Business Controller, SEAO

Primary Functions and Responsibilities

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

Candidate Profile

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 - Well-organized, sensitive to figures, detail-oriented and commitment to accuracy

Technical Skills

- System oriented (strong Excel and Access skills) - Accounting and controlling knowledge