Head of Finance

AS Watson Retail (HK) Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MTR nearby location

Lunchtime shuttle bus to Shatin

Medical and life insurance (including/

Gym in office

Onsite clinic and lactation room

Job summary

AS Watson Retail (HK) Limited seeks a Head of Finance to lead a complex retail finance function across both O2O platforms. You will partner with senior leadership to drive strategy, governance, and transformation initiatives that deliver sustainable growth and value creation.

You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and capital allocation, ensuring strong financial governance in a fast-paced environment while building a high-performing team and embedding analytics and automation.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership with experience in large, complex retail or FMCG businesses.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership to drive strategic decisions.
• Strong governance, risk management and regulatory knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic finance partner to senior leadership, providing insight-driven recommendations.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
• Drive performance through analysis of sales, margins, and cashflow.
• Govern investments, capital allocation, and major transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate across Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and IT teams.
• Optimize working capital and liquidity; strengthen financial governance.

Skills

Strategic finance partner

Budgeting & forecasting

Cashflow optimization

Investment evaluation

Stakeholder management

Leadership & team development

Job description

• Influence key business decisions as a trusted finance leader
• Drive retail transformation and long-term value creation
• Lead, mentor, and elevate a future-ready finance function

Come and join a Winning Team

Be Remarkable. Be Yourself!

Why Should You Join Us?

At AS Watson, we believe in our people, in teamwork and the importance of your personal growth.If you are looking for the opportunity to join our award-winning international family with over 17,000 stores across 31 markets in Asia and Europe, the ASW family welcomes you…

You can enjoy:

• Convenient office location, less than 5 min. walk from MTR

• Free round-trip lunchtime shuttle bus services to Shatin

• Comprehensive Medical and Life insurance coverage, including your spouse and children

• Well-equipped Gym inside our office building

• Onsite Clinic and Lactation Room
  

Why This Role Matters:

As Head of Finance, you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping the financial performance and long-term success of a complex retail business. Partnering closely with senior leadership, you will drive strategic decisions, governance, and transformation initiatives across the organization. At the heart of this role is delivering sustainable growth while putting a smile on customers’ faces—ensuring our financial strategies enable a seamless O+O (Offline + Online) retail experience, operational excellence, and value creation.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Act as a strategic finance partner to senior leadership, providing insight-driven recommendations to support business decisions.

• Lead financial planning processes including budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategy using a data-driven approach.

• Drive business performance through analysis of sales, margins, profitability, and cashflow

• Evaluate and govern investments, capital allocation, and transformation initiatives (e.g. digital, store lifecycle)Ensure strong financial governance, risk management, and compliance with Group standards.

• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and IT teams, reinforcing collaboration as a way of working.

• Optimize cashflow and working capital to enhance liquidity and business resilience.

• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team, embedding analytics, automation, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial insights into actionable business strategies

• Proven experience acting as a strategic business partner in a complex, fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated ability to drive transformation and improve business performance.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior leadership and Group functions.

• High level of analytical rigor with a practical, results-oriented mindset.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

• Strong leadership capability with experience building and developing high-performing teams.

• Expertise in financial planning, performance management, and investment evaluation.

• Solid understanding of financial governance, controls, and regulatory requirements.

• Experience in retail, FMCG, or similar high-volume business environments.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage across diverse stakeholders.

How You Will Make An Impact:

• Drive profitable growth by embedding a customer-focused mindset into financial decision-making.

• Enable business transformation through data-led insights and digital adoption.

• Strengthen financial discipline while accelerating agility in a fast-evolving O+O retail model.

• Foster cross-functional collaboration to unlock performance improvements and innovation.

• Enhance cash generation and capital efficiency to support long-term value creation.

• Build a future-ready finance team that leverages analytics and automation to influence business outcomes.

What is holding you back?

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We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence and be used only for consideration of your application for relevant/ similar posts within the AS Watson Group.