Overview of the role:This role will support the GM Finance - Automotive FP&A with respect to divisional FP&A strategy, system developments, budgeting, forecasting & reporting.What you will do:Strategy and EnablementLead the Divisional FP&A team in supporting the GM Finance and CFO with regards to:

• Driving the overall FP&A strategy
• Owning all C-Suite management reporting including requirements for Exec Board meetings, Group CFO reviews, Business Review Meetings with the VC.
• Driving system/solution development and roll-out
• Engaging with Finance Leader within the entities
• Determining and rolling our best-practice methodologies w.r.t. planning and reporting
• Driving reporting quality and standardization across the Automotive Division

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Support in the preparation of budgets for GDA in conjunction with the commercial business department to ensure reliability of the key assumptions. Control and monitoring of operating budget, investigating variances where necessary. Support the re-forecasting the budget during quarterly financial reviews recommending upward or downward adjustments considering market conditions and business requirements.
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting calendar, and process
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting templates and requirements
• Support with the budgeting guidelines and assumptions (e.g. Manpower Planning)
• Review budgets by LE (P&L, BS, and Cash Flow) and Profit Centre (P&L, WC, CapEx) for:
• Group Functions and Group Consolidation
• Division Functions and Divisional Consolidation
• BUs within existing Divisions
• Incubated Businesses - New Sectors

Support budget challenge reviews (review outputs, scrutinize assumptions and drivers, assess sensitivity of drivers) for:

• Division
• BUs within existing Divisions
• Incubated Businesses - New Sectors

Support in defining the budget cost recharges and allocation framework for:

• Group services provided to business
• Division services provided to business
• Shared services provided to business

Support in ensuring the true-up is completed two time per year and reflected correctly in business forecast.Management Reporting & ControllingLeading management reporting process, cadence, and overall frameworkDetermine KPIs and Metrics to be reported on a periodic basis at the level of:

• Divisions
• BUs

Perform analysis; prepare standalone and aggregated periodic management rep. packs

• Group and Incubated Businesses - New Sectors
• Division
• BU

Conduct periodic business performance review for performance at the level of:

• Incubated Businesses - New Sectors
• Division
• BU

Support the controlling functions for GDA 2060

• Validity of Census Headcount Report
• Review of Total Rewards posting every payroll processing
• Verification of balance sheet schedules (e.g. prepayment, accruals etc.)
• Oversee ICM review, acceptance, and escalation
• True-up activities (AAA, Group Housing, GDA allocable cost and Group Cost)
• Review of open POs to ensure appropriate accruals

Support on Group Finance Year-End Requirements

• Automotive Like-for-Like Analysis
• Credit Card transaction Analysis
• Automotive Balance Scorecard
• Automotive EBIT Adjustment Review Analysis
• Automotive Bonus/Incentive Pay-out Analysis

Strategic Planning and Capital AllocationSupport the develop of strategic plan & its financial implicationsSupport to Identify and drive cross business synergies as an input to strategic planning process

• Across Divisions
• Across BUs within a Division

Support strategic plan challenge sessions, at the level of:

• Division
• BU

Portfolio Performance ReviewPeriodically analyse country wise performance / exposure of the business

• Division wise within a country

Periodically analyse and categorise portfolio into the portfolio segments, as per the framework (e.g., performing - stable, growth; non-performing - turnaround, exit)Perform divestment impact / feasibility analysis for businesses:

• Within Country
• Within Division

Commercial Finance and Business Support AnalysisSupport in analysis of Investments and CapexSupport in Principal analysis e.g., yen impact, payment termsAnalysis of Inventory, Sales (Pricing) and GM by channelPrepare analysis by Showroom / Facility using dashboardsPCP and lease analysisSupport in Strategic sourcing and cost optimization opportunitiesFP&A Financial Reporting SystemsUnderstand the full end to end process of Group SAP BPC system, resolving reconciliation differences to VCs BIW, IFRP and advise on enhancementsUnderstand the full end to end process of Auto SAP BPC system (IFRP), resolving reconciliation differences to VCs BIW, Group BPC and advise on enhancementsUnderstand the full end to end process of Group VCs BI system, resolving reconciliation differences to IFRP, Group BPC and advise on enhancementsProvide training to end users on all FP&A systems mentioned aboveFP&A DashboardsUnderstand the full end to end process of IFRP dashboards using tableau and Alteryx, resolving data reconciliation differences and advise on enhancementsUnderstand the full end to end process of IFRP dashboards using Power BI, resolving data reconciliation differences and advise on enhancements.

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