FP&A Analyst

Decision Support Specialist Req ID: 139760 Remote Position: No Band: 08 Region: Asia Country: Thailand State/Province: Chonburi City: Laem Chabang **General Overview** **Functional Area:** FIN - Finance **Career Stream:** DEC - Decision Support **Role:** Specialist **SAP Short Name:** SPE **Job Title:** Decision Support Specialist **Job Code:** SPE-FIN-DEC **Job Level:** Band 08 **Direct/Indirect Indicator:** Indirect **Summary** **FP&A Analyst** is a key position in Celestica finance team. Holder of this role has unique opportunity to control whole segment of business with dedicated P/L and key B/S sheet items. FP&A analyst will work directly with operational management and commercial director as their business partner to support key decision making and provide business outlook in order to assure economic sustainability and profitability of the segment. **Detailed Description** + Act as finance business partner and provide overall finance supports to customer focus team (CFT) + Work closely with customer focus team (CFT) on product pricing/costing for ongoing/new product introduction (NPI) feasibility study, ensuring realistic assumptions are applied and possible risk/opportunity are analyzed + Closely work with CFT and operation team to roll up monthly forecast and annual budgeting + Review, analyze, customer level financial statements, provide detailed customer level financial analysis and deep dive financial bridging between actual and forecast. + Take the lead of monthly customer level financial reviews with CFT + Customer level close loop analysis between actual vs quotation + Take ownership of the balance sheet, cash flow, profitability and inventory levels for respective customers + Provide support to CFT and operation to drive cost productivity improvements + Involve in customer level business process/flow design or changes + Drive continuous improvements of FP&A process efficiency and simplification. + Builds cross-functional relationships where persuasive skills, negotiation skills, and considerable tact are required to gain support + Maintains positive relationships with key internal and external customers who have a significant impact on the success of the organization + Ad. Hoc assignments from FP&A manager or site controller **Knowledge/Skills/Competencies** + Knowledge and understanding of forecasting, costing, managerial accounting, and investment analysis + Familiarity with ERP system, SAP helpful + Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem-solving skills + Able to work independently, willing to take position based on fact finding and logical reasoning, as well as provide unbiased recommendations + Proactive and self-driven mentality + Strong communication and presentation skills in both Thai and English languages + Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers **Physical Demands** + Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment + Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data + Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc) + Occasional overnight travel may be required **Typical Experience** + More than 2 years overall experience in costing, FP&A/business control, and/or feasibility study. + Experience in a manufacturing environment is required + Experience in a Multi-national company is preferred **Typical Education** + Minimum of bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineer, mathematics, or other analytical fields **Notes** This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time. Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law). At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them. **COMPANY OVERVIEW:** Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers. Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted. 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