Financial Planning Lead (f/m/d)

The opportunity

We are seeking a Financial Planning Lead to drive financial planning and forecasting processes.  This role partners closely with the CFO, Head of FP&A and senior leadership to translate business strategies into financial outcomes using data driven approaches. You will manage and develop the team responsible for budget and forecast cycles, with a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement through technology and automation.

How you’ll make an impact

• Drive the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and longer-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and clear articulation of assumptions and drivers

• Partner with Finance Leadership to support ad hoc and strategic analysis, scenario modelling, and key deliverables that inform business decisions and external communications

• Build strong relationships with business units and functional finance teams to understand needs, ensure data accuracy, and deliver relevant insights to support decision-making

• Act as a liaison with Headquarters in Tokyo, providing timely reporting, clear communication and responses to inquiries to ensure alignment on performance, strategy and priorities

• Manage, develop, and coach the planning team to ensure delivery of high-quality outputs efficiently and build strong technical, analytical, and business partnering capabilities

• Support strategic initiatives with robust financial analysis

• Own FP&A applications in your scope, close collaboration with the IT function

• Responsible for the identification, design and implementation of automation solutions and process improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and insightfulness of planning and forecasting outputs

• Role model the adoption and optimization of planning and forecasting tools to enable modern, agile finance processes

• Drive and embed changes towards more efficient, technology-enabled, and forward-looking planning processes

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; MBA or professional finance qualification (CFA, CPA, CIMA) preferred

• 10+ years experience in FP&A, including deep involvement in planning and forecasting in complex, global organizations

• Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams to deliver accurate and insightful outputs efficiently

• Strong technical proficiency in planning systems and data visualization tools

• Demonstrated ability to drive process automation and technology-enabled improvements in finance

• Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and commitment to high standards

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights and influence senior stakeholders

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines