Commercial Finance Business Partner

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Date: Mar 18, 2025

Location: Pak Kret, TH

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

 

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com 

 

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Job Purpose

  • The MSU Controller is the end responsible finance role within the local organization and acts as a senior business partner towards the three MSU Heads (Thailand, Singapore and PNG) and the local Management team to drive business and financial objectives.
  • Interacting daily with the local team and  translate strategy into region operating plan, yearly budget, QRF. 

Key Accountabilities

•    Drive monthly performance against target and strategy and take pro-active measure, if required. Challenge assumptions and performance against market conditions. Formulate and actively drive profit growth, risks and opportunities and closing the gap actions highlighted in the IBP cycle.
•    Portfolio management process – how to play against competition to win, support complexity reduction, align external business developments with own business plan.
•    Validates and challenges business cases (for NPI’s, restructuring, investments etc) in close cooperation with sales, marketing, FP&A, ISC, accounting, Tax, Treasury and other stakeholders inside and outside the MSU. Where required, do adequate stakeholder management to get the correct approvals for economically attractive business cases.
•    Overall responsible for the total Profit and Loss and Operating Cash Flow delivery, including Operating Working Capital
o    Understand all parts of the P&L including parts managed by other financial managers (eg cogs).
o    Ensure channel profitability (SSO, LSO, Modern trade, project segment) through pricing and mix, rebates as well as (I)KAM support & contract negotiation/compliance support.
o    Identify leakages in revenue, CM and cost, pro-actively comes with proposals to solve
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Experience

•    University degree in Finance or Accounting and preferably an Executive Master of Finance and Control (Registered Controller) or Certified Management Accountant or Certified Investment Management Analyst
•    At least 7+ years of relevant work experience in Finance and Control 
•    Business partner skills and result oriented, in addition has a practical understanding of ERP and Finance systems
•    Has a stable view and has strengths to challenge local management team members in order to achieve financial targets on short as well as on longer term 
•    Excellent knowledge of the local language, both written and spoken. English is a must
•    Working knowledge of systems (SAP, HFM Hyperion) 
•    Preference for experience in Continuous Improvements (Six Sigma or Lean)

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 45760 

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