FP&A Lead

Role Overview

The FP&A Lead is responsible for leading country-level financial planning and analysis, acting as the primary finance partner for the business. The role combines strong financial acumen with a strategic business mindset, supporting leadership through analysis of financial results, evaluation of commercial and trade investments, and assessment of new business opportunities.

What You Will Do

The FP&A Lead will lead the country financial planning processes, including Annual Budget, Forecasts, and Rolling Forecasts. They will also analyze financial performance across sales, products, customers, and channels, identify patterns, trends, and underlying drivers that explain business results, and provide deep-dive analysis into revenue, margin, costs, and profitability.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of business drivers behind financial performance, a culture of accountability, data-driven decisions, and long-term value creation. They will also have excellent analytical skills, the ability to connect numbers to business decisions, and strong communication skills, capable of influencing without authority.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economic, Industrial Engineer
• Minimum 5 -7 years of experience specifically in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Experience in Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG / FMCG) or fast-moving commercial environments
• Strong knowledge in financial statements, analysis and financial planning
• Strong exposure to commercial finance, including sales, pricing, trade spending, and customer profitability
• Internal Reporting experience
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business partners
• Advanced English required (written and verbal), with ability to interact with corporate and regional stakeholders
• Ability to handle on-going changes in business
• Continuous improvement mindset with demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements to eliminate non-value-added work
• Excellent interpersonal relationships
• Commitment to service with both internal and external customers
• High self-motivations skills
• Critical Thinking
• Result-orient
• Strong financial and strategic thinking skills
• High level of autonomy and self-sufficiency
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to connect numbers to business decisions
• Strong communication skills, capable of influencing without authority
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and commercially driven environment
• Curiosity and deep interest in understanding business performance beyond the numbers

Tagged as: Data Analysis, Financial Modeling