Finance Analyst, AG APAC - Tropical Oils
Job Purpose and Impact
Finance Analyst responsible for delivering accurate, timely, insight‑driven financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis to support effective business decision‑making. This role acting as a finance business partner to the FP&A team, commercial and supply chain functions. The role translates operational and commercial plans into financial projections, monitors key performance indicators and explains variances. The position also analyzes SG&A performance to support cost control and optimization.
Key Accountabilities
- Prepare monthly CTP P&L forecasts, including Mid‑Month and Early Bird updates, and perform variance analysis against actual results. Partner with Supply & Demand Planners to gather inputs such as sales and shipment volumes, pricing, MSC costs, and other income and expenses. Translate operational inputs into accurate monthly P&L forecasts and ensure consistency across actuals, budgets, and forecasts.
- Develop monthly and quarterly rolling forecasts, as well as short‑term financial outlooks for Monthly Management Business Reviews. Collaborate with Supply & Demand Planners to understand key assumptions (sales volume, pricing, costs, capex) and convert Supply Review and Commercial Review outputs into financial projections.
- Lead annual budgeting and long‑term financial planning processes. Consolidate budget inputs and work closely with MSC Finance and FP&A to align assumptions on volumes, pricing, and costs, ensuring consistency with overall company targets.
- Produce monthly management reports for CTP and Hindoli, analyzing gross margin performance against forecast and budget. Clearly explain variances related to price, volume, mix, cost, and operational efficiency.
- Deliver meaningful insights that go beyond reporting, helping the business understand performance and make informed decisions.
- Conduct SG&A performance analysis across CTP, Hindoli sites, and Jakarta.
- Monitor key business KPIs, including revenue growth, margins, SG&A, and EBITDA.
- Identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, and support cost control and profitability initiatives. Act as a finance business partner to the FP&A Lead, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams, including supporting data collection and ad‑hoc analyses as needed.
Qualifications
- Minimum Diploma III or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, related major or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years of working experience in finance field.
- Able to communicate effectively in English, both spoken and written.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint .Advanced Excel skills are highly expected.
- Ability to operate Power BI is considered a strong advantage.
- Could conducts complex financial analyses and make decisions with key financial information.
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