Business Planning Lead - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Selangor - Philip Morris International

Description

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At PMI, we have chosen to do something incredible. We are committed to inclusion & diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You'll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

The role

He/she is a trusted business partner within the finance department and across divisions. This is an opportunity to gain broad business knowledge, insights and operations and translating the inputs into financial actions. This is an individual contributor role and reporting to the Head of Business Planning.

Key responsibilities

• Business Planning, Performance & Support for Strategy Development
• Support in building strategic plans based on evaluation of mass data from industry movements & consumer behaviors.
• Translate strategic plans into operational business and financial plans while supporting its' execution with the commercial teams.
• Anticipate risk and opportunities from industry changes and assess its' impact to the business. Priorities the impact, by triangulating multiple data points, including governance factors and the changing needs of consumers.
• Assess competitors' strategies and articulate the potential impact for PMI.
• Collaborate within Finance and across functions to drive business performance by combining understanding of strategic goals, commercial and financial acumen and consumer behaviors.
• Holds commercial teams to account by asking the right questions while able to challenge/influence commercial decisions in a positive manner using provision of financial expertise and insightful analysis.
• Deep diving into business performance and to be able to narrate underlying performance of the business as well as identifying opportunities and risks to improve business results.
• Commercial Finance Partnering & Financial Scenario Modelling
• Build and model complex business/commercial scenarios with depth financial assessment including identifying trends and patterns to maximize return on investment.
• Proactive partnering with commercial teams to define commercial and financial targets with insightful analysis to drive business forward
• Contribute to Business Development activities where required.
  
  

Who we're looking for;

• At least 5 to 7 years of proven experience in finance business partnering including enterprise performance management and data analytics. Experience working within FMCG or Technology space is highly desired.
• Proven experience in mining and applying broad range of data, leveraging on digital tools to derive critical insights.
• Ability to translate business needs into building complex financial & commercial scenario modelling.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills to be able to drive/manage change
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Ability to think strategically by embracing complexity, ambiguity and able to translate opportunities to experiment and create solutions for the organization.
• Resilience to work in complex and fast paced environment
• Ability to work well in and across diverse business/commercial/global teams with track record of managing complex business relationships based on mutual gain and trust
• Experience in working in a customer orientated organization
• Degree in Finance, business administration, or related disciplines. Professional certification/qualification desired.