Description and Requirements
Head of Asia Pacific FP&A & Opex Controllership
JOB DESCRIPTION
Function
Finance - Asia Pacific
Reports to
Director of Finance / AP Finance Leadership
Role scope
Regional FP&A, Opex controllership
Location
Asia Pacific (location flexible based on organization requirements)
Role Purpose
Lead end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, performance management and operating expense governance across Asia Pacific. The role provides strategic financial insight to AP leadership and country finance teams, while ensuring disciplined budget deployment, robust controls and alignment with worldwide financial objectives.
The role serves as the regional financial integrator, connecting country performance, regional investments and business priorities into a single forward-looking financial view.
Key Responsibilities
1. Asia Pacific FP&A and Performance Management
. Own AP planning and forecasting cycles, including POR, outlooks/stamps and long-range planning.
. Consolidate country plans into an integrated regional P&L view covering revenue, gross margin, Opex, profitability and key KPIs.
. Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, variance analysis and executive financial narratives.
. Identify risks and opportunities early, challenge assumptions and drive mitigation, corrective actions and forecast accuracy.
. Provide scenario analysis and decision support for growth, pricing, margin and investment choices.
2. Opex Controllership and Budget Governance
. Own the AP Opex budget, forecast and control framework across countries and functions.
. Monitor actual and committed spend against approved budgets and maintain visibility of remaining investment capacity.
. Review unplanned expenditure, enforce approval and escalation requirements, and recommend spending reallocation where appropriate.
. Ensure accurate accruals, appropriate accounting treatment and strong controls over regional spending.
. Identify structural savings and productivity opportunities without compromising priority growth initiatives.
3. GTN Processing and Governance
. Own regional governance for timely and accurate GTN processing, including approvals, documentation and budget utilization.
. Drive reconciliation of provisions, claims, accruals and actual utilization, with clear ownership of exceptions and ageing.
. Partner with country finance, Sales, GTM and Accounting to resolve issues and maintain an appropriate audit trail.
. Establish KPIs for timeliness, accuracy, outstanding items and budget consumption simplify and automate processes where feasible.
4.Controls, Process Excellence and Leadership
. Maintain a strong control environment and compliance with company finance policies, accounting requirements and approval matrices.
. Standardize and automate regional planning, reporting, Opex and GTN processes to improve speed, transparency and data quality.
. Lead and develop the AP FP&A/Opex team and provide functional guidance to country finance teams.
. Represent AP Finance in regional and worldwide planning and performance forums.
5. Stakeholder Management
. Provide functional leadership and guidance to country finance organizations.
. Act as a key finance partner to AP and Global Leadership.
. Partner closely with AP Business Leadership, GEO CFOs/country finance, WW FP&A, Accounting, Sales, Supply Chain and GTM.
Decision Authority
. Challenge forecasts and require corrective action for performance gaps.
. Review and challenge Opex or investment requests outside approved budgets.
. Recommend reallocation of financial resources across markets and functions.
. Hold or escalate GTN and spending transactions where approvals, funding or documentation are inadequate.
. Recommend approval or rejection of discretionary investments based on strategic fit, financial return and budget availability.
Key Success Measures
Area
Expected outcome
Planning
Accurate forecasts and timely visibility of risks and opportunities.
Opex & budget
Spend maintained within approved plans with transparent actual, commitment and forecast reporting.
GTN
Timely, accurate processing and reconciliation with controlled ageing and exceptions.
Controls & productivity
No significant control gaps measurable simplification and automation.
Leadership
Strong team capability and effective partnership across regional and worldwide stakeholders.
Experience and Capabilities
. Significant finance experience in regional FP&A, business finance, controllership or a comparable multi-country role.
. Strong command of P&L management, forecasting, Opex governance, accounting controls and investment evaluation.
. Ability to synthesize complex market information into concise executive insights and actionable recommendations.
. Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, challenge constructively and operate across cultures and functions.
. Experience leading teams, improving processes and driving automation in a complex matrix organization.
