Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Specialist
Kody
- Hong Kong
- Mid Level
- Posted
# Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Specialist
> Kody · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · — · Posted 2026-11-11
**Workplace:** on_site
**Department:** Finance
## Description
### About the Role
At Kody, we are building agile, modern payment and financial infrastructure to empower global businesses. We are looking for an ambitious and hands-on **Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Specialist** to join our Finance team. In this role, you will act as a critical business partner, steering our budgeting, forecasting, and commercial decision-making to fuel our next phase of sustainable growth.
### Key Responsibilities
- **Budgeting & Long-Term Planning:** Build, refine, and maintain detailed financial models powering Kody’s annual budget, quarterly rolling forecasts, and multi-year strategic business plans.
- **Management Reporting & Variance Analysis:** Drive the monthly management reporting cadence; perform granular variance analyses (Actual vs. Budget/Forecast), pinpoint root drivers behind performance deviations, and deliver actionable commercial recommendations to senior leadership.
- **Commercial Business Partnering:** Act as a trusted finance partner to department heads (Sales, BD, Product, Engineering, and Operations), aligning departmental headcounts, budgets, and operational KPIs with company-wide strategic goals.
- **Business & Unit Economics Insights:** Analyze core payment metrics—including Total Payment Volume (TPV), take rates, interchange/scheme fees, gross margins, and merchant churn—to support pricing strategies and new market evaluations.
- **Process Automation & Tooling:** Continually enhance FP&A workflows, optimizing and automating data pipelines across financial reporting, rolling forecasting, and dashboard visualization.
## Requirements
### What You’ll Bring
- **Professional Experience:** 3+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or transaction services/M&A advisory.
- **Technical Rigor:** Advanced financial modelling (three-statement, rolling forecasts) and data analysis capabilities.
- **Project & Process Ownership:** Proven track record of managing financial processes end-to-end, coordinating smoothly across cross-functional teams to meet demanding deadlines.
- **Agility & Independence:** Comfortable operating in a high-growth, fast-moving environment where not every process is pre-defined; ability to self-direct and deliver high-quality work at speed.
- **Communication & Influence:** Excellent presentation and storytelling skills, capable of translating complex financial numbers into clear business narratives for executive stakeholders.
- **Language Skills:** Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin and/or Cantonese).
### Nice to Have
- Professional qualifications such as ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CFA, or CPA (or equivalent).
- Prior experience in a high-growth fintech, cross-border payments, SaaS, or banking institution.
- Hands-on proficiency with SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or modern cloud ERP/FP&A tools.
## Benefits
Why Join Kody?
- **Direct Impact on Core Business Growth:**You will sit at the intersection of business strategy and finance, directly influencing commercial pricing, overseas market expansion, and strategic resource allocation across our global payment ecosystem.
- **Front-Row Exposure to High-Growth Fintech:**Gain deep, practical domain knowledge in cross-border payments, acquiring rails, FX, and digital infrastructure—one of the fastest-evolving sectors in modern financial services.
- **High Autonomy & Strategic Visibility:**We operate with a flat structure and minimal bureaucracy. You will partner closely with C-level leadership and department heads, seeing the tangible impact of your financial insights in real-time.
- **Scalable Ownership & Modern Tooling:**Shape our FP&A processes and data architecture from the ground up, with ample room to introduce modern data tools, automate workflows, and build scalable frameworks.
- **Collaborative & International Team:**Work alongside a diverse, ambitious team with backgrounds spanning top-tier financial institutions, global payment providers, and scale-up tech firms.
## Apply
[Apply at Kody](https://apply.workable.com/kody/j/A7894D3B09/apply)
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