Specialist, MFG Finance

Key Role Responsibilities

Lead financial planning and control for 4 Asia manufacturing sites.   Drive asset utilization and optimize profitability of assets，Responsible for overall planning & control for Asia manufacturing sites.  Business critical responsibilities include:

• Develop, challenge and implement plans and budgets in line with business objectives, integrating and optimizing local, product / BU needs and objectives. 
• Lead Manufacturing sites monthly cost review to drive strategic analysis and optimize asset loading and deliver lowest, best in class cost to produce and serve clients.  
• Ensure working capital and P&E expenditure objectives are visible and teams have actions to support deliverables.  Determine business case for capital projects, and challenge capex spending in support of business goals and objectives.  
• Lead and partner in decision making with manufacturing / product teams by providing value added analysis.   Identify and drive productivity and optimization projects to deliver on objectives.
• Pro-actively analyze and manage actual expenditures compared with plan and ensure proper cost allocation to cost centers/elements and identify areas for improvement; drive cost-out activities.
• Provide manufacturing site leaders with financial advice and analysis in support of critical decision making support and profit optimization; provide cost transparency and identify cost reduction opportunities, assess Plant P&L results and suggest product / plant optimization strategies;
• Develop and maintain cost curves for decision making in support of asset loading and capacity utilization decisions
• Work closely with Corporate finance team on budgeting and reporting for FCC, Work with pacific corporate finance on closing support, idle capacity, P&E and operation issues if there is any and find out a better solution or proposal.

Qualification and competencies requirements

• Degree holder in Accounting or Finance is minimum, Qualified CPA, ACCA or its equivalent (preferred)
• Knowledge or experience in manufacturing and profit / loss accounting (SAP, Oracle).
• Knowledge of SABIC Finanical, Accounting and Enterprise Systems, or equivalent industry experience
• Strong conceptual, communicative and analytical skills
• Minimum of 10+ years- progressive financial control and strategic operations experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, short term and long term
• Knowledge of chemical industrial and dynamics; knowledge of P&L margin drivers
• In-depth knowledge of interconnecting processes for all BU's and disciplines combined
• Strong oral and written communication skills and presentation skills
• Strong ability to act as a partner to regional and building & keeping strategic relationships
• Ability to influence effectively and to deal with cultural differences