Senior Manager - FP&A

Your Career

The Senior FP&A Manager for JAPAC Finance will play a key role in driving priorities and investments to help JAPAC achieve scalable growth. This role involves overseeing budgeting forecasting financial reporting business partnering and performance analysis for various business units across geographies. The position requires strong partnership with business leaders to provide trusted reference on the state of the business and contribute to our overall strategy.

Your Impact

• Manage the financial planning budgeting and forecasting processes for Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) business units.

• Manage the preparation of accurate and timely financial reports ensuring consistency and alignment with corporate reporting standards.

• Oversee variance analysis to identify key trends risks and opportunities.

• Partner with global finance teams to provide actionable insights and recommendations for improving business performance.

• Business Partnering efforts with relevant functions to drive growth efficiency and alignment to Finance targets

• Break down complex business dynamics with structured analysis identify opportunities for growth and deliver recommendations.

• Navigate matrix organization for efficient and effective outcomes.

• Drive process standardization and automation initiatives to improve efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting.

• Ensure compliance with local and global financial regulations and policies.

• Mentor and scale FP&A professionals within the India COE.

• Cross functional collaboration to implement and maintain financial systems and tools.

• Support ad-hoc financial analysis and strategic decision-making projects.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

Educational Background:

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.

• MBA CA CPA or CFA is highly preferred.

Experience:

• 12 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.

• Commercial acumen developed through engagement with sales and marketing teams.

• Proven track record of managing global stakeholders and leading cross-functional teams.

• Leadership qualities with demonstrated capability to build strong working relationships with internal business units

• Ability to work independently and able to prioritize in a fast-paced environment with multiple changing objectives.

• Effective presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex topics in a distilled manner

• Deadline-driven organized with willingness to adapt to the rapid business and organizational demands that result from a high-growth environment

Technical Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling budgeting and forecasting.

• Expertise in ERP systems (e.g. SAP Oracle) and BI tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau).

• Strong knowledge of automation tools and RPA (Robotic Process Automation).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Leadership and team management skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with global stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

• High adaptability to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Additional Information :

The Team

You have a passion for numbers our organization has a passion for cybersecurity. Youre looking for an opportunity with a more fulfilling mission. We have open positions for top talent seeking a financial challenge. Our department deals with numbers daily supporting sales marketing R&D supply chain and more building solutions and providing accurate insightful financial information to empower our business lines. The ideal candidate has exceptional skills in accounting and analytics and an innovative mindset to approach finance problems differently. Within finance and accounting we seek people who are looking to try new things while solving business critical equations. If youre seeking a financial challenge but with a world-wide impact this is it.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.