Senior Business Analyst (FP&A)

Summary of Position:

• To perform detailed financial analysis including financial modelling, KPI setting and
  monitoring, benchmarking and profitability analysis.
• Diligently monitoring business unit issues and impact to its Profit & Loss.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Conduct in-depth review of financial performance by performing profit and loss
  variance analysis against budget and prior year, trend analysis, and provide
  quality insights and commentaries.
• Liaise and collaborate with the accounting team to reconcile, analyse, and
  ensure accuracy of overall monthly management report.
• Ensure monthly management reports are correctly and timely prepared and
  published to brands/countries.
• Prepare and assist in reviewing and consolidate, brands/countries budgets
  submissions, with necessary justifications.
• Assist other members of the team in preparing ad-hoc store benchmarking
  reports, occupancy report, financial data analysis, presentations for the
  management and all finance matters.
• Maintain FP&A system on updating master data and assisting in maintenance
  issue and improvements.

Flash Reporting
• Responsible on preparation of report on 1st week of the month.
• Compile and consolidate Sales, Discount and COGS as well as Payroll.
• Assists Manager to ensure the Group report is accurate, reliable and timelines are
met.

Management Reporting
• Responsible and to assists on the preparation of monthly report to business units and
cost centres.
• Responsible to ensure any substantial deviations from the business PnL are instantly
reported.
• Responsible to ensure various analytical functions and journals are performed to
provide support for the business performance.
• Assists Manager to ensure the Brand, Country and Group reports are accurate,
reliable and timelines are met.

Forecast Reporting
• Assists to ensure Forecast financials are accurate and timelines are met.
Budgeting
• Responsible and to assists on the preparation of yearly budget of business units.
• Responsible in reviewing and consolidate budgets with business leaders and their
support team.
• Assists on the consolidation and finalisation of the Group budget making sure that
timelines are met.

Candidate Requirements:

• Minimum a Diploma/Degree in Finance and Accounting or relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in luxury goods or a comparable retail environment.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Pleasant Personality
• Excellent communicator
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
• Fluent English both in written and spoken. Knowledge of other language is added advantage.