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”