Senior Manager, Finance (APAC)

Job Summary

GLG is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to partner with our General Managers and other business leaders to accelerate top and bottom-line growth and drive strategy initiatives across our APAC business units.  This individual will be a business partner to our APAC Leadership and a solid contributor to driving excellent Financial Planning and Analysis capabilities in APAC.  This position will be located in our Hong Kong office and report to the Senior Director, Finance, APAC.

This position will provide rigorous P&L management, thoughtful financial reporting and forecasting, business intelligence and data-driven insights.  The role involves significant exposure to and interaction with key business stakeholders and requires the candidate to demonstrate exceptional business acumen, maturity and relationship-building potential.  We are seeking a motivated self-starting leader with excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving and communications skills.  The ideal candidate will be able to create and drive own agenda that accelerates the region’s top and bottom-line growth and balance evolving priorities, while demonstrating an independent, inquisitive, can-do, get-things-done attitude.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• P&L Management and Financial Reporting – Develop deep understanding of the different businesses and P&L drivers.  Drive monthly preparation of revenue and cost reports, and insightful MD&A for financial reports for the Leadership Team and the Board.
• Budgeting and Forecasting – Manage the mid and long-range business plan for APAC business units including annual budget and quarterly forecast, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with strategic objectives. Coordinate inputs from various departments and provide guidance on resource allocation. Improve revenue and cost forecasting and meaningfully reduce variances, by utilizing business manager inputs and applying historical performance and trends. 
• Reporting and Presentations – Prepare and present monthly/quarterly financial reports and key performance metrics for stakeholders. Communicate financial performance, trends, and key insights effectively to non-financial stakeholders. Assist with producing regular performance management materials to update senior management and creating periodic board presentations regarding business and finance performance to be viewed by Senior Management
• People and Stakeholder Management – Thoughtfully engage with APAC Leadership and other front-line leaders to review business performance, evaluate trends, discuss resourcing and other requirements.  Collaborate and coordinate with global finance teams and key corporate departments such as Operations, Human Resources, Accounting and Business Intelligence, in order to proactively identify and manage business needs and develop optimized business recommendations, processes and solutions.
• Ad Hoc Analysis – Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as required by stakeholders. Analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and industry benchmarks to support strategic decision-making.

An ideal candidate will have the following:

• Undergraduate degree or higher from a top tier university
• CPA certification is preferred
• Relevant regional/local FP&A work experience for at least 7 years
• Proven track record in core FP&A competencies such as P&L management, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting and MD&A, solid experience as business partner, etc.  Experience with Anaplan or other financial planning platforms is preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with Leadership and multiple stakeholders
• Strong intrinsic and intellectual curiosity to “dig deep” to understand problems and root causes, complemented with analytic agility and creativity, and exceptional technical skills to develop key insights and recommendations
  • Advanced modeling and Excel skills to build efficient, scalable, and intuitive models.  Devotion to accuracy, integrity and consistency of data sources and models
  • Excellent Powerpoint skills with commitment to create thoughtful communications and visually attractive presentations
  • Database knowledge such as SQL and Salesforce is nice to have
• Proven track record to be consistently proactive and tenacious, and work in an organized and independent manner with strong sense of responsibility
• Candidates with less relevant experience might be considered for Manager, Finance role.