FP&A Senior Manager, EMEA & APAC

Job Title

FP&A Senior Manager, EMEA & APAC

Job Description Summary

Role Overview
The FP&A Senior Manager – FP&A Operations manages a team of FP&A supervisors, seniors and analysts supporting the country Finance team by delivering high-quality, standardised FP&A activities across planning, reporting, and analysis.
Based in the FP&A Operations Hub, the role combines system-driven execution with an increasing focus on analytics, automation, and AI-enabled insight generation. It enables Finance Business Partners to focus on strategic decision-making by improving data quality, efficiency, and scalability.
The role is critical to the transition toward a predictive, continuous, and insight-led FP&A function, with growing responsibility for leveraging and developing AI-enabled solutions, including agents.

Job Description

Organisation

• Embedded support to a country / cluster finance team
• Part of the central FP&A Operations Hub
• Dual alignment: Country Finance (dotted line) and FP&A COE Director (reporting solid line)
• Close collaboration with Controllership, HR, Business Support, and Data/Tech teams
• Contributor to a standardised, technology- and AI-enabled finance model

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES MANAGING 16 – 20 FTE

Operational Leadership & Execution

• Ensure smooth and efficient daily operations
• Monitor and manage team performance, capacity, and quality of service
• Establish and maintain strong governance, operational structure, and discipline
• Lead the seamless transition of responsibilities from onshore country teams or external providers to the FP&A operations team, ensuring expectations are clearly defined, realistic, measurable, and well-documented
• Oversee transitioned work to ensure timely delivery that meets or exceeds onshore expectations, with clear and well-maintained process documentation

People Leadership & Team Effectiveness

• Drive performance management, employee engagement, and retention initiatives
• Support organizational design, hiring, onboarding, and workforce planning
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Recruit, develop, and retain top talent, creating intentional growth and career opportunities

Stakeholder Management & Matrix Coordination

• Act as a key interface between team and country finance
• Promote an environment focused on strong processes, high performance, and continuous improvement
• Identify opportunities to deliver value-added insights
• Ensure strong alignment and collaboration across the team and country finance

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Identify and drive process improvements, simplification, and standardization initiatives
• Ensure scalable, high-quality processes
• Monitor KPIs and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency and effectiveness

MANAGING TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

Planning & Forecasting

• Support monthly forecasts, AOP, and budgeting cycles
• Prepare, validate, and consolidate planning inputs
• Track actuals vs. forecast/plan (incl. headcount and costs)
• Contribute to rolling forecast and continuous planning capabilities

Systems & Data Management

• Execute system uploads and data preparation (e.g. OneStream, Workday)
• Extract and structure financial and operational data
• Ensure accuracy through validation and reconciliation
• Maintain consistent data across finance systems

Reporting & Analysis

• Deliver standardised reporting packs and dashboards
• Perform variance analysis across revenue, cost, and margin
• Support Power BI dashboards and visualisation
• Evolve reporting toward driver-based insights and performance analysis

Month-End Close Support

• Validate financial outputs during month-end close
• Support reconciliation between financial and management reporting
• Ensure alignment with Controllership processes

Automation, AI & Digital Enablement

• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline finance processes
• Use AI tools (e.g. Copilot) to improve productivity and output quality
• Support automation of reporting, forecasting, and reconciliation activities
• Reduce manual effort through standardisation and digital solutions

AI & Agent Development (Future-State Capability)

• Build capability in applying AI within FP&A
• Develop or support AI-powered agents to automate workflows (e.g. reporting, variance analysis, data validation)
• Leverage AI for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and automated commentary
• Collaborate with data and technology teams to scale solutions across the organisation

Experience & Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• Graduate degree in Finance or other related field preferable
• 8 - 15+ years’ experience in FP&A / finance operations
• Strong Excel and financial systems experience (e.g. Workday, OneStream)
• Power BI capability desired
• Familiarity with AI tools; interest in automation, digital, and agent-based solutions
• Team and Stakeholder management experience
• Experience in shared services / structured environments preferred

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and data accuracy
• Strong systems and data capability
• Digital and AI mindset; ability to learn and apply new technologies
• Structured, process-driven, and reliable
• Collaborative and service-oriented
• Continuous improvement and automation mindset

Success Measures

• Accuracy and timeliness of outputs
• Data quality and reporting consistency
• Adherence to planning cycles
• Level of automation and efficiency achieved
• Adoption and impact of AI-enabled solutions
• Feedback from Finance Business Partners

Role Positioning

This role sits within the operational FP&A layer, delivering standardised, technology-enabled finance execution while progressively evolving toward insight generation, predictive analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.

 

 

 

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”