Subject Matter Expert, Financial Planning

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Location:

Cebu City, 07, PH

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

REPORTING TO: Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

LOCATION: Cebu, Philippines

The FP&A Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a senior individual contributor role in the Dover Business Services (DBS) FP&A team, focused on commercial insights, support selling, general, and administrative expense initiatives, revenue tracking, and strategic planning. This role requires a high level of financial acumen, cross-functional collaboration and expertise in analytics tools such as PowerBI, OneStream and Salesforce.

This individual will serve as a cross-functional expert supporting business performance analysis, sales and product team initiatives, and enterprise-wide forecasting tools. The role works closely with division finance, controllership, and global leadership to provide forward-looking analysis, continuous process improvement, and enhanced reporting capabilities. As a senior individual contributor, the SME is expected to drive meaningful insight and process transformation to support strategic decisions. The role requires an individual willing to “think outside the box” with a willingness to collaborate closely with other key stakeholders to enhance or transform existing processes to drive deeper, more meaningful analyses and business insight. This role is part of the Individual Contributor track and provides exposure to the overall OpCo Finance Team and other key OpCo Stakeholders.

• Acts as a finance business partner to Sales, Product Management, and Regional Finance stakeholders, with responsibility over SG&A trend analysis, revenue forecasting, incentive plan tracking, and strategic decision support.
• Partner with Sales (e.g., VP Sales, Regional Sales VP’s, and Regional Sales Managers) and Finance teams to track, measure, and evaluate customer revenue risks and opportunities.
• Lead analysis of SG&A for a variety of departments supporting cost-saving initiatives and ensuring planning accuracy.
• Support the development, update and monitoring of monthly sales forecasts, strategic plans, and annual operating plans.
• Support the design, accuracy, implementation, and usage/maintenance of various forecasting and reporting tools such as Power BI, Salesforce, Hyperion, and OneStream
• Drive transformation and automation efforts to enhance reporting and reduce manual workload.
• Develop rhythm, metrics, tools, and resources to assist in reporting and tracking revenue by customer and product category
• Serve as a key point of contact for executive dashboards, financial insights, and performance metrics.
• Provide leadership with visibility to bookings, backlog, and forecast data
• Analyze revenue forecasts for accuracy and help drive accountability
• Coordinate with local and divisional teams for monthly close and forecast updates.
• Track Sales Team bonus and incentive plans, ensuring alignment with performance metrics.
• Prepare and maintain SOPs and documentation for all supported processes and tools.
• Deliver ad hoc analysis for commercial strategy, volumetric forecasts, and business cases.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, preferably in a manufacturing or commercial finance setting or a similar role in a shared services or multinational environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and data mining; High financial systems aptitude
• Experience with Power BI, Hyperion, Salesforce, or OneStream preferred.
• Analytical thinker with attention to detail and business acumen.
• Track record of driving continuous improvement or automation initiatives.

• Experience supporting sales or product management functions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Experience in supporting stake holders in North America (or other regions) business units in a shared service or global operations environment.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence decision-makers across time zones.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organization and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of customer focus and a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple high-quality deliverables.

Dover Business Services (DBS) is an independent business-to-business service provider within Dover Corporation. DBS is accountable for delivering transactional and value-added services in Finance to the entire organization. With locations in the Philippines, China, Romania, and India, DBS centers operate across the globe to maximize service to our operating companies (OpCos).
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of over $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under 'DOV.'