Assistant Business Planning Manager

• Responsible for budget preparation and presentation, monitoring business performance against budget, communicating variances, drivers and results, highlighted risks and upside opportunities to support delivery of business target.
• Closely partner brand teams by providing professional FP&A service, acting as an interface between the brand and cross functional departments to ensure smooth execution of topline and bottom-line target.
• Support the brand in continuously optimizing its cost structure to drive profitability.
• Provide holistic financial insights and support brand's strategy and agile decision-making.

• Actively work with multiple functions to build brand budget, including full year forecast, mid-year/year-end landing and 3YP.
• Weekly sales performance tracking, to call out sales risks or opportunities and follow the action plans.
• Responsible for monthly closing, monitoring sales, opex and capex tracking and variance analysis. Key focus would be Sales and COGS by commercial line/Channel, inventory status, selling expense and A&P investment.
• Provide financial support for counter simulation including opening, renovation, relocation, or closure, as well as financial inputs.
• Channel and counter profitability study, to uncover opportunities for cost optimization.
• Support ad-hoc reporting requests with agility, maintaining high quality under tight deadlines.

• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, to improve work efficiency and ensure all financial reports clear and focused.
• Strengthen internal controls by fully applying company policies, proactively prevent procedural gaps before they arise based on fully understanding the daily operation.

• Timeliness and accuracy of budget submission.
• Enable early warning of financial risks to avoid budget overruns.
• Stakeholder satisfaction through mail feedback or survey.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of FP&A in FMCG, beauty and retail industry preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in multiple priorities with strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Proactively identifies risks early, takes initiative, and drives continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal in English.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI (PBI) skills are a strong plus.
• Prior experience with SAP, AX, Anaplan is preferred; openness to learning and piloting new digital finance tools is essential.

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