Business Planning Assistant Manager (Finance)

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Support annual and mid-/long-term business planning, including plan consolidation, development of key assumptions, and coordination with relevant departments. • Support performance management through KPI tracking, Plan vs. Actual analysis, variance/root-cause analysis, and recurring management reporting. • In coordination with Finance, support budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and financial modeling. • Support CAPEX governance and monitoring, including business-case analysis, approval tracking, documentation, and follow-up with responsible departments. • Conduct business, operational, market, competitor, and regulatory analyses to support management decision-making. • Manage assigned workstreams within strategic, operational, and organizational improvement initiatives, including project planning, issue/risk identification, progress tracking, and follow-up. • Coordinate recurring management meetings and governance forums, including agenda development, management materials, action-item tracking, and follow-up. • Partner with business process owners to analyze, document, standardize, and improve assigned business processes, including roles and responsibilities, decision-making processes, and Delegation of Authority. • Prepare management analyses, reports, presentations, and recommendations, and support ad hoc management requests.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills. • Strong business and financial analysis skills, including the ability to interpret performance data and develop actionable insights. • Strong business writing, documentation, and presentation skills. • Strong project management, cross-functional coordination, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to independently manage assigned projects and workstreams and drive progress without formal authority. • Ability to analyze, document, standardize, and improve business processes and translate business needs into practical policies, procedures, and management practices. • Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and other business management, data analysis, and AI-enabled productivity tools.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in corporate planning, business operations, management consulting, business process improvement, or a related field. • Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, Management, or a related field. • Experience analyzing, developing, or improving business processes, policies, procedures, or management practices is preferred. • Experience in business planning, performance management, management reporting, budgeting, financial analysis, or related activities is preferred. • Experience working with cross-functional teams and supporting business or organizational improvement initiatives is preferred. • Experience in a complex industrial, manufacturing, shipbuilding, defense, or project-based organization is preferred. • Experience working in a global or cross-cultural organization is preferred. • Bilingual proficiency in Korean and English is a plus.