Commercial Finance Manager, SEA

nversations between marketing, trade marketing and commercial teams in optimizing trade investments.

• Collaborate with demand planning team to review for market opportunities and mitigating risks in conjunction with every forecast cycle.

• Review inventory depletion performance against shipment forecast with understanding of market share.

• Support annual joint business plan and distributor target setting.

• Instill commercial discipline and upholding compliance standards, proactively reviewing current processes to address control deficiencies.

Month-end Closing

• Reconcile and support market-specific BI accruals

• Monthly journal entry preparation for price support accruals. Ensure timely and accurate recognition of accruals of trade spends.

Reporting & Analysis

• Analyze P&L by market/brand performance and provide insights to assist commercial team on business and financial improvement opportunities.

• Initiate market-specific price builds, pricing reviews and trade terms analysis and ensure reports in place to guide management decisions.

• Provide insightful commentaries and supporting team reporting deliverables (weekly/monthly/quarterly/ad hoc).

Planning & Forecasting

• Drive the development of the annual budget, 3-year strategic plan in line with market and brand priorities.

• Proactive identification or risks and opportunities and engage commercial team in discussions on gap closing initiatives.

• Manage monthly forecast cycle, participation in all demand-related conversations.

Process Improvements

• Make recommendations on simplification of processes including pricing maintenance, month-end reporting, forecasting and business planning.

• Promote financial awareness and understanding within the business.

Others

• Develop and manage 1 direct report.

• Drive project implementations within SEA.

• Support business case for innovation or new business opportunities.

• Build relationships and strengthen ways of working within SEA Finance team.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting.

• 5-7 years of relevant industry experience in a similar capacity.

• Stakeholder engagement and management - demonstrated experience in influencing and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies, building mutually beneficial, profit-focused business relationships.

• Systems/software - experience in using advanced Microsoft Excel (essential), as well as previous exposure to ERP and management reporting/consolidation systems (preferable).

• Experienced in writing succinct and insightful business performance reports, and summarizing business analysis.

• Strong in building financial models and understanding value chains.

• Cross-functional working - proven experience in working proactively across commercial functions to deliver total business performance solutions.

• Fluency in English.

Job Specific Competencies

• Strong commercial skills and high level of business acumen.

• Collaborative team player with ability to work in cross-functional teams.

• High attention to detail; objective focused.

• Tenacious, agile and rigorous.

• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Culturally sensitive attitude and approach.

• Strong time management, able to prioritize a diverse workload and deadlines.

• Good problem-solving skills.

• Able to manage large amounts of data

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