Business Partnering
Support with monthly business reviews preparation and driving the process, industry and market trends and analysis, SWOT analysis, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis.
Business partnering with regional/country BU team including but not limited to ROI analysis, forward looking decision support, inventory and incentive review, controlling A&P and trade spend.
Monthly analysis of financial results and rolling forecast. This includes monitoring of achievement of financial performance vs KPIs.
Provide financial insights and work collaboratively with the commercial team to support the business to grow with available resources.
Stakeholder management and work with Regional functional heads on projects that are critical for regional success.
Transparent reporting of risks and opportunities in business to senior management.
Takes part and challenges key business decisions using relevant reporting and analysis, and presenting data in a commercial way, to optimize costs and efficiency of activities.
Analyze the marketing spend, review vendor selections, and provide recommendations.
Contribute to the effectiveness internal control of FP&A function
Actuals
Participate to monthly closing in relationship with Operational Team & Accounting
Analyse the overall delivery of the financial targets monthly and report back to the business/joint venture/ global with recommendations as necessary (Outlook, Sell Out, Sell In, monthly P&L closing)
Monthly measure & analyse discrepancies between actual & targets by customers
Support Monthly reporting to HQ, local Finance & Sales team & marketing team
Analyze the overall delivery of company financial targets on a regular basis and report back to the business with recommendations as necessary
Evaluate profitability of the brand, analyze the profitability by customer and by subsidiary in accordance with brand management needs
Analyze the business risk and preparation of back-up plan for business target achievement
Check and analyze monthly P&Ls, and prepare the monthly management report
Handle local reports requested by the regional and HQ teams
Support Australia market in the absence of a local controller.
Forecasts (Budget, Revision, Landing)
Prepare budget revisions in accordance with parent company requirements and timetable, working with the local management and controlling teams to gather information in a timely and accurate way
Manage entire budgeting process, coordinating with all internal stakeholders for inputs
Build bottoms up budget for each business division and all back-office cost central including Finance, HR, IT, marketing and legal
Maintain cost control responsibility; provide relevant reports and rationale, with recommended action plans to the business for tight budget control
Support the brand in preparing the 3 years plan
Prepare budget deck for presentation to senior management
Projects
Participate in the implementation of finance / IT projects for the controlling functions
Continually seek to improve processing efficiency and controlling capabilities of the company
Reinforce internal control requirements and implement procedures as necessary
Profile
At least 5-8 years of Business Controlling and/or Audit experience
Business Financial or Accounting degree or related
Experience in luxury, FMCG, beauty or retail and regional role will be preferred
Strong experience in a financial position within an international group
Key Competencies
A team player and leader with excellent communication skills
Ability to work independently, highly autonomous, work under pressure for tight deadlines
Possess good business acumen with an analytical mind
Ability to adapt and be flexible to changing environment and business needs
High level of persuading and influencing skills
Proactive, meticulous with strong analytical thinking and business mind-set
Excellent communication skills (written & spoken)
Well-organized, sensitive to figures, detail-oriented and commitment to accuracy
Able to work in a multicultural team
Technical Skills
System oriented (strong Excel and Access skills)
Accounting and controlling knowledge
