Manager, FP&A - Brand

adidas; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global sportswear company in Petaling Jaya seeks a Finance professional for brand performance analysis and financial insights. Ideal candidates will have at least 7 years of finance experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and advanced Microsoft Office proficiency. This role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance financial reporting and decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of broad-based finance experience with responsibility in leading companies.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with ability to leverage data for insights.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial performance insights and marketing expense analysis.
• Perform ROI analysis on marketing spend for brand investment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for reporting and planning.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Verbal communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office Skills

Experience with SAP

Education

University degree or above

Member of professional accounting body

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

MicroStrategy

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Brand Responsibilities

• Provide Finance Director and Brand team on brand performance and marketing expense (MaEx) (including key franchises) analysis in a practical and timely manner.
• Provide Brand financial performance insights through scenario and sensitivity analysis per category or article level.
• Go-in margin analysis and modelling with close collaboration with MOPs and Demand planning
• Understand category performance through PVM analysis to identify R&O and impact on margins.
• Partner with the Brand Head to deliver MaEx annual plan, budget, and forecast, and drive rigor on accuracy of marketing spend.
• Collaborate with brand team and SEA FP&A on regular MaEx reporting and analysis (E.g. actuals and forecast)
• Support assessment on commercial effectiveness of SWB investments and impact on markdown and margins.
• Perform ROI analysis on marketing spend for Brand investment decision support.
• Develop engaging reporting tools and enhance reporting capabilities on category management.
• Plans and controls the Brand team OOH incl. but not limited to PEX, T&E, etc
• Collaborate with country team and SEA Demand Planning team in terms of alignment between the monthly IBP and RFC process, ensures consensus between Brand and Sales forecasts
• Liaise with NTP and support the brand team with negotiations for marketing spend.
• Support in ad-hoc brand reporting and analysis per business needs.

FP&A Responsibilities

• Shared responsibility of consolidation of regular FP&A reporting (assumption tracker, OOH breakdown, etc) ensuring accuracy and submission in a timely manner.
• Perform analysis on forecast and actuals to provide insights on FP&A reporting deliverables.
• Shared responsibility for preparation of standard Finance slides.
• Responsible for corporate overheads, on the buildup of details including phasing.

Support in developing tier 1 & 2 reports / dashboards for ongoing performance tracking and decision making.

Key Relationships

• Finance Director
• Channel Heads
• Country SLT
• Commercial Team
• eCom Team
• Cross functional teams
• Finance peers in the country, SEA, EM and Global
• GBS

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong commercial and business acumen with prior omnichannel experience.
• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills with capability to leverage data to unlock insights.
• Great written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage stakeholders across Global, Regional, countries and cross functions.
• Has high attention to detail and accuracy while working with strict reporting deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills, good time management skills and ability to multitask and prioritize different requests.
• Solid and sound knowledge of accounting and financial principles.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Skills, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Prior experience with SAP, PowerBI and MicroStrategy is a plus.

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree or above.
• Member of an internationally recognized professional accounting body preferred.
• At least 7 years of broad-based finance experience with progressive responsibility in industry leading companies (Retail/FMCG).

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