Business Partner Analyst

SM Retail Inc.; Pasay; On-site; PHP 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

SM Retail, Inc. Head Office is seeking a Business Partner Analyst to ensure accurate period closure and reporting of financial results, and to support plan, budget, forecast, and performance tracking.

You will generate detailed financial analysis and commentary for decision support, while ensuring compliance with internal controls, tax, and statutory requirements. Interface with Business Unit Heads and external auditors.

Qualifications

• Strong business and financial acumen with ability to interpret data and trends.
• Proven leadership and influencing skills to drive cross-functional decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Proficient in MS Office and analytics tools for reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, budget, and forecast; consolidate plans and generate reports.
• Prepare first drafts of budgeting, forecasting, and strategy packs for leadership.
• Establish and monitor balanced scorecards for business units; analyze performance.

Skills

Finance acumen

Leadership

Communication

MS Office

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or business-related

Job description

Business Partner Analyst

SM Retail, Inc. Head Office

Job Purpose:

Job Purpose:

To ensure accurate period closure and reporting of financial results

To prepare the plan, budget and forecast and track performance

To generate the detailed financial analysis and commentary that underpin decision support

To support compliance to internal controls and policies, tax and other relevant statutory requirements

(Interface) Internal – Business Unit Heads, other SMRI support functions; External – Audit and Accounting Firms

Responsibilities:

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Capture, collect and check data; consolidate the plans, budgets and forecasts and generate report

Prepare first draft of presentation packs for budgeting, forecasting and strategy planning

Business Performance Management and Decision Support

Establish balanced scorecard for the BU, facilitating the breakdown of targets into functional areas

Coordinate and track performance, including working capital management

Provide data on comparatives, internal and external benchmark data, reports and analysis (ensuring comparability) to support business performance management and insights generation

Reporting, Governance & Control

Prepare all management reports, collect KPI data and provide Business Performance reports, including first draft of analysis and commentary

Facilitate communication of and monitor compliance to Finance and Accounting policies and procedures across the BU's

Provide accounting information for purposes of meeting tax compliance obligations and planning/efficiency opportunities

Participate and support the business during audits (tax, internal and financial audits)

Key Qualifications:

Competencies and Skills

Business and finance acumen

Leadership and influencing skills

Communication (oral and written) and presentation skills

Proficiency in MS Office

High degree of multi-tasking and time management capability

Background and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or any business-related course; CPA, CFA, CMA, CIMA an advantage for Senior Managers

With at least 2-5 years working experience in retail or related field