About Collectius
Collectius is one of South East Asia's leading Fintech company in the debt management industry, with operations in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and India. We are using technology and empathy to create the best customer experience and operational excellence to support our 5,5 million customers in becoming debt free.
Together with IFC (a member of the World Bank Group and minority shareholder in Collectius), Collectius is actively working on improving industry practices and promoting best resolution practices. As an example, Collectius has implemented a company policy that replaced the word debtor a term that has been traditionally perceived to be negative with customer.
Currently Collectius manages 6.6 billion USD outstanding debt from 100+ clients across banking and financial institutions. To support our hyper- growth ambitions we are looking for high-performers who want to grow the business with us!
Overview
As the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager, you will be responsible for the following responsibilities:
Management Reporting
- Support the month end closing process by reviewing the management accounts, reporting pack and balance sheet recons for reliable group reporting in a timely manner
- Partner with stakeholders in local finance team, group finance, and Investment team to ensure a smooth reporting process
Monthly Financial Analysis
- Drive and implement continuous improvement in management report templates and processes, facilitate a robust and timely financial analysis and decision-making process
- Providing comprehensive, timely and effective financial analysis, insights and recommendations
- Perform variance analysis on both financial and operation KPI, against forecast/budget, identify key red flags and finalize it with good commentaries on factors contributing to such variances and action plan to close the gap
- Compile the Monthly Financial Review for the C-Suite, including updating and checking the data, updating tables, collecting and writing commentary, and reviewing it with finance leadership in a timely manner
- Partner with commercial stakeholders and local Finance team to provide business insights and identify trends and provide understanding of the numbers and the drivers, and deep diving into material variances
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Plan and organize the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting process with effective analysis and commentaries around risk and assumptions, initiatives and opportunities and action plan to close forecast gaps
Operating Processes and Internal Control
- Support and advise cross functional teams such as Tax, Legal, Compliance and Product teams for new country and product launches
- Drive standardization and efficiency of finance processes and management reporting across all countries
Ad hoc Projects
- Review business cases and develop financial business models to assess financial feasibility of CAPEX investments/initiatives/products before presenting to the business leaders.
- Review ROI in IT projects, pre- and post-evaluation as well as new projects
- Prepare Board of Director and investors related materials as required
- Assist on other ad hoc projects as required
Key Requirements
Academic Qualification:
- Degree in Accountancy, Finance or professional qualification in accounting i.e. ACCA, CPA, CIMA, etc.
Working Experience:
- Minimum 6 years relevant working experience in finance related managerial capacity.
- At least 3 years of audit working experience; preferably with a big 4 audit firm or mid-tier audit firm.
- At least 3 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience preferred
- Preferably experience in the tech, marketing services, or financial services industry
Personality:
- Meticulous and good analytical skill
- Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication in English, able to build strong relationships, influencing and presenting at a senior level
- Can handle ambiguity independently and deliver within strict timeline
- Tenacity and problem-solving skills
- High integrity and able to work independently
- Self-driven and motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Technical:
- Competent in PC applications e.g. Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and etc.
- Basic accounting knowledge, including an understanding of consolidation.
- Experience in Oracle Netsuite
- Experience in financial modelling
- Reporting skills with highest standards of accuracy and delivers on time
- Strong analytical with solid business acumen and ability to identify key business drivers
