As the FP&A Analyst, you are part of the Regional Finance Team that supports the business finance operation in the Asia Pacific Region.
About You
Under the supervision of the FP&A Manager APAC, the FP&A Analyst is primarily responsible for the centralized financial planning, forecasting, and management reporting processes for Asia Pacific region.
The core focus of the role is to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and consolidation of financial data, providing timely and standardized reports to senior corporate and regional management. and developing financial models to support strategic decision-making at the regional level.
About Us
Tate & Lyle's purpose, Transforming Lives Through the Science of Food, inspires everything we do. Whether it's by making food and drink healthier and tastier; continuously improving how we work; promoting a safe working environment; or making a difference in our local communities, we believe we can successfully grow our business and have a positive impact on society.
What You'll Be Doing
Main Responsibilities:
- Drive the accurate and timely completion of the forecasting and planning cycles
- Perform variance analysis of actual results vs plan, prior year and prior forecast by customer, application, product line to understand drivers and trends
- Assess risks and opportunities and highlight them to senior management
- Prepare annual plan (AOP)
- Support FBPs to prepare the templates (e.g. book of business) in the price negotiation cycle
- Prepare financial data/analysis to support regular business reviews and management presentations. Develop high-level presentations and supporting documents
- Perform regional business analysis work to support other functions (sales, marketing, technical service, HR etc.) and various requests from global finance team
- Facilitate cross-functional communication with other areas of business
- Continuously drive process efficiency improvements by leveraging systems/tools and automating tasks
- Maintain SAP master data and other related systems
- Ad-hoc analysis as deemed necessary by senior management and business partner.
Location
This role is assigned to operate in
Shanghai, Xuhui District
What You'll Have
Professional experience (5-7 years) in financial planning and analysis
Excellent analytical skills
- Perform high quality analysis enabling to understand the drivers of the company performance
- Be quick and agile in analyzing the numbers
- Ability to have a high level view of the business while knowing the details behind
- Exceptional Microsoft Excel and Power Point skills
- Knowledge of SAP and Power BI.
Strong business acumen
- Understands the business environment and uses appropriate strategies to drive results and deliver continuous improvement
- Support fact‐based decision making
Drive for Results
- Hard-worker and flexible
- Has bias for action and for getting things done
- Aggressively pursues business objectives
- Commits significant resources and/or time to improve, try something new, or reach a challenging goal
- Able to independently drive results and influence the broader organization.
Superior Communication skills
- Very good interpersonal, communication and business partnering skills
- Demonstrates skill in communicating effectively and engages others through effective communication
- Speaks Candidly, Clearly & Professionally
- Engages & Inspires
- Fluent English in both writing and speaking
Team player
- Supports the team decision with comments/actions outside the team
- Contributes constructively to the team decision making process
- Develops and leverages cooperative relationships across functions/regions to address complex business issues
- Responsible and reliable. Agile and transparent. Proactive and supportive team player
What We Can Offer
- Base salary with 13th-month bonus + Performance Bonus
- Comprehensive medical coverage
- Exposure to working for a multi-national organization
- Opportunity to partner with various functional leaders globally
- LinkedIn Learning
- Membership in Employee Resource Groups (Professional Women's Network, LGBTQ+, Black Employee Network, Veterans', Mental Health)
- Mental health and well-being support via Mental Health First Aiders & Employee Assistance Program
- Local volunteering opportunities (where applicable)
Tate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.