● Planning:
1. Lead the division quarterly financial planning and budget meetings in partnership with the local Leadership.
2. Deliver a local market budget and strategic financial action plan for the division, establishing realistic but stretching financial and business targets, which ensure the business hits or ideally exceeds target.
3. Work with local CFO on the Commercial Strategy for Japan market business, developing and implementing commercial best practice.
4. Work in close partnership with the Japan market the division leadership team, to ensure local market opportunities are sought to increase revenue and manage cost sensibly where appropriate.
5. Support the division Japan lead to develop plans with appropriately prioritised investment in order to extend and grow the reach, penetration and perception of the division in Japan.
● Reporting, Forecasting & Analysis:
1. Provide reporting on the market’s monthly/ quarterly business performance and reporting on financial targets.
2. Oversee market financial reporting & analysis of revenue / costs and actual / forecast analysis.
3. Provide ongoing analysis that identifies the opportunities and mitigates risks within the business in relation to delivering the financial targets.
4. Provide regular reporting updates and insightful related analysis on the division network’s monthly/ quarterly business
performance versus targets and prior year performance, such that the division and Regional division Leadership team can better understand the business reasons for variances both against budget and the prior year.
5. Review monthly variance analysis by client, proposing appropriate follow-up actions as required.
6. Oversee the management of salary and related, property, CAPEX, and general operating costs within the division, ensuring that approved ratios are met and that corresponding operating margin targets are maintained.
7. Ensure adequate systems and processes are in place to accurately forecast performance locally, monitoring and correcting unacceptable variances with actuals as appropriate.
8. Respond to various ad-hoc reporting requests.
● Operations:
1. Take ownership of the balance sheet, ensuring that the appropriate level of risk management is being applied to business decision
in order to mitigate the probability of write-offs. Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are timely and accurate.
2. Responsible for Working capital management, monitoring working capital within target, manage collections and capital expenditure and Operational sequences.
3. Identify and co-ordinate opportunities for workplace process and productivity improvements, where appropriate.
4. Responsible for all control measures for Kinesso in the market. To work closely with the RCT team, internal audit and global controller on ensuring we have the right operations process in place.
● Clients & Others
1. Monitor and lead, where appropriate, negotiations with existing and current clients regarding contracts and services to be offered, fees and other conditions.
2. Through a collaborative approach to problem-solving and personal leadership example, ensure there is strong collaboration with other agencies, within the broader IPG ecosystem, where relevant.
3. Support the Local CFO in ensuring that collaboration is optimized, and an appropriate balance is maintained between the needs of our Agencies and other IPG agencies/affiliated agencies.
4. Attend regular (monthly and ad-hoc as required) local & regional meetings, helping the Local CFO to ensure that collaboration is optimized, and an appropriate balance is maintained between the needs of the division in market.
5. Provide leadership, and share best practice on client operations, and support agency leadership with advice and solutions where problems have been identified.
6. Ensure adherence and compliance with respect to Company and international accounting standards, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), Company policies and procedures, etc, taking prompt and effective actions to address issues or weaknesses identified through audit reports, and other sources of relevant data.
7. Ensure adherence and compliance as well as effective governance and oversight with respect to client, vendor and partner contracts. Identify areas of commercial opportunity and potential exposure, ensuring Matterkind, Kinesso and client business models are respected and complied with at all times.
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