[ALDO] Finance Business Partner

Main Purpose:

• In charge of budgeting and forecasting process, and ensure effective processes to track and course-correct financial targets
• Prepare management reporting and decision support for senior management
• Assist FM in capital management, optimize return on investment
• Cash flow projection and managment, managing different source of funding

Key Accountabilities:

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Organize historical data and provide insights/ baselines for budget owners to build bottom-up budget.
• Identify budget gaps vs top-down KPIs
• Coordinate with budget owners to develop initiatives to close the gaps
• Finalize KPIs and track performance throughout the year
• Monthly rolling forecast to reflect current market conditions

Management Reports

• Monthly management reports
• Weekly performance review

Cashflow and capital management

• Cash flows and balance sheet – key ratios and analysis
• Capital plan – capital requirements; status of bank facilities; dividend plan
• Working capital facility analysis – working capital profile of the business; best way to finance working capital needs; appropriate working capital facility (size, terms, strategy to use)
• Forex exposure and plan to mitigate – quantity exposure; how to address and mitigate
• Investments and ROI – marketing, capex
• EVA (5-Year Plan)

Ad-hoc Analysis

• Ad-hoc project analysis
• M&A if any

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.

Experience:

• 3 -5 year experience, big 4 background is a plus
• Trained at multi-national, ready for broader roles
• Fluent English

Work related skills

• Expertise in finance functions (decision support, financial planning, capital planning)
• Proficient to competitive in accounting and reporting
• Retail experience, branded, omni-channel
• End to end understanding of the business, drawing insights from numbers to add value across key business segment and process

Soft skills:

• Excellence in communication and collaboration
• Presentation and negotiation