ROLE PROFILE
JOB TITLE: Commercial Finance Manager/ Assistant Manager
FUNCTION: Finance
SUB FUNCTION: Commercial Finance Business Partnering
CITY & COUNTRY: Seoul, South Korea
ROLE SUMMARY
What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?
Commercial Finance Manager is, as part of the commercial teams, seen to be a valued business partner, through the provision of proactive, innovative and actionable commercial insights, whilst displaying strong leadership and passion in providing business decision support especially by leading the development of strong commercial awareness.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Responsible for financial delivery of specific assigned business units, including category or commercial P&L
- Ensure development and implementation of an effective information management and sound control environment
- Drive business result through EMF processes by providing relevant commercial and financial insights
- Ensure financial/business aspects involved in marketing decision making process as well as marketing aspects in financial decision-making process
- Ensure rigorous and proactive financial insights are provided to achieve optimal resources allocation based on portfolio alignment, effectiveness of spend and long-term brand equity building, etc.
- Ensure all resources are allocated according to business key priorities and resource availability
- Drive on-going, cross-functional interfaces with key stakeholders across the business
- Ensures innovative ways of working to be adopted such as inventing creative analysis frameworks, automating manual works, eliminating redundant/no-value-added works to increase company’s overall effectiveness and efficiency
- Ensures opportunities identified and fulfilled for the improvement of Marketing and Finance processes, information systems, and procedures in line with business development
- Working with above-market functional teams to ensure best practices are identified and rolled out in end markets, and relevant insights are shared and deployed
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL
Experience Required
- 5-7 years’ experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment
- Experience dealing with external stakeholders
- Broad experience in large global organisation with in-depth knowledge in specific FMCG process areas
Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, i.e. SAP/HFM/BI/BCP
- Strong influencing, leadership and interpersonal skills
- Experience in strategic analysis & planning and execution, performance metrics, project evaluation and commercial acumen
- Ability to simplify complex situations and synthesise, communicate, and present complex information
- Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, pro-active, collaborative, and consultative
Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required
- A degree educated with professional qualification (CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA/MBA)
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