Finance Analyst

The FP&A Analyst supports C&A Asia business performance through reliable planning, management reporting, financial and commercial analysis, and disciplined data management. The role converts data into clear performance drivers, maintains recurring analytical outputs, and supports decisions across Greater China and Southeast Asia.   

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

1. Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning

• Build and maintain forecast, budget and planning models for the supported businesses and markets.
• Coordinate inputs, consolidate assumptions and maintain clear version control and planning calendars.
• Track forecast actions, risks and opportunities; escalate material gaps or inconsistencies promptly.
• Support target setting and prepare the analytical evidence required for review and sign-off by the C&A Asia FP&A Lead.

2. Performance Review & Management Reporting

• Prepare accurate, timely management reporting packs and recurring business-performance outputs.
• Analyze actual results against forecast, budget and prior periods; identify key volume, price, mix, cost and margin drivers.
• Draft concise performance commentary that links financial outcomes to strategic objectives, business causes and required actions.
• Maintain action logs and follow up with stakeholders on agreed deliverables.

3. Margin, Pricing & Profitability Analysis

• Perform sales, gross-margin, pricing, mix, customer, product and market profitability analysis.
• Identify trends, outliers and leakage; quantify their financial impact and support corrective-action discussions.
• Provide consistent analytical views across Greater China and Southeast Asia using agreed definitions and methodology.
• Support, identify and correct customer, product and market segmentation used to drive sales and profitability analyses

4. Scenario Analysis & Decision Support

• Build scenarios and sensitivities for commercial opportunities, risks and resource-allocation decisions.
• Quantify financial impacts, document assumptions and clearly communicate model limitations.
• Support ad-hoc analysis requested by the C&A Asia FP&A Lead and relevant business stakeholders.

5. FP&A Data & Reporting Governance

• Maintain FP&A data sets, reporting files and financial models with appropriate controls and documentation.
• Define finance reporting requirements and validate the financial logic and content of dashboards used by FP&A.
• Use approved dashboards and analytical tools to support performance analysis; contribute finance requirements and user testing when enhancements are developed.

6. Process Improvement & Controls

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and automate recurring planning and reporting processes.
• Maintain process documentation, templates and control checks for critical analytical outputs.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, data Analytics or a related field.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong financial-analysis capability, including variance analysis, profitability analysis and scenario modelling
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP, consolidation or planning systems is preferred.
• Ability to use dashboards and visualization tools (for example, Power BI) to analyze business performance; dashboard development or administration experience is not required.
• Ability to work with large or imperfect data sets, reconcile sources and establish reliable analytical definitions.
• Clear written and verbal English.

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Typically 2–4 years of relevant experience in financial analysis, management reporting, planning, accounting or a related finance role.

• Direct FP&A experience is advantageous but not essential where the candidate demonstrates strong financial fundamentals, analytical discipline and learning agility.

• Experience supporting multiple markets, business units or cross-functional stakeholders is preferred.

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

All individuals are expected to meet the standards of Key Competencies listed below as applied to the position.

• Analytical rigor: Checks data and assumptions; explains drivers clearly; distinguishes fact from interpretation.

• Business curiosity: Connects financial results with customers, products, markets and operational actions.

• Learning agility: Seeks feedback, adapts quickly and takes on progressively broader responsibilities. 

• Integrity & control mindset: Handles information responsibly and maintains reliable, well-documented outputs.

• Ownership: Plans work, meets deadlines, follows through and raises risks early.