Sr FP&A Specialist

Job description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

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Job Description

The role is to support financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and reporting activities. He/She will directly be reporting to Sr. FP&A Manager to assist in delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial analysis that drives informed business decisions and optimizes cost efficiency across SLGS Philippines functions.

Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Support the annual Budgeting and forecasting process.
• Collaborate with business units to gather assumptions, validate inputs and consolidate financial plans

Budget Clearance & Cost Control

• Review and approve budget availability for all disbursements across all functions, ensuring alignment with approved budgets and cost centers.
• Monitor spending against budget and flag any deviations or overruns for management actions.

Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly Recovery reports split per function with variance analysis comparing actual vs. budget/forecast.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and KPIs to monitor service delivery costs and efficiency.
• Highlight financial risks and opportunities.

Business Partnering

• Support and assist the FP&A Manager in providing financial reports and insights
• Help identify cost-saving opportunities and ensure alignment with business goals

Process Improvement

• Contribute to continuous improvement of FP&A processes.

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure adherence to internal controls, accounting policies and audit requirements.
• Support ad hoc analysis and data requests for internal and external consumptions.

Preferred skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills with pro-active solutions-oriented mindset.
• Familiarity working in a BPO or shared services organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborative mindset.
• Working knowledge of cost allocation methodologies.
• Comfortable presenting financial data and insight to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools.

Qualifications

• BS Accountancy Graduate, preferably licensed accountant (CPA)
• Minimum 5 years experience in FP&A, preferably in a BPO or shared services company.
• Strong understanding of cost allocations, intercompany transactions and service based financial models
• Advanced in Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Both a strong individual contributor and an effective team player
• Strong analytical thinking skills and attention to details
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Job Category

Finance Posting End Date: 26/10/2026