I work as an FP&A in FMCG industry in Japan. During my interview I have mentioned that so far I have been doing more sales related work like commercial finance before and that I do not have much experience as Finance (only one year as FP&A intern) so I want to learn more about FP&A in this role. Upon entering the company my role and title became Senior FP&A analyst whereas in my offer letter and interview it is only mentioned FP&A analyst. I have been working one year and have been constantly failing my performance review because the CFO says I am not demonstrating skills as Senior FP&A (ability to make judgement or provide recommendations and insights just by numbers and build financial models from scratch without template). What I have been doing successfully is preparing monthly closing, monthly sales forecast, variance analysis and preparing monthly reports but I have not been able to go beyond which is what they expect. Now as action plan for this year they put in a daily meeting everyday to confirm on the tasks I am going to do daily, what is my thought process, what are the inputs and outputs I am planning and to confirm the hours needed so that I don’t spend too much time on it, in general priority setting in order to be able to deliver up to their expectations. I am really lost as to what to do now. I do want to improve my skills as FP&A but I really don’t understand what I can do and also I feel like the action plan is helpful but not really the right answer. I would like advice whether I should resign and move on or if there are any ways I could try to improve.
by Ok-Plant-806