Carrier Singapore | Associate Director FP&A

Key responsibilities

• The role partners closely with business, regional and functional leadership to provide clear financial insights, improve forecast quality, strengthen performance management, and support sustainable growth, margin expansion and cash generation across the global business.
• Given the global/regional and cross-functional nature of the role, flexibility to work and engage with stakeholders and team members across different time zones (including US) is required
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan, Long Range Plan, profit assurance and rolling forecast processes for the Global Container business.
• Coordinate planning calendars, assumptions, submissions, reviews and leadership presentations across regions and functions.
• Develop robust financial models, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis to support business decisions.
• Improve forecast accuracy by strengthening assumptions, cadence, data quality and accountability across the organization.
• Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly performance analysis for business leadership reviews.
• Track and analyze key performance indicators including sales, orders, backlog, margin, EBIT, cash flow, working capital, pricing.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to support profitable business growth.
• Support pricing, margin improvement, productivity, working capital and transformation initiatives with financial insights and analytics.
• Prepare business cases, ROI analysis and financial evaluations for strategic projects, capital investments and operational initiatives.
• Lead cash flow forecasting and working capital performance analysis in partnership with operational finance teams.
• Analyze inventory, receivables, payables and operational drivers impacting cash conversion.
• Support initiatives to improve cash generation and capital efficiency.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to reduce manual reporting effort and improve insight quality.
• Lead, coach and develop FP&A COE team, building strong analytical, communication and business partnering capabilities.
• Highlight risks, opportunities, performance gaps and required management actions in a timely and structured manner.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and high-quality execution.
• Forecasting discipline, process governance and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 10-15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A, business finance, management reporting and leadership exposure in a multinational environment.
• Experience in hands on FP&A scope to manufacturing, industrial, equipment, or global business environments preferred.
• Advanced Excel, financial modeling, PowerPoint and executive presentation skills. Working knowledge of ERP, BI/reporting tools.
• Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, communication, influencing, problem solving and team leadership skills.
• Strong commercial, operational and manufacturing finance acumen.
• Ability to convert complex data into actionable insights.

Carrier Singapore

Carrier Singapore is an employer hiring in India. In its own words: "Carrier creates with purpose to enhance lives, support a healthier planet, & build a better future for everyone."