A US-Listed Retail MNC and a market leader with multiple award-winning brands under the Group. With the progressive business expansion plans across South East Asia and Australasia, they are looking for an all rounded (Assistant) Finance Manager to be responsible for regional financial reporting and FP&A duties. Candidates with less experienced will be considered as Assistant Finance Manager.

 Job Description

• Reporting into the Finance Director you will work together in a team
• Business Partner with the regional channel and functional leads to manage the business performance and drive strong growth
• Be a key contact within APAC for the Global finance and accounting functions, ensure processes are in place to meet internal controls, accounting standards
• Co-ordinate and consolidate the regional forecast and budgeting process ensuring variances are understood and risks and opportunities are managed
• Provide strategic analysis to regional management team and recommendations for improvement
• Ensure monthly and quarterly account closing activities are well performed locally to meet the headquarters’ accounting and financial requirements/timelines
• Facilitate business partnership with service providers and government third parties, e.g. banks, tax authorities, customs, vendors and so on as required
• Review and propose improvements/streamlining to work processes and ways of workings to ensure the team is effective and efficient and aligned with the corporate directions
• Work closely with senior management to provide value added analysis for current and future decisions

The Successful Applicants

• Bachelor Degree Holder in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or equivalent is a MUST
• ACCA / CPA qualified or equivalent is a must
• At least 8+ years of relevant experience in Accounting & Finance roles. Trained in audit will be advantageous
• Industry experience in Retail (brick and mortar) and / or Wholesale and / or eCommerce is a MUST
• Knowledge on USGAAP is not required
• Working experience in an MNC in a regional capacity will be an added advantage.
• Candidates with experience using Hyperion, Essbase, or Data Visualisation Tools (Power BI / Tableau) is highly advantageous.
• Fluency in English, Cantonese is essential to this role.

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