Description

Planning & Reporting: 1. Responsible for month end closing, annual budget and quarterly forecasts, including but not limited to data collection, worksheet preparation, data evaluation, and result upload to BPC. 2. Provide analysis and advice to budget owners on forecasting the business. 3. Continue to improve process and accuracy for budget and forecast. 4. Responsible for regularly tracking business data, generating periodical management / analysis reports for business, and performing detailed reviews or assessments on business performance. 5. Leverage BI tools to lead or assist projects / enhancements of abovementioned scopes. Controlling & Analysis: 1. Prepare variance analysis compared with prior year actuals or prior forecasting, in order to inform business dynamics in a timely and forward-looking manner. 2. Report key financial performance metrics, promptly foresee and inform on any potential/unexpected issue impacting the financial performance of the organization. 3. Review investment requests from commercial team, and feedback with financial insights to support decision making. 4. Take responsibility of regular analysis reports. For example, monthly marketing report, investment report, departmental expense reports, by market P&L etc. 5. Leverage BI tools to lead or assist projects / enhancements of abovementioned scopes. Others: 1. Ensure timely and accurate master data maintenance. 2. Perform business analysis for ad hoc business initiatives per management instruction. 4. Job Experience & Requirements Education Bachelor's degree or above with a major in Accounting, Finance, or Economics Experience 8 years or above relevant experience in similar role at a multinational company Experience in retail industry is preferred Proficiency in MS-Power BI is preferred; experience in using other BI discovery tool such as Tableau and Anaplan will be an advantage Experience in SAP / BPC highly appreciated Mobility/Travel Based in Shanghai with limited travel requirement