Senior / Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Job Purpose

The candidate will work as an integral member of the Regional FP&A team, with primary responsibility of FP&A support of  Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan markets including budgeting, forecasting, key investments evaluation as well as overhead expense management and HMT consolidation. Strong partnership and part of the leadership team for the managing director for HMT. 

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic Business Partner to senior management, providing financial insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with cross-functional teams to understand business drivers and identify opportunities.
• Provide strategic analysis and insights to support business growth initiatives.
• Deliver month end closing, forecast, annual budget and Long range plan reporting package for SSC overhead expense by collaborating with various HMT function team.
• Prepare and analyze sales and product margin rolling forecast for OTB.
• Support merchandizing team brand sales and product margin forecast, budget, long range plan.
• Support and analyze marketing expense spending by quarter by spending type at HMT level.
• Analyze existing processes, identify improvement / standardization opportunities with emphasis on efficient improvement with sufficient control.
• Review and make sure Regional allocation calculation is correct.
• Support to consolidate HMT financial results, prepare trend & variance analysis, communicate with multiple Business Partners to draw insight and provide recommendations.
• Other ad-hoc work as required.

Requirements

• Accounting or Finance Degree with 7-10+ years of related experience
• Previous retail or fashion industry experience is preferred
• Advanced knowledge in business partnering, reporting, forecasting and budgeting
• Experience handling S&B budget, forecast is a plus
• Strong customer centricity, continuous improvement mindset
• Results oriented; flexible and demonstrate a resourceful attitude
• A self-starter and team player; ability to manage multiple activities of different natures in a condensed timeframe
• Fluent in English and Putonghua; excellent verbal and written communication skills, embraces culturally diverse interpersonal relationships
• Experience in reporting & analytical tools, knowledge in AX, Insight & Essbase is a plus
• Advanced technical skills in Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)