Financial Planning & Analysis (Logistics FP&A)

Decathlon Malaysia; Gelang Patah; On-site; MYR 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports retail company in Malaysia is seeking a candidate for a logistics finance role. The successful candidate will manage logistics performance reporting, analyze financial data, and support the budgeting process. Responsibilities include implementing KPIs, ensuring reliability of forecasts, and collaborating with various teams for strategic planning. Candidates must be self-starters, capable of working independently and solving complex problems, while liaising with stakeholders at different levels.

Qualifications

• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to solve complex problems and take new perspectives.
• Experience in interacting with various teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Report and animate consolidated performance of Logistics.
• Write and follow financial and CO2 trajectories.
• Help ensure reliability of forecasts with the logistics team.
• Create operational KPIs for logistics performance.
• Implement KPI reporting to understand cost equations.
• Prepare budgeting processes and evaluate current performance.
• Support month-end closing and timely report submissions.
• Analyze financial numbers for decision-making.
• Provide reports for optimization.
• Conduct margin analysis and coordinate with logistics finance leaders.
• Analyze profitability of activities and propose action plans.
• Assist in building business plans.
• Analyze plans for future logistic investments.

Job description

At Decathlon, we live our common purpose daily: “Bring peopletogether through sport to make wellbeing accessiblefor all”. We share a strong and unique company culture, reinforced by our 4 (four) values: Vitality, Responsibility, Generosity, and Authenticity.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The candidate must be self-started, know how to work independently, receive minimal guidance, solve complex problems, and take a new perspective using existing solutions. You may have to interact with Country, Regional, Global teams, and external stakeholders for the role.

Responsibilities:

1. You will report and animate the consolidated performance of the Booster Logistics ( Business to Business/B2B & E-Commerce/B2C)
2. You will write and follow the deployment of the financial and CO2 trajectories by activity for the Booster. You will alert the Zone CVO and the Warehouse Director in case of deviation
3. Help the logistics team to ensure the reliability of forecasts (Activity, expenses, Investment planning)
4. Together with logistics management team, create list of operational KPIs to keep track of logistics performance
5. You will implement KPI reporting, KPI trees or waterfall to understand the cost equation (productivity/m2 use/hourly costs) and understand the PL equation (quantity impact, pricing impact, product mix impact, channel mix impact)
6. Preparation of 12-months rolling piloting and 5 year trajectory planned in order to facilitate the budgeting process and evaluate current performance.
7. Support month-end closing and ensure reports are submitted within the stipulated timeline
8. Support on the analysis of all financial numbers to facilitate decision-making process
9. You will be responsible to provide clear reports to challenge and optimise
10. Margin analysis and breakdown : current methodology, deviation from standard processes per type of costs - coordination with Zone & Global Logistics finance leaders
11. Profitability analysis of each activity , understand the main root causes of financial performance issues and propose relevant action plan
12. You help the BU leader to build a business plan of his strategy standard processes per type of costs
13. You will analyze the business plan for future logistic investments in the Booster

Legal entities Responsibilities:

1. Support in initiate tax planning, support in periodic tax filings
2. Liaising with auditors for year-end financial audit.
3. Support in preparation of financial statement and tax computation
4. Transfer pricing compliance