COMMERCIAL FINANCE MANAGER/ BUSINESS PLANNING & CONTROL

Job title : COMMERCIAL FINANCE MANAGER/ BUSINESS PLANNING & CONTROL
Location : Tokyo
Job type : Permanent
Discipline Finance & Accounting
Salary : 10,000,000 - 11,000,000
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Reference : JOB_007620[270]

 

This company belongs to one of the leading luxury congromerates, and they are a leading alcohol brand itself. They have about 300 employees of international background in Japan. They are looking for a backfill for the current manager as he/she will be promoted to a Senior manager.

 

RESPONSIBILITY

  • Profitability analysis (40%)
    - Analyse financial performance by Channel, Customer, Brand and Business etc; provide comments to Shareholders accordingly
    - Communicate with business owners to understand not only from financial side but also from realistic commercial perspective
  • Sales resources management (30%)
    - Communicate with Sales Department to manage sales resources (Rebates, Trade Funds, Marketing budgets delegated to Sales) in more efficient way
    - Have responsible for reasonable Fiscal Year End closing process on Sales resources
  • Pricing Control (15%)
    - Provide the tools and processes necessary to administrate pricing conditions
    - Based on pricing guidance, set price and take it into consideration at budgeting/forecast phase
  • Business Support (15%)
    - Provide financial support for specific business channel, such as Private Client business or E- Business, in order to support Senior Management Team decision making
    - Work with each business owners and reflect all necessary investment into simulation PL for the business

 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCES / SKILLS

  • Professional experience & know how: more than 5-7 years experiences of which at least 2+ years in a similar finance role in large US or European multinational company
  • Technical & management skills
    - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
    - Strong people management and communication skills
  • Languages
    - Fluency in both Japanese and English

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES / SKILLS

  • SAP knowledge is a plus
  • Results driven - highly motivated, proactive, self-starting - Continuous improvement
  • Hands-on and meticulous

WORK LIFE BALANCE

  • Flex-time (Core working hour: 10AM-16PM)
  • Needs to be in the office when you need to. No specific requirements