Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager

This role leads all FP&A activities including budgeting, forecasting, long-range strategic planning, financial analysis, management reporting and business performance management. The position is responsible for providing actionable financial insights that support sustainable business and strategic decision-making.

This role also leads and develops the FP&A team, drives continuous improvement of planning processes and systems, and strengthens finance business partnering capabilities across the organization. This role will directly report to CVJ Finance Director and collaborates closely with APAC Region/Global Finance stakeholders.

To ensure long-term success and depending on the candidate’s experience and familiarity with the business, the organization offers flexibility in the initial scope of leadership responsibilities. Candidates with strong FP&A expertise but limited experience in the market may begin in a peer leadership capacity, focusing on business partnering and organizational learning (potentially to start as P4/P5 depending on FP&A expertise and business acumen). As business knowledge, stakeholder relationships, and organizational readiness are established, the role will evolve into full leadership of the FP&A function, including team management responsibilities (to be promoted to M4).

Job Summary /key responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Act as the primary finance business partner to Commercial and Leadership teams, providing financial insights and recommendations to support growth and profitability.
• Participate in key business discussions and decision-making forums to evaluate opportunities, risks, investments, and resource allocation.
• Support development of business strategies through financial analysis, market insights, and performance evaluation.
• Lead value-creation initiatives or special projects including ROI analysis, portfolio optimization, pricing evaluations, and productivity improvements.

Planning, Forecasting & Reporting

• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecast, monthly forecast, and Long-Range Planning (LRP) processes.
• Oversee headcount planning, operating expense management, capital expenditure planning, and investment tracking.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting, variance analysis, and performance insights to local, regional, and corporate leadership.
• Present financial results, forecasts, and business recommendations to CVJ Leadership Team, Region and occasionally to Corporate in collaboration with CVJ Finance Director.

Business Performance & Financial Management

• Analyze business performance, identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Manage cash flow forecasting and working capital performance.
• Support month-end close activities through financial analysis and management reporting.  Ensure robust financial planning practices and alignment with corporate objectives.

Process Excellence & Transformation

• Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tools, and systems to enhance efficiency and decision support.
• Lead FP&A Center of Excellence initiatives and promote best practices through cross-functional collaboration.
• Champion data-driven decision making and strengthen analytical capabilities within the finance function.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team to achieve business objectives and build future finance talent.
• Establish clear performance goals, provide ongoing feedback, and implement individual development plans.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing, and customer-focused team culture.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated business partnering experience, building strong working relationship with commercial and operations teams to make sound strategic business decisions.
• Proven budgeting & forecasting expertise to lead and drive the annual/quarterly/monthly forecasting process collaborating with commercial stakeholders and team members.
• Understand business structure and local contact lens market to support commercial business partners.
• Advanced ability to develop Excel/PowerPoint presentations for management, in an environment demanding both accuracy and speed.
• Strong ability to analyze Actual vs. Plan/Forecast variances and analyze underlying business risks and opportunities as well as relevance to operations.
• Strong problem solving and project management skills.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and financial control, including USGAAP and SOX.
• Advanced Japanese/English proficiency.
• People management skill to build a high-performing and high-engaged team, and talent development through effective coaching.
• Collaboration/teamwork/respect-each-other mindset in a humble/friendly way.
• Good Communicator through demonstrating business partnering and building strong working relationships with stakeholders with a various and effective communication way.
• Have Innovative mindset and conduct “zero-based” review when revisit the processes, having prioritization and risk control viewpoints.
• Clear career aspirations, always challenging herself/himself for self-development.
• High ethical standards and integrity as a finance professional.

Experience:

• 10+ year experiences in FP&A, Commercial Finance, or related finance experience
• 5+ year experiences in people management.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, business planning, and performance management
• Successful partnering with commercial organizations and senior leadership teams as a business partner, providing financial insight to managements, as well as creating, tracking, and controlling financial actual, forecasts and metrics.
• Experience in creating financial presentations for senior management.
• Experience developing financial models for business decisions, including balance sheets and statements of cash flows, in addition to income statements.
• Experience in multinational organizations, preferably with inventory-based business.