Senior FP&A Analyst, Taiwan

What makes this a great opportunity?

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with $5.5 billion in annual revenues and an ambition to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We have a strong vision and strategy, an incredible brand portfolio grounded in quality and craftsmanship, an unwavering commitment to sustainability and top talent across the organization. We are focused on driving value across key priorities including American whiskey, Japanese Spirits, Scotch, Tequila and Ready-to-Drink. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings, which is world renowned for delivering quality and excellence across a range of products and categories.

Role Responsibilities

•     Financial Planning & Analysis: Develop and manage financial plans and forecasts, including budgets, LE, and monthly forecasts. This involves coordinating planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes including system submissions.  

•     Performance Management: Track, analyze, and report on actual financial results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, providing insights to support informed decision-making. Manage COGS risks and opportunities and provide insights to facilitate E&O/CTS provision reviews.

•     Process Improvement: Challenge and drive improvements to month-end reporting, forecasting, and business planning processes to enhance accuracy and efficiency. Support change management projects.  

•     Reporting: Consolidate and prepare monthly business review decks, MTD/YTD performance reports, KPI reporting, monthly BI trackers with variance analysis, and highlight related risks and opportunities.  

•     Financial Modeling: Build financial models for various purposes, including innovation and new business opportunities, and support new product launches with price and COGS simulations.  

•     Business Partnering: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support operational goals and provide financial insights for commercial decision-making.  

•     Data Management & Systems: Utilize tools including Excel, ERP systems (e.g., SAP), and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, PVM) for financial analysis and reporting. Ensure data accuracy and understand data flow.  

•     Other responsibilities: Support ad-hoc project implementations.

Qualifications

•     Degree qualified with finance or accounting qualification and relevant industry (Alcohol/FMCG) experience

•     5+ years of FP&A or related experience.

•     Systems/software – experience in using advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (essential), and preferably exposure to ERP and management reporting/ consolidation systems

•     Experienced in writing succinct and insightful business performance reports, and summarizing business analysis

•     Strong in building financial models

•     Cross Functional Working – proven experience in working proactively across commercial functions to deliver total business performance solutions

•     Stakeholder Engagement and Management – demonstrated experience in influencing and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies, building mutually beneficial, profit-focused business relationships

•     Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

•     Attention to detail and objectivity. 

•     Time management and prioritization skills.  

•     Ability to work independently and collaboratively. 

•     Fluent in English