Manager, Finance Operation

About the role

Duties and Responsibilities

COGS, Cost Performance and Productivity Management

·       Lead manufacturing cost analysis and performance reporting for the HSOT.

·       Monitor and analyze key COGS drivers including material usage, labour efficiency and overhead costs to ensure cost competitiveness and operational efficiency.

·       Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Engineering teams to identify root causes of cost variances and support implementation of corrective actions.

·       Provide meaningful insights and recommendations to improve productivity, resource utilization and overall manufacturing performance.

FP&A and Financial Decision Support

·       Lead manufacturing-related inputs to budget, forecast and long-range planning processes.

·       Support preparation and review of COGS, operational spending, inventory and capital expenditure forecasts.

·       Perform variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods, highlighting key risks, opportunities and business drivers.

·       Partner with operational stakeholders by providing financial visibility across manufacturing activities.

Inventory, Working Capital and Asset Management

·       Monitor inventory performance, inventory aging, slow-moving inventory and inventory provisions.

·       Provide financial support for inventory optimization and working capital improvement initiatives.

·       Monitor fixed asset utilization including CIP

·       Support financial evaluation of capital expenditure proposals and monitor expenditure against approved budgets and expected business benefits

Operations Finance Business Partnering

·       Serve as a key finance partner to Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality and other operational functions.

·       Support evaluation of operational improvement projects, automation initiatives and manufacturing investments.

Others

·       Support and later lead finance workstreams in ERP and process transformation initiative

·       Provide financial support to management for decision-making purposes.

·       Resource efficiency analysis – headcount and machine capacity

·       Improve data quality and automation in operations finance reporting

Requirements

Experience

• 8-10 years of similar job experience, with exposure to manufacturing finance, cost accounting, FP&A and business partnering in a multinational manufacturing environment

Skills/Accreditations

• Strong manufacturing finance, cost accounting and FP&A knowledge.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and scenario-modelling capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Finance, Operations and regional/global teams.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, CapEx governance, inventory controls and ERP-enabled finance processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with native Thai and business-level English.
• System literacy in SAP or other ERP systems, Microsoft Office and financial reporting tools.
• Power BI or other data visualization / automation experience would be advantageous.

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Accounting or Finance is preferred)