About the Company
You are a finance professional responsible for managing the accuracy and timeliness of Sales Reporting, management of Marketing Costs, Inventories and Waste for Lotus's stores, partnering with Commercial Director, Trading Directors and have a wide range of responsibilities which include:
About the Role
You will
- Lead the sales reporting function for all our stores, with strong stakeholder engagement with Commercial Director, Trading Directors and Buying Managers, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all deliverables
- Manage and optimize Marketing Costs, Inventories and Waste and ensuring that we meet these KPIs as per our Budget
- Ensuring compliance with Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act
- Spearhead improvements/changes in reporting using Power BI as the platform, including management of BIC reporting to Thailand
- Support Financial Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting. Develop annual Budget, create and maintain monthly rolling forecasts to project future financial performance. Analyze variances between actual results and budget/forecast, identifying key drivers and trends
- Evaluate promotions ROI and effectiveness
- Supporting Commercial Team with significant decision to be made ensuring end to end financial analysis
- Supervise Business Analysts and providing mentoring, coaching and development
- Perform month end closing on matters relating to Sales, Marketing Costs and Waste
- Ensure internal controls and corporate governance principles are adhered to
- Participate in adhoc business cases and projects
Qualifications
- Minimum Degree in Accounting / Finance, preferably with accounting professional qualification (MIA/MICPA/ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA)
- At least 5+ years experience in Commercial Finance/ related areas
Required Skills
- Intermediate/ advanced knowledge in SQL, Power BI and Power Query is preferred
- Possess strong planning, organizing, communication and influencing skills
- Serious commitment to responsibilities with the ability to work under pressure
- Good communication, report writing, mentoring skills and strong analytical skills
- Computer literate with advanced excel skills
- Self-motivated, good team leader and good team player
- Experienced in leading a team of people would be an added advantage
- FMCG /MNC/ Retail experience would be an added advantage
