Assistant Manager - Operations Finance

Li & Fung (Trading) Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with 13th month salary

Discretionary bonus

Health, dental, life and personal accident insurances

Paid days off

Festival early leave

Volunteer leave

Sample sales and staff discount offer

Job summary

Li & Fung (Trading) Limited is seeking an Assistant Manager – Operations Finance in Hong Kong. This role involves managing sales and margin reporting, conducting variance analysis, and supporting internal and customer business reviews.

The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in business analytics or finance and advanced proficiency in Excel. You will also need strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with a US-based team.

Benefits include a competitive salary, health insurance, paid days off, and more.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in business analytics, commercial finance, operations finance or operations analytics.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; proficiency in Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau (preferred), SQL (preferred), Python (nice-to-have).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and follow-up skills.

Responsibilities

• Own forward-looking sales and margin reporting.
• Track customer claims and chargebacks.
• Analyze freight, duty, drayage and inventory costs.
• Perform detailed OPEX analysis.
• Support internal and customer quarterly business reviews.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve data transparency.

Skills

Business analytics

Operations finance

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Role Overview

Assistant Manager – Operations Finance

Responsibilities

• Own forward‑looking sales and margin reporting, perform expected‑vs‑actual margin and cost variance analysis to identify profitability leakages across customers, products and operations.
• Track customer claims and chargebacks, perform root‑cause analysis, and support resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyze freight, duty, drayage and inventory costs, identify anomalies and provide actionable insights to operations and finance teams.
• Perform detailed OPEX analysis covering cost drivers, variances and trends to support decision‑making and performance management.
• Support internal and customer quarterly business reviews by coordinating data inputs, preparing data packs, trend analyses and ad‑hoc deep dives for business leaders.
• Identify opportunities to automate, standardize and improve data transparency across recurring reporting and analysis.

Qualifications

• 5‑8 years of experience in business analytics, commercial finance, operations finance or operations analytics.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; proficiency in Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau (preferred), SQL (preferred), Python (nice‑to‑have).
• Willingness to work directly in source systems, not only dashboards.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and follow‑up skills, with the ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Experience supporting commercial, supply chain or operations teams in a business‑facing finance role (preferred).
• Willing to work with a US‑based team and join 4‑5 hours of meetings per week with the US team, which may require working late‑night hours (Hong Kong time).

Benefits

• Competitive salary with 13th month salary plus discretionary bonus.
• Health, dental, life and personal accident insurances.
• Paid days off, festival early leave and volunteer leave.
• Sample sales and staff discount offer.

Equal Opportunity Employment

As an equal opportunity employer, we shall consider all applicants regardless of gender, age, religion, marital status, race, sexual orientation, disability, disease, pregnancy, or trade union and/or political affiliation, and disregard all factors deemed inappropriate by local law and the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.