Director, Financial Planning

Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to a highly diversified base of business-to-business technology experts.

**Through Ingram Micro Xvantage, our AI-powered digital platform, we offer what we believe to be the industry’s first comprehensive business-to-consumer-like experience, integrating hardware and cloud subscriptions, personalized recommendations, instant pricing, order tracking, and billing automation. Xvantage is designed to eliminate the friction of doing business in IT and allows our customers to have a more insightful experience both buying and managing technology. We also provide a broad range of technology services, including financing, specialized marketing, and lifecycle management, as well as technical pre
- and post
- sales professional support provided by engineers who collectively hold thousands of current technical certifications. In addition, we are fully committed to being a global steward with world

**Ingram Micro APAC**

Ingram Micro APAC includes four clusters: India; China; Australia-New Zealand; ASEAN+HK (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines). With over US$15 billion in net sales and several locations across the region, over the last few years it has represented a key growth engine for Ingram Micro company.

The APAC Director of FP&A reports to the APAC Regional Chief Finance Executive (CFE) based in Singapore. The position represents a key member of the regional Finance Leadership Team (FLT), providing strategic financial insights and guidance to senior management.

The FP&A Director collaborates with countries, corporate, regional finance, operations, and business teams driving financial performance, supporting business decision-making, and ensuring the financial health of the region.

**Roles and Responsibilities**

**Strategic Finance**:

- Partner closely with the APAC SLT to support strategy development and lead the development of long-term financial strategies and plans to support the region’s growth and profitability goals.
- Track and analyze key financial and operational metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement. Key Performance Indicators are Gross and Net Revenue, GP$/%, Operating Expenses, Operating Income, Working Capital, ROIC, ROWC, Headcount, Capex.
- Manage the regional budgeting process, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and efficient allocation of resources.
- Provide commercial insights across the business to meet or exceed plan targets and lead the continuous evaluation of strategic financial objectives, including partnering with IM Financial Services (IMFS) in providing creative ideas and solutions that optimize margin performance. E.g. deal terms, structured finance products, pricing/incentive programs, supply chain financing.

**Gatekeeper Finance**:

- Ensure compliance with corporate policies, financial regulations, and reporting standards.

***Finance Operator**:

- Oversee the preparation and analysis of financial reports, budgets, forecasts, and performance metrics. Provide actionable insights to senior management.
- Collaborate with regional functional and business leaders to provide financial guidance and support for strategic initiatives and operational decisions.
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and develop strategies to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development. The role has two financial analyst direct reports and is expected to indirectly lead and mentor a team of FP&A professionals within the countries’ organization.

**What you bring to the role**:
**Professional Skills & Characteristics**:

- Proven ability to partner closely with executives and develop high-performing teams, including developing benches for future business or finance leader roles.
- Influence, networking, and collaboration skills to manage interdependency between global, local function and business units.
- Ability to work effectively and creatively with others in the organization to figure out how to successfully achieve goals while maintaining financial integrity and strong financial internal controls.
- Strong financial and analytical acumen and business insights with the ability to draw fast conclusions on opportunities and an obsession to act even with imperfect information.
- Excellent communication and strong influencing skills across business functions; confidence to approach business leaders with difficult messages and defend positions.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and experience with SAP or other large ERP environments, as well as digital mid-layer technologies such as for process/workflow automation, data analytics, and/or visualization, is a distinct plus (OneStream, Workiva, Alteryx, Tabl