FP&A Manager for Brands
Tokyo, 13, JP
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
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