
• Make routine FP&A and operational-finance decisions independently.
• Streamline reporting processes and workflows through standardisation, automation, and template enhancement.
• Coach team members to strengthen their analytical, problem-solving, and business-partnering capabilities.
• Support audits, management reviews, and special projects when required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in accounting, finance, or costing in manufacturing companies.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, costing, and profitability analysis.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and financial-modelling skills; proficiency in PowerPoint and Power BI is an advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• At least 2 years of team leadership or supervisory experience.
• Collaborative and responsive to team and stakeholder needs.
• Familiarity with ERP or reporting tools is an added advantage.
• This is very close to the FP&A role you sent earlier. The new parts are the “Coach team members” responsibility and the “2 years of team leadership” requirement.