Job Title

Manager FP&A Greater China

Job Description

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way.

More about the role

This is an exciting job opportunity for the role of Manager FP&A Greater China based out of Shanghai with Signify.

Are you eager to become part of our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization, working on generating business insights which will be used for business level review and decision making in BU and Businesses ?. Are you interested in an international role with high visibility within the organization? Do you want to help us bring the FP&A Center for Excellence to the next level? Then the position of Manager FP&A Business might just be your next step!

Your responsibilities 

In this rewarding role, you have an integral responsibility for the Financial Planning & Analysis processes for the Greater China Business within Signify and your main responsibilities are:

• Manage and monitor the Financial Planning & Analysis processes end-to-end;
• Sparring partner for the Business Partners within Businesses and Business Units
• Manage a small team and involves personnel responsibilities such as hiring, training, coaching/mentoring, career development and performance reviews;
• Hold periodic (weekly/daily) management meetings and prioritize and process business requirements.
• Coordinate and actively contribute to the performance of the team;
• Monitor the performance of the team, including design and measurement of relevant KPIs and target levels by using Lean methodologies;
• Manage and monitor the performance of our internal service provider (Enterprise Information Management); Actively engage to drive the reporting for Divisions.
• Works proactively together with the BP to understand and anticipate business needs for information
• Maintain good relations and ensure customer satisfaction through effective leadership and providing high quality of service;
• Analyze and interpret performance in Sales, Margin, Non Manufacturing Costs as well as the Balance sheet and FCF for trends and variations delivering meaningful, accurate and timely reporting & analysis to translate these in to insights that articulate the issues together with actionable mitigation recommendations.
• Focused on understanding & solving business challenges through data-based insights by performing forward-looking ad-hoc analysis, such as project & strategy evaluation, benchmarking, price/volume mix, scenario analysis, etc.
• Actively manage, coordinate and drive the planning processes for target and forecasts
• Participate in projects and activities as assigned by Group Controller
• Identify process improvement and standardization opportunities, and actively support the implementation
• Maintain a culture of continuous improvement amongst the team members;
• Maintain a self-learning organization with room for development of people
• Ensure sufficient focus on innovation, automation and digitalization in the way of working and toolset
• Coach the team in problem solving, understanding root causes of issues, implementing countermeasures and embedding the new way of working.

Your team

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) organization is a global organization that supports the management of the Signify, its businesses and organizations at large, by providing insightful analysis from the key financial management information and supplies these insights and information to the financial business partners. The purpose of the department is to deliver high-quality analysis and reporting to reach business insights which can be used for decision making. You will report to the Head of FP&A  & will interact with a variety of stakeholders: Finance Business Partners and Business Management, FSC Heads, Managers of the Centers of Excellence in FP&A, Project teams, Group Functions and Accounting Operations & Services (mainly RTR). This position offers you the possibility to be part of a team of highly motivated, ambitious and talented FP&A Analysts.

More about you

The ideal candidate should have minimum a Master’s degree and 10+ years of experience of which 5+ experience in Financial Planning and Analysis and team leadership roles. Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean) would be a preference. As a highly skilled Manager, you contribute to the development of concepts and techniques. You have a pro-active attitude with analytical and communicative capabilities. Proficient level of English language is essential.

Additional requirement :

• Experience with the Financial Planning & Analysis process
• Controlling experience in business, market or industrial organizations and knowledge of management control systems
• Proven team management skills and first leadership experience beneficial
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Customer focus: connecting the multi-year financial plan to business objectives understanding cross-functional priorities, plans, and objectives
• Goal-driven team management skills; Role model as coach and motivator of the members of your team
• Strong Process insight and process redesign expertise;
• Delivering results by considering a full range of factors impacting a decision and communicates effectively using the language and concepts of other business functions
• Able to manage processes end-to-end and to convince people from other functions;
• Able to build a strong network within the organization
• Ability to manage workload of the team effectively
• Lead change, an individual who initiates, coaches and directs Finance staff teams and stakeholders to or through change, through effective communication and leadership techniques.
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills; Proven track record in continuously improving and embedding the changes;
• Focus on high quality of financial reporting and financial integrity
• Ability to work with other cultures across different regions and different type of businesses

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 30,000+ people.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce representing 99 nationalities, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

We’re committed to the continuous development of our employees, using our learning to shape the future of light and create a sustainable future. Join the undisputed leader in the lighting industry and be part of our diverse global team.