Deputy Financial Planning & Analysis Department Manager

Job Summary Serve as a key Finance Business Partner to the Commercial organization, covering Sales, Marketing and Trade Marketing. The role manages day-to-day commercial FP&A activities, including budgeting, rolling forecasting, pricing and profitability analysis, trade-spend evaluation and management reporting. The successful candidate will translate financial data into clear business recommendations, constructively challenge assumptions and support commercial decisions while maintaining sound financial control. The role also deputizes for the Senior Accounting & Finance Department Manager on planning and analysis matters when required. Role Positioning Partner — Bring financial insight into commercial discussions early enough to influence decisions and outcomes. Advisor — Assess plans through volume, mix, margin, payback and risk, with assumptions made clear and testable. Guardian — Maintain financial discipline through approved budgets, authority limits and sound accounting treatment. Builder — Strengthen analytical capability, data quality and reporting processes so the business can act quickly. Key Responsibilities 1. Commercial Finance Business Partnering Partner with Sales, Marketing and Trade Marketing leaders in commercial planning, brand reviews and customer business reviews. Evaluate trade promotions, discounts, listing fees and marketing campaigns before and after implementation, focusing on incremental profit, return on investment, payback and risk; share post-event findings and incorporate key lessons into future commercial plans. Analyze profitability by brand, product, channel, customer and region; identify value leakage and recommend corrective actions with the relevant business owner. Provide financial modelling and business cases for pricing, trade terms, customer negotiations, new products, market entry, channel expansion and other commercial investments. Translate financial insights into clear recommendations and help non-finance stakeholders strengthen their commercial and financial understanding. 2. Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Drive the annual budget, long-range plan and rolling forecast for revenue, gross margin, trade spend and marketing investment in coordination with commercial and operational teams. Review and constructively challenge volume, price, mix and spending assumptions; ensure key assumptions are current, documented and agreed with the business. Consolidate the commercial outlook, reconcile it to the approved budget and management expectations, and highlight and escalate material risks and opportunities to management on a timely basis. 3. Performance Analysis & Management Reporting Prepare the monthly management reporting pack and commercial performance review, explaining variances against budget, forecast and prior periods through clear business drivers. Maintain profitability models, contribution-margin analysis and gross-to-net bridges across brands, channels and customers. Develop dashboards and self-service reporting, and provide ad hoc scenario analysis for changes in price, cost, demand and commercial investment. 4. Financial Control & Governance Maintain an effective control framework over trade spend and marketing investment, including pre-approval, budget availability, delegation of authority, contract compliance, accrual adequacy and customer-claim settlement. Work closely with Accounting to ensure rebates, promotional accruals, revenue deductions and commercial provisions are recognized accurately and within the appropriate cut-off period. Monitor discounts and price exceptions, identify recurring leakage and recommend improvements to controls and approval processes. Support internal and external audits and challenge unsupported accounting treatments or commercial commitments. 5. Systems, Process & Data Improve the quality, consistency and automation of planning and reporting data to reduce manual effort and reconciliation risk. Represent FP&A requirements in SAP, business-intelligence and master-data initiatives, including reporting hierarchies and profitability dimensions. Standardize planning templates, financial definitions and reporting calendars across the Commercial organization. 6. Leadership & Team Development Lead, coach and develop the FP&A team, setting clear priorities, timelines and service standards. Build analytical capability, technical depth and succession within the team. Act as deputy to the Senior Accounting & Finance Department Manager on FP&A and commercial-finance matters when required. Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; an MBA or professional qualification is an advantage. Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, commercial finance or business finance, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role. Demonstrated experience partnering directly with Sales and Marketing, preferably in FMCG, consumer goods or another fast-moving commercial environment. Strong hands-on experience in trade-spend management, promotional evaluation, pricing analysis and customer or channel profitability. Sound understanding of financial statements, revenue recognition and the accounting treatment of trade and marketing expenditure. Experience with ERP and business-intelligence tools; SAP and Power BI are preferred. Technical Skills & Core Competencies Advanced financial modelling, scenario analysis, investment appraisal, budgeting, rolling forecasting and variance analysis. Strong knowledge of gross-to-net, contribution margin and promotional return-on-investment analysis. Advanced Excel skills; practical experience with Power BI or an equivalent reporting tool and ERP-based reporting. Strong commercial acumen with the ability to turn analysis into practical recommendations for non-finance decision makers. Confident communication and stakeholder influence, including the ability to constructively challenge senior stakeholders. High integrity, professional independence and sound judgment under commercial pressure. Effective leadership and coaching, with strong executive-level presentation and written and verbal communication skills in Thai and English. สวัสดิการ สิทธิประโยชน์อื่นๆ นอกเหนือที่กฎหมายกำหนด สมดุลชีวิต & การทำงาน Flexible working hour Welcome Set 1 ชุด ส่วนลดซื้อผลิตภัณฑ์ฯลฯ เงินออม & ค่าครองชีพ การจ่ายเงินโบนัส การจ่ายเงินสะสมเข้ากองทุนสำรองเลี้ยงชีพให้พนักงาน การจัดทำประกันสุขภาพ ค่ารักษาพยาบาลสมาชิกครอบครัว การตรวจสุขภาพประจำปี การฉีดวัคซีนไข้หวัดใหญ่ประจำปี แจกยูนิฟอร์มพนักงานประจำปี กระเช้าเยี่ยมสำหรับพนักงานเจ็บป่วยและคลอดบุตร เงินช่วยเหลือค่าทำศพกรณีพนักงานเสียชีวิต ฯลฯ สิทธิใช้บริการฟิตเนส กิจกรรมสังสรรค์ประจำปี พัฒนาศักยภาพ การจัดฝึกอบรมภายในให้ความรู้ด้านต่างๆ การจัดส่งพนักงานไปอบรมภายนอก การสัมมนาประจำปี ฯลฯ