Manager Forecast

**Job Description**:
**Duties and responsibilities**

1) Budgeting and 5-Year Projections
- Responsible to prepare annual budget and 5-Year Projections in a robust manner with details key drivers
- Align the budget numbers according to LOB and Country Heads’ strategic priorities and business plan
- Ensure budget and business projections are appropriately articulated to management and investors

2) Forecasting
- Liaise with LOB and Country Heads on Monthly/Quarterly Forecast
- Consolidate the Forecast submitted by LOB and Country Heads
- Perform sanity and reasonableness checking on numbers to ensure alignment to Company’s goal as a whole
- Build dynamic financial modelling to analyze and evaluate revenue potential for new business and product
- Ensure the Monthly/Quarterly Forecast are appropriately articulated to management and investors

3) Financial Analysis
- Responsible to prepare periodic reports, comparing actual to budget, quarterly forecast and prior year, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance in a robust manner
- Independently drive solutions and demand actions from others to address any unexpected variances or gaps

4) Management Information System (MIS)
- Accountable to ensure data is available for extraction and turning the data available into readable and presentable Dashboard
- Championing and drive report automation through tools or Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and curb the increase in headcounts despite increased volume
- Collaborate closely with the regional team and other departments to ensure data required is readily accessible

5) Process improvement and ad-hoc assignments
- Lead or assist in the implementation of advances in technology and software to improve financial planning, reporting, analysis and controls
- Working closely with Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to initiate and drive continuous process improvement and best practices in all aspect of work
- To assist on ad-hoc assignments as assigned by management from time to time

**Qualifications**
- Degree in Accountancy / Finance / Math. Professional Accounting Qualification is a plus
- Possesses minimum 5 years of experience in accounting firm or financial services industry. Experience in finance of a loyalty program industry is a plus
- Agile and ability to thrive in a demanding, change oriented, fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline driven productivity and manage well through ambiguity and complexity
- Numbers-savvy, proactive and possessing a positive attitude
- Must be meticulous and an eye for detail in all aspect of work
- Must be a team player and able to work independently
- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and people
- Work with speed and manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines
- Must have good command of English
- Possess strong computer skills in Excel/Google Sheet and PowerPoint/Google Slides. Experience in Anaplan, Google Data Studio is a plus
- Good communication skills at all levels within an organisation and can demonstrate excellent report writing skills

**We are all different**:

- one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best. We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

**We are all different** - one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.