The Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for EMEA & APAC will lead financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic decision support across two key global regions. This role partners closely with regional leadership, commercial teams, operations, and corporate finance to drive financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver insights that support business growth and operational efficiency.
The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and strategic finance capabilities with strong communication skills and experience working across diverse international markets. They build trusted relationships, collaborate effectively at all levels, and use data-driven insights to optimize processes and enhance financial performance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Communicate effectively with cross functional teams from EMEA&APAC Region plants.
2. Provide experienced and effective Finance leadership cross functionally to support business needs.
3. Lead the financial package preparation and consolidation. Operational P&L approach. Work with the Finance Controllers to ensure consistency across sites and prepare final consolidated presentation for the Region.
4. Act as a bridge between Corporate and regional teams, ensuring alignment on financial targets and priorities.
5. Develop tools to monitor sites’ dynamics and performance as per Budget/Forecast commitments.
6. Consolidate and follow up with the sites for Regional Financial deliverables: daily/ weekly/ monthly.
7. Build and lead Region plants variance analysis to key benchmarks (budget, forecast, prior year, etc.) and clearly highlights main root causes and problem-solving approach to hold performance objectives.
8. Partner with local teams to support capital investments, inventory management, and other needs.
9. Prepare forecasts and analyze trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, profitability and other related areas.
10. Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis/special projects to assist team in understanding business performance & offer solutions to improve it.
11. Drive consistency and continuous improvements in processes, and financial tools across the business.
12. Ensure adherence to corporate policies, financial controls, and regulatory requirements within the regions.
13. Partner with local accounting, audit, and compliance teams to maintain accurate and consistent financial reporting.
14. Ability to influence decisions without formal authority.
15. Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
16. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or professional certification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA)
17. 7+ years of progressive FP&A or strategic finance experience, along with leadership in financial/accounting functions, including cost, in a manufacturing environment .
18. Strong excel skills, including excel modeling and reporting using high volumes of data, Power BI a plus.
19. Strong working knowledge of ERP systems. Experience with Oracle, SAP, Hyperion and One Stream a plus.
20. English knowledge. Advanced level.
Competencies
21. Excellent communication skills, ability to quickly establish a personal brand within the organization to drive cross functional collaboration and influence resources outside one’s direct responsibility.
22. Self-starter: “can-do” attitude.
23. Clearly communicate complex financial information in a clear and concise manner.
24. Motivated by, and thrives in, a fast-paced environment with frequent ad hoc requests and changing priorities.
25. Commitment to coaching and mentoring staff to enhance the proficiency, competencies and long-term development of the team.
26. Continuous improvement mindset.
27. Results oriented with a bias for action.
28. High personal integrity.
29. Ability to embrace and learn from challenges associated with working in a multi-cultural, geographically dispersed organization.
30. Adaptable & Open-Minded.
31. Flexibility to travel.
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.
The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.