Key job responsibilities
< Planning >
Develop and continuously improve budgeting & forecasting process, financial
projections and monthly operating forecast
Lead budgeting and forecasting activities to build financial plan, budget,
forecasts and actively monitor and adjust it continuously based on financial
performance and projections
Actively work with functional leaders to incorporate inputs from the business side
into financial budget, rolling forecasts and refine key assumptions baked in
financial models.
Monitor business and financial KPIs to track financial performance and analyze
the cause of the variances to improve the accuracy of financial plans. Escalate
variances to management timely.
Develop financial models to provide sensibility analysis.
< Reporting >
Work closely with accounting team to maintain the integrity of financial reporting.
Provide monthly financial review materials with variance analysis to senior
management.
Convert J-GAAP financial statements to IFRS basis for the company reporting
purpose by making accounting adjustments.
Report monthly financial performance on IFRS basis thru internal reporting system.
Submit monthly reporting package to Consolidation team in Paris.
< Business Control >
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Develop and maintain effective relationship with business operations to
understand market trends and Sales & Marketing activities that would impact to
future financial performance.
Closely monitor OPEX spending to ensure the spending in line with financial
operating plans. Escalate variances to management timely.
Lead, propose and implement mechanisms and ways to maintain OPEX savings
and to keep OPEX under budget.
Keep track of DSO, DPO and the level of cash on hand and look for the
opportunity to improve and implement the ability to generate positive cash flow
from operations.
< Decision Support & Others >
Participating in regular commercial meeting with the sales and marketing
leadership in order to gain a deeper understanding of the business situation.
Develop strong forecast process & protocol by co-working with finance director
as finance view, and share it with GM as regular base.
Provide Ad-hoc high quality analysis requested by senior management to aid
them in decision making.
Ability to organize and present data & financial information in a succinct and
easy to understand manner to management and to the regional team.
Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert to
feedback additional insights to senior management.
Work closely with Business Excellence & Sales Planning to prepare presentation
materials requested by functional leaders.
Maintain and organise all financial data diligently in a manner that is easily
accessible, retrievable and understandable by other stakeholders (in the team
and in the region).
Near-term expectations (next 6-months)
Since this position is key to drive and accelerate business growth, you will be expected
to perform the following tasks in each area within the next 6-months:
< Business Control >
Establish trusted relationship with each team leaders to understand business
model and to capture what’s happening on the ground.
Prepare monthly review materials with accuracy and logical variance analysis.
Activate and facilitate business discussions to help business teams to achieve
their goals.
< Accounting and Reporting >
Work closely with Accounting team to prepare monthly reporting package on
time with accuracy.
Consult with Consolidation team in Paris to maintain consistency in IFRS reporting.
Review current reporting process to identify areas to improve.