FP&A Manager for Brands

Location:  Shiodome

Division:  Brand Finance Group  Strategic Finance Department

Job level:  Associate Manager

Reports to:  Group Manager

Contract type:  Full-time

Purpose of the Position

As a Business Financial Partner of designated Brands, owns the Brands' overall business/financial performance via providing support in

•   Fiscal year budget planning,
•  Act/plan gap analysis with insights
•  Profit improvement initiatives
•  Brands' growth strategy building, and
•  Any other strategic discussion (i.e. Project business case, Post Launch Review, etc…)to deliver its desired financial shape.

 In addition, take a role as an HQ finance as below, but not limited to

• Lead profit improvement initiatives/process optimization as the lead representative from the group
• Supervise junior members within the group, supporting GM to expand the team's capability
• Engage the team members, accelerate the collaboration within and across the group within SFD

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this position as follows.

• Take a lead in designing and steering the overall FY budgeting and/or mid-term planning process for BH, collaborating with key stakeholders including CSD, RFG, Consolidation G, and others.
• Through the budgeting/planning process, build financial models and run simulations which to be used as a key guideline for BH.
• Set the proper FY and midterm KPI, and continuously track the business progress.
• Compile periodical business/financial review reports. Extract insights through your world-class analysis capability, and engage the team to take the corrective actions promptly.
• Take a part in developing (designated) Brands’ growth strategy by actively stepping in into the strategic discussions. Make contributions via providing insights from critical financial and/or market data.
• Contribute to SFD’s effort in improving processes; partner with FAD, GICIT, SN, and CSD as necessary to automate reporting functionality; standardize reports, identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency of existing processes.
• Global optimization -- support initiatives that optimize our Global Commercial P&L.
• Support GM in Team engagement. Be the role model within the group, take an active role for us to be a further better hi-performing team.

Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree or working experience in Accounting, Finance, Economics
• Understanding of basic accounting principles
• Minimum of 5 years in operational FP&A, Strategic Planning, Business Planning at a large organization
• Excellent analytical skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Working knowledge of enterprise-level financial planning systems
• Self-starter
• Proven ability to multi-task, problem-solving, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Attention to detail, consistent with swift execution

Other Qualification

• MBA, CFA, or CPA
• Working knowledge of GAAP
• Experience setting up and/or leading FP&A process at a global scale
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with BI tools
• Business level English and Japanese