Financial Planning and Forecasting Manager - Retail (up to10k)

Financial Planning & Forecasting Manager

About the Company

Our client is a well-established regional consumer business with a significant footprint across Asia. Operating in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment, the organization is focused on driving sustainable growth, operational excellence, and data-driven decision-making across its portfolio.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to senior finance leadership, this role will lead budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and strategic financial planning activities across the business. The successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting commercial and operational decision-making through insightful analysis, robust forecasting, and effective business partnering.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional looking to take ownership of regional planning processes while influencing senior stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, Operations, and Supply Chain functions.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting cycle and periodic forecasting processes across the organization.
• Consolidate submissions from business units, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and financial guidelines.
• Prepare executive-level budget presentations, highlighting key assumptions, financial risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
• Drive operating cash flow forecasting and identify potential risks with corresponding mitigation plans.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support business decisions and strategic initiatives.

Performance Management & Financial Analysis

• Review weekly sales performance and operational trends, partnering with business leaders to identify key drivers, risks, and corrective actions.
• Lead monthly financial performance reviews, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year performance.
• Provide meaningful insights into P&L, balance sheet, working capital, and cash flow performance.
• Present monthly financial results and key business metrics to senior leadership.

Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Collaborate closely with Commercial, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to validate forecasts, promotional activities, and inventory plans.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, investment proposals, and commercial initiatives from a financial perspective.
• Support vendor and business performance reviews through financial analysis and strategic recommendations.
• Challenge assumptions and provide constructive recommendations to improve business outcomes and profitability.

Inventory & Working Capital Management

• Oversee inventory performance, stock planning, replenishment strategies, and markdown management.
• Monitor stock ageing, sell-through rates, margin performance, and inventory-related risks.
• Drive initiatives to optimize working capital across inventory, receivables, and payables.

Reporting, Controls & Process Improvement

• Ensure robust financial controls across planning, forecasting, reporting, and stock reconciliation processes.
• Drive reporting automation and dashboard enhancements to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Maintain data integrity across financial and operational reporting systems.
• Standardize reporting templates and improve overall planning and reporting efficiency.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

Experience

• Approximately 6–10 years of progressive FP&A experience.
• Prior experience within retail, consumer goods, travel retail, hospitality, F&B, distribution, or trading environments would be advantageous.
• Experience supporting multi-site or regional operations is highly desirable.
• Proven track record of business partnering with senior stakeholders and driving financial insights into commercial decisions.

Key Competencies

• Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and cash flow management.
• Deep understanding of P&L, balance sheet, working capital, and operational KPI analysis.
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing and developing finance team members.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities; exposure to BI and reporting tools is advantageous.

Why This Role?

• High visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership.
• Opportunity to influence strategic and commercial decisions across the business.
• Broad scope covering FP&A, business partnering, inventory management, and operational finance.
• Dynamic and collaborative environment offering strong career growth potential.

Argyll Scott Singapore Pte Ltd
EA License No. 16S8105
Goh Sok Hwee, Florence (Wu Shuhui)
EA Reg No: R1326770