The FP&A Platform Manager serves as a central Finance Business Manager and strategic partner to Sales Affiliate Finance Directors and Affiliate Leadership Teams, providing high-impact financial insight, decision support, and standardized financial governance from a centralized platform.

Acting as a trusted advisor and sparring partner, the role enables affiliates to achieve unit and sub-unit objectives through robust planning, performance management, and resource allocation. In parallel, the position delivers centralized finance back-office support, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and compliance across affiliates in close coordination with Global Business Services (GloBuS) and the Finance Center of Excellence.

This role combines strategic FP&A leadership, hands-on commercial finance support, and strong governance oversight while promoting best practices, digital enablement, and continuous improvement across the affiliate finance community.

• The FP&A Platform Manager operates from a central position, partnering with multiple Sales Affiliates and their Finance Directors to strengthen financial performance, transparency, and decision quality.

Strategic Impact

• Act as a central sparring partner to Affiliate Finance Directors and Management Teams on financial strategy, performance drivers, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate and support affiliate budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Contribute to the development and execution of affiliate financial and commercial strategies, ensuring alignment with regional and global objectives.

Business Partnering and Decision Support

• Deliver high-quality financial analysis, scenario modelling, and forward-looking insights to support executive decision-making.
• Identify key value drivers, risks, and opportunities across affiliates, translating insights into clear recommendations.
• Support profitability, cost management, and cash flow optimization initiatives.
• Champion consistent, high-quality management reporting in collaboration with GloBuS.

Performance Management and Analysis

• Use data-driven insights to interpret financial and business performance, identifying key drivers of results.
• Provide actionable insights to improve profitability, cost efficiency, and cash flow.
• Champion high-quality management reporting provided by GloBuS.

Governance, Compliance and Integrity

• Ensure adherence to global finance policies, internal controls, and compliance frameworks across affiliates.
• Coordinate and support statutory financial accounts, J-SOX requirements, and audit processes.
• Serve as a central point of contact for external auditors, tax authorities, and statutory bodies as required.
• Promote financial transparency, accountability, and robust risk management practices.
• Uphold the highest standards of financial integrity and ethical conduct.

Collaboration

• Act as a connector across affiliates, fostering alignment between finance, commercial, and operational teams within affiliates and Headquarters.
• Collaborate closely with European and regional finance counterparts on cross-affiliate initiatives.
• Share best practices, insights, and benchmarks to elevate finance capabilities across the network.
• Model company core values by driving results with integrity, collaboration, and a customer-centric mindset.

Commercial and Operational Engagement

• Maintain strong business acumen and understanding of affiliate commercial models, including sales channels, wholesalers, and customer dynamics.
• Support commercial decision-making through financial evaluation of contracts, pricing, and customer engagements.
• Ensure financial perspectives are embedded in key commercial and operational discussions.

Central FP&A Platform and Back-Office Support

• Provide centralized FP&A and financial governance support to affiliates, ensuring standardization and scalability.
• Act as the primary interface between affiliates, GloBuS, and the Finance Center of Excellence.
• Drive efficiency, automation, and process harmonization across planning, reporting, and analysis activities.
• Support adoption and effective use of finance systems, digital tools, and analytics platforms.

Education:

• University degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Finance, or Operations Management).

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in business partnering, finance, and accounting.
• Relevant certifications preferred, such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), ACMA, or equivalent.
• Experienced in communicating comprehensive strategies to business stakeholders.
• Ability to interpret results, identify performance drivers, and recommend improvement actions.
• Good technical understanding of accounting principles (IFRS/local GAAP) and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to leverage technology and automation to enhance financial processes and insights.
• Proficiency in financial software and tools, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting systems.
• Business skills: Strong partnership orientation and the ability to translate financial insights into strategic actions and influence long-term direction. Understanding of market dynamics, pricing, customer behavior, and distribution models. Comfortable using data-driven approaches for decision-making and performance evaluation.
• Strategic thinking and planning: Comfortable with ambiguity, change, and innovation. Experience working closely with Marketing, Sales, HR, and Supply Chain to drive business performance.
• Communication and collaboration: Strong business partnering skills to ensure goal alignment and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including Finance, IT, Operations, and Business Units. Ability to communicate effectively and convey complex financial insights to affiliate and regional management, as well as non-financial audiences.