Planning & Business Performance Lead (Finance)

Role Overview

The successful candidate will join a finance transformation design team responsible for redeveloping and standardising global finance processes. The role will focus on defining a future-state global "golden process" model and assessing its applicability across markets in the EMEA and ASEAN regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and document current-state and future-state FP&A processes.
• Develop process maps, standards and supporting design documentation.
• Challenge existing ways of working and identify opportunities to improve process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Work with client stakeholders to assess market-specific requirements and support the adoption of global standards.
• Define best-practice approaches across planning, forecasting, performance management and business partnering processes.
• Support transition and implementation teams through knowledge transfer and design guidance.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to drive process design decisions.
• Contribute to finance transformation programmes within complex, multinational organisations.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong understanding of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) processes and finance operating models.
• Experience analysing and documenting current-state and future-state finance processes.
• Proven consulting skills in process analysis, workshop facilitation, documentation and stakeholder management.
• Experience creating process maps, standard operating procedures and design documentation.
• Ability to challenge existing processes constructively and identify improvement opportunities.
• Experience working in large, complex organisations and finance transformation programmes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders across different markets and functions.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in the Consumer Goods industry.
• Experience standardising global finance processes across multiple countries or regions.
• Exposure to EMEA and ASEAN markets.
• Experience supporting finance process transitions and implementations.