About this Job

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager is responsible for supporting the Malaysia Business and Business Management team in areas of financial management, analysis, reporting and planning. They will be a key member of local leadership, working between finance, local and market leadership teams with the objective of achieving sustainable growth and steer business decisions towards defined goals through process standardization, digitization and reporting efficiency. 

The FP&A Manager will be critically involved in central analytics and align tightly on tools and processes in accordance with Global FP&A / Global Finance strategy to serve as a bridge between local finance and global management.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering with a Commercial Team, acts as the bridge between business and finance

• Involvement in monthly closing, will be accountable for commercial business related accruals

• Update weekly forecasting based on input from Commercial counterpart

• Involvement in the yearly budgeting process

• Other ad hoc duties as assigned

A little about you

The manager will directly report to Regional Cluster Finance Lead. By your proactiveness and commitment, you can achieve balanced coordination of all core and continuous finance activities between the local environment and the Global and Regional organization.  A team player, who has the ability to collaborate with peers, and contribute to the management team of Nielsen IQ Malaysia.

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent preferred

• Minimum 4-5 years working experience with 2 years experience in FP&A preferred

• Experience working in multinational companies environments is an added advantage

• Good communication skills and ability to communicate and write effectively in English and ability to interact at local and global level

• Ability to self organize work and execute independently

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

• High level of proficiency in Excel

About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge.  We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.