Finance Business Partner (MSU Finance Controller)
Job Description
- Works collaboratively with Manufacturing Sales Unit team to address their business goals, initiatives and projects, including but not limited to operation improvement, ROI evaluation and NPD project modelling.
- Provides high-quality financial analysis and commentary for business performance reviews to support senior management making decisions for key business development opportunities
- Works closely with business teams and FEC for financial planning, budgeting and operation matters across all operation regions.
- Manages all aspects of budgeting, planning, and forecasting activities. Monitor budget execution and utilization. Perform evaluation on budget utilization and performance
- Seeks opportunities to systematic solution targeting for efficiency, data accuracy and promptness.
- Conducts decision-support analyses that provides real-time and accurate financial information draws insights from such analyses to make recommendations to the Management team, as well as relevant finance stakeholders
- Gets hands-on and influence others in resolving issues and exploring new opportunities as they arise.
- Supports any other ad-hoc projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or equivalent
- At least 5 years of working experience in finance or relevant analytical field
- Demonstrated ability to translate strong technical capabilities into commercial judgement
- Independent and self-motivated in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment where new business initiatives are frequently introduced
- Be comfortable with large volumes of complex data and presenting findings to management
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritise workload
- Curious in continuous learning and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with multi-functional teams to drive the alignment and actions
- Excellent command of both spoken and written English
- Good know-how in MS Office and Power BI
Additional Information
JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is a global coffee & tea company based in NetherlandS. For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, TiÓra, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia.
The JDE APAC region combines a diverse brand portfolio, promoting our global brands to the Asian markets whilst also owning a wide range of beloved heritage brand cherished by our Asian customers. Brands such as Old Town, Super, Maxwell House, Owl and Ye Ye have become household names, deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of the Asian market.
JDE APAC operates across the region in 7 key markets consisting of Australia, Greater China, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and an international export market. Manufacturing and packing operations are managed from six manufacturing locations namely in Malaysia (Johor Bahru, Ipoh), Thailand, China, Australia, and New Zealand.
Situated in Singapore, the Singapore ADM cluster business serves as a strategic base for expanding JDE’s global presence in the Asian region. Singapore also serves as a operating hub for the APAC leadership team and the regional corporate functions such as Finance, Internal Controls, Marketing, HR and Corporate Affairs.