FP&A for Brand, Strategic Finance Department

Location：　Shiodome
Division：　Strategic Finance Department
Job level：　Staff
Reports to：　Group Manager
Contract type：　Full-time


Roles & Responsibilities（業務内容）
Job Overview
As a Business Financial Partner of designated Brand, own the Brands' overall business/financial performance via providing support in 
a) fiscal year budget planning
b) act/plan gap analysis with insights
c) profit improvement initiatives
d) brands' growth strategy building (TBD)
e) any other strategic discussion (i.e. Project business case, PLR)
to deliver its desired financial shape.
Make proposals(i.e. resource re-allocation, optimization, etc...) and/or presentations(incl. facilitation of meetings) to senior management as Business Partner of designated Brand Holder(=BH).
In addition, 
- Lead profit improvement initiatives / process optimization/improvement as the lead representative from the Group
- Brands' Financials Management
- Monitor and keep track of business progress and provide world class analysis/guidance to stakeholders
- Manage the FY BH cost, identify risks and opportunities areas for FY financials
- With the support from senior members, derive improvement action plans and propose to key stakeholders. Co-lead in execution.
- Business Partnering as HQ finance function
- Support senior members in Designing and steering the overall budgeting/mid-term planning process for Brand Holders, collaborating with Corporate Strategy Dept/Region Finance Group/Consolidation Group.
- With the support from senior members, set the proper KPI for business evaluation with fit-for-purpose framework
- Support senior members in Building necessary financial model/simulation to optimize the budgeting/planning processes across the brands.
-Transforming Shiseido Finance
- Support senior members deploying cross-brands initiatives that would improve a) overall business process efficiency, b) corporate financials, and c) any others that would be beneficial to multiple functions. 
(Brand strategic planning/discussion - aspiration)
- Co-own the Brand's growth strategy by actively stepping in into the strategic discussion. Provide critical financial + market insights.
- Support finance function in BH building business case for major initiatives. Leverage financial/simulation model being available to facilitate the discussion.
- Support finance function in BH running/preparing Post Launch Review. Discuss and extract key learnings to be leveraged for future initiatives.
- Team Development/Self Learning
- Continuously seek for improving opportunities in his/her own area. Make proposals for the new ideas/techniques/technologies to further enhance the capabilities.


Requirements（必要な能力/経験/資質）
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting policies
  > JCPA/USCPA/MBA or other equivalent certificate is a plus
- Team Player
- Intermediate level English/Japanese
- 3yrs+ FP&A experience, or equivalent capabilities
- Entry level - Intermediate Planning skills
- Entry level - Intermediate Project Management skills