Retail FP&A Strategist: Forecasting, Planning & Insight

CHARLES & KEITH GROUP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CHARLES & KEITH GROUP in Singapore is seeking a finance-minded merchandising planner to drive revenue forecasting and long-range planning. You will link targets to merchandising plans, inventory, launches, and category strategies to enable accurate budgeting and informed decisions.

The role requires building monthly/quarterly forecasts, translating stock-to-sales data into sales outcomes, and performing variance analysis to support proactive business actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Merchandising, Retail Management, or related field.
• 2–3 years’ experience in merchandising planning, demand planning, or commercial planning within retail.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; Power BI or planning tools is an advantage.
• Ability to turn data into clear insights, recommendations, and stakeholder-ready storytelling.
• Confident partnering with merchandising, commercial, operations, and finance stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to balance commercial judgement with financial discipline.

Responsibilities

• Sales Budgeting: support budget and long-range sales planning by linking revenue targets to merchandising plans, inventory availability, product launches, and category strategies.
• Rolling Forecasts: build monthly or quarterly forecasts using key retail and merchandising drivers, including traffic, conversion, ATV, sell-through, stock cover, replenishment timing, and launch phasing.
• Driver-Based Modelling: translate inventory cover, sell-through, replenishment, markdown, and seasonal assumptions into sales outcomes.
• Actual vs. Plan Tracking: perform weekly and monthly variance analysis on retail sales against forecast and budget.
• Channel & Category Analytics: analyse sales performance by store, category, assortment mix, and region to identify growth opportunities, stock constraints, and sales risks.
• Promotional & Markdown ROI: assess campaign, markdown, loyalty, and clearance performance, including impact on sell-through, stock liquidation, sales uplift, and margin.
• Business Partnering: partner with commercial, merchandising, operations, and marketing teams to align pricing, assortment, stock-to-sales goals, and revenue forecasts.

Skills

Revenue forecasting

Merchandising planning

Stock-to-sales translation

Retail analytics

Variance analysis

Commercial storytelling

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Merchandising, Retail Management, or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

CHARLES & KEITH GROUP in Singapore is seeking a finance-minded merchandising planner to drive revenue forecasting and long-range planning. You will link targets to merchandising plans, inventory, launches, and category strategies to enable accurate budgeting and informed decisions.

The role requires building monthly/quarterly forecasts, translating stock-to-sales data into sales outcomes, and performing variance analysis to support proactive business actions.