FP&A Assistant Manager

Job Description

Title:      Assistant Manager, FP&A, Finance

Department:  Finance

Location:     Tokyo, Japan

Reports to:    Finance Manager

Position Summary:

FinancialAnalysis

Providing various finance analysis and strategic input to senior management as well as other functions’ managers. Financial analysis includes:

• Analyze sales, gross margin and SG&A by each sales channel and product category, as well as various financial KPIs.
• Analyze inventory status and excess & obsolescence.
• Monitor topline and major cost items and product profitability and analyze variance of actual vs. plan to detect risks & opportunities to be tackled in short & middle term.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Supporting to coordinate annual business planning process and create projected financial statements.

• Lead budgeting P/L and its elements including sales, COGS and SG&A for Pierre Marcolini Japan, by collecting relevant data and closely communicating with the related teams.
• Support budgeting subsidiaries’ P/L by reviewing and analyzing the deliverables, and by closely communicating with the counterparts of the entities.
• Support budgeting B/S items such as inventory.
• Track progress of annual budget and update financial forecast in year-to-go monthly.

Business Updates

Supporting preparation for Monthly Business Review meeting

• Support preparing the meeting materials, which includes analysis on sales, P/Ls, and expenses as well as year-to-go forecast.

Standard cost setting

Supporting to maintain profitability of our products through checking and communicating with related functions about the deviations and taking corrective measures.

• Support cross-functional team to launch new product, analyzing profitability of new products.
• Daily set-up and annual review/ update operation in ERP system

Ad hoc analysis and support

Requirements:

• Working experience in Finance at least 5 years
• Strong data analysis and presentation skill (MS Excel, PPT, etc.)
• Strong leadership and good people management or experience
• Business-level English*, and native-level Japanese
  * writing/reading skills are required frequently (email & reporting) and listening/speaking occasionally.
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Able to think logically.
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships across all divisions of the Company.
• Cooperatively aggressive with a high level of energy
• Open to changes and can learn quickly.
• Communicates effectively both inside and outside the organization.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced and results-oriented operating environment.
• University degree required.