Regional Retailer Auditor

LVMH; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious luxury goods company in Singapore is seeking an experienced professional to conduct retail audits and monitor compliance across Southeast Asia. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and a willingness to travel. The role involves engaging with stakeholders and providing support to ensure adherence to internal control standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in financial or business roles.
• Willingness to travel 30% of the time in the Southeast Asia Region.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct retail audits across Southeast Asia.
• Monitor and summarize implementation of audit action plans.
• Analyze high-risk transactions using data analytics.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

Responsibilities are mainly to conduct retail audits for fragrances and cosmetics brands across Southeast Asia, perform bi-monthly audit follow-ups, monitor sensitive transactions, and provide support to stakeholders.

• a. Conduct retail audits
  • • Conduct audits of retail points of sale (POS) across Southeast Asia to ensure compliance with SOP, retail guidelines, and alignment with LVMH control requirements.
  • • Identify main control gaps, formulate recommendations, and work with management to devise action plans to effectively address the gaps identified.
  • • Effectively communicate the results of the audits to local and regional Management through presentation and a comprehensive retail audit report.
• b. Perform follow up on retail audit action plans committed by auditees
  • • Continuously monitor the implementation of follow-up action plans and summarise the status in quarterly reports.
  • • Assist relevant stakeholders to tackle roadblocks to effectively implement the action plans.
• c. Perform analysis and continuous monitoring of high-risk/sensitive transactions
  • • Assist Management to monitor abnormal transactions to decrease noncompliance in sales activities and inventory management through data analytics (Power BI) tool.
  • • Identify main control gaps, formulate pragmatic, practical solutions, and recommendations.
• d. Provide support to stakeholders
  • • Review and improve boutiques SOP, ensuring consistency with Internal Control standards and LVMH retail guidelines, identify and propose modifications or updates, if needed.
  • • Conduct training, if necessary, to support new store openings or to strengthen internal control awareness of store staff/back-office support functions.
  • • Perform customised testing of potential risk areas and identify issues. Monitor and provide advice to Management to minimize risks.
  • • Provide required support to the Regional Internal Control functions, as needed.

Qualifications

PROFILE

• • Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in financial or business roles with focus on internal control, process reviews/improvement (e.g., external/internal audit or internal control positions). Experience with Enterprise Risk Management would be an added advantage.
• • Willing to travel 30% of working time in the Southeast Asia Region.
• • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to deal with all levels in the organization.
• • Prior experience in retail industry is a plus.
• • System oriented. Knowledge in ERP systems (SAP) and POS systems would be a plus.
• • Good knowledge of current accounting and financial practices will be a plus.

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