Regional Senior Commercial Manager

Regional Senior Commercial Manager

SUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE As we are establishing a strong organization to expand our business in SEA, we require a Regional Senior Commercial Manager to proactively participate in this activity.

This position is responsible for

• Supervising and making appropriate decisions and direction regarding all the Back Office Functions; FP&A, HRGA, Legal, and IT.
• The strategic planning, implementation, managing and running of all the finance activities of a company, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk and governance as well as negotiations.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Back-Office Team Management.
• Supervising and making appropriate decisions and direction regarding all the Back Office Functions; FP&A, HRGA, Legal, and IT.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the subordinates, ensuring that they are aligned with the Company's goals and values.
• FP&A Management & Operations
• Prepare and manage the annual budget, including sales revenue, returns, inventory, COGS, expenses, P&L, and other key financial metrics.
• Manage business performance tasks, including progress management, data analysis, proposals, reporting on sales revenue, returns, inventory, COGS, expenses, P&L, and other key metrics.
• Perform monthly tracking and analysis of the in-house Company's budget and actual results (analyzing sales by product, customer, and geography).
• Optimize the use of financial and business information, develop and prepare local management reports to support the business in decision making.
• Lead the monthly closing process for the company in collaboration with the accounting team, providing support for financial analysis and reporting.
• Generate monthly business review package and manage the company's HQ finance expectations through deliverables.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly P&L, profit contributions and various reports, identifying deviations from the budget.
• Collaborate with relevant business managers to discuss and monitor action plans aimed at addressing negative deviations.
• Serve as the local planning coordinator, responsible for managing the local internal planning calendar, including budgets, forecasts, and the mid-term financial plan.
• Support the business during the planning process by providing tool assistance, reviewing, and questioning planning results.
• Maintain frequent communication with business functions to drive strategy forward and achieve planned targets.
• Conduct periodic forecasting and perform concrete gap analysis against actual results to meet the finalized bottom line.
• Manage the inventory and order figures from a financial perspective based on business performance.
• Draw up the P&L of both new store opening and store closure by collaborating with stakeholders.
• Cope with internal audit tasks.
• Provide support for the in-house company's transactions with client.
• Perform risk management and internal/external and accounting audits as a legal entity.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in FP&A and 3 years of experience in team management.
• Experience in managing back-office functions is a plus.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to take a hands-on approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees at all.
• levels of the organization, as well as with external stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Able to adapt to environmental changes and varying needs with flexibility.
• Proficiency in English (both verbal and written).
• Proficiency in Japanese at a business level is a plus.
• Experience working in a Japanese company is a plus.
• Experience in retail industries, particularly in fashion (apparel/footwear) or cosmetics, is preferred.