Carrier Singapore | Southeast Asia, Financial Planning & Analysis Financial Planning Analyst

Key responsibilities

• The Southeast Asia Financial Planning & Analysis role is responsible for regional financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business performance management across Southeast Asia.
• This position partners closely with country finance teams, regional business leaders, and functional stakeholders to provide timely financial insights, support strategic decision-making, and drive disciplined execution against financial commitments.
• The role also supports regional forecast consolidation, performance analysis, working capital management, and planning processes, while advancing standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across markets.
• Support Southeast Asia financial reporting cadence, including weekly performance updates, monthly forecasts, quarterly business reviews, annual operating plans, and long-range planning cycles.
• Consolidate regional forecasts and performance results across sales, orders, backlog, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and functional costs.
• Prepare clear, executive-ready financial reviews, performance narratives, and decision-support materials for regional leadership.
• Partner with country finance teams, Equipment and Aftermarket leaders, and business stakeholders to identify risks, opportunities, and actions required to deliver financial targets.
• Drive consistent financial analysis, reporting discipline, and performance management routines across Southeast Asia markets.
• Coordinate with local FP&A teams to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality planning and reporting deliverables.
• Manage the Southeast Asia HQ budget, including actuals tracking, forecast updates, variance analysis, and cost-control actions.
• Support HFM data consolidation activities, including out-of-balance reviews, data validation, and HFM lock procedures.
• Drive reporting standardization, process optimization, and automation initiatives to improve quality, speed, and scalability across the region.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, business cases, and leadership requests as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline; professional certification such as CPA, ACCA, or CFA is advantageous.
• 5–8 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, controllership, or a related finance role, preferably within a multinational or regional business environment.
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting, variance analysis, and business performance management skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop executive-level financial presentations and analysis.
• Experience with financial systems such as HFM and SAP; exposure to dashboarding, automation, or business intelligence tools is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple reporting deadlines accurately and effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
• High level of ownership, accountability, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across regional, country, and functional teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and simplify financial messages for decision-making.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive process simplification and automation.

Carrier Global Corporation

Willis Carrier is credited with inventing modern air-conditioning in 1902, and in 1915 he and six other engineers formed the Carrier Engineering Corporation. Carrier was later part of United Technologies, which spun it off in April 2020 as Carrier Global Corporation, listed on the New York Stock Exchange and based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It makes heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, refrigeration for moving food and medicines, and building controls.

• Industry: Climate and energy solutions: heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration for transporting food and medicines, and building controls
• Headquarters: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States (listed on the NYSE as CARR)