The Regional Corporate Planning Manager, Corporate supports the CFO. He/she is mainly responsible for all processes and teams associated with General Finance, Corporate Finance (Planning, Analysis and Treasury), Tax, Reporting and Accounting of FUJIFILM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Fujifilm’s regional headquarters in the Asia Pacific region (“FFAP”).

Responsibilities:

• Assist the CFO in improving the organisation’s performance (including the performance of the organisation’s subsidiaries in the AP region) in terms of sales revenue, operation profit and excellence in operation process.
• He/she is expected to do so through the monitoring and analysis of a) financial numbers such as cash, sales, profit, CCC, inventory level and SG&A and b) operation process such as internal approval process, internal reporting process and SOPs.
• Assist the CFO in optimizing inventory levels and ensuring that receivables are collected and secured to improve cashflow.
• Communicate with the CFO and Managing Directors of the organisation’s subsidiaries in the AP region in improving such subsidiaries’ performance.
• Functions as a strategic business advisor and analyses both short and long-term investment plans proposed by various divisions and dispenses appropriate advice to the CFO to align finance and business decisions / strategies to grow the organisation and its subsidiaries.
• Leads the strengthening of the Finance/Corporate Planning team of FFAP and its subsidiaries by increasing their awareness on Fujifilm Headquarters’ global directions and implementing those directions in the Asia Pacific (AP) region.
• Leads the strengthening of the finance recording and reporting of the various Fujifilm group’s business in the AP region.
• Directs the strengthening of the internal financial governance structure of the organisation and its subsidiaries through the standardization of processes, seeking out efficiency improvement opportunities and strengthening documentation.
• Possess a firm grasp of economic and business trends and pushes / implement business improvement geared towards efficient cost control, maximizing profits and creating value for the organisation.
• Provides direction and advice to various business units in improving the profitability of loss making or products not contributing to the organisation’s profits.
• Required to learn and understand the organisation’s standard of financial reporting and implements this reporting standard across the organisation and its subsidiaries.
• Works with Global Headquarters and the organisation’s subsidiaries to develop consolidated budget and P&L reports for the AP region.

Requirement:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in financial discipline.
• Possess strong financial knowledge.
• At least 3 years experience in people management.
• At least 5 years of Manufacturing Management experience.
• Possess the experience and ability in analysing various type of business operations, including but not limited to, procurement, manufacturing, storage, logistics, distribution, and internal administrative activities.
• Possess the experience and ability in calculating and analysing various products/services, including but not limited to, consumer products, industrial products and healthcare products.
• Ability to identify issues and problem-solve through analysing financial data and operating process and inputs from relevant units.
• Understands and is familiar with US GAAP (Generally accepted accounting principles).
• Knowledge and experience in process improvement and DX activities
• Excellent people management and communications skills
• Adept in influencing and managing diverse stakeholders across the organisation and its subsidiaries.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of purpose.
• Possess strategic mindset and financial acumen.
• Proficiency in the Japanese language (spoken and written) will be advantageous as the role requires for frequent communication with Japanese speaking stakeholders in Japan and the AP region. Discussions in Japanese will be helpful to faciliate better communication and understanding.

Summary

As the successful candidate, you will manage the Controlling Solutions team, which aims to facilitate financial and operational reporting for a variety of internal stakeholders via BI tools such as Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC). You will prioritise and coordinate the maintenance and development of compelling performance dashboards and ad-hoc reports, working closely with end-users and relevant IT teams. You play a pivotal part in preparing reporting packages and ad-hoc analysis to upper management. You and your team are highly involved in the Budget and Forecast process. You define priorities and objectives for your team in close collaboration with the Business Controlling & Analytics Director and assess performance and development of your team members.

What you'll do

• Manage a team of three Business Controllers who focus on building reporting dashboards and operational reports via OAC. Mentor and coach direct reports and wider Business Controlling & Analytics team
• Be a key custodian of the organisation’s KPI framework and manage the end-to-end flow of report requests enabling end-users across the organisation to make informed decisions with the right tools at the right time
• Work closely with end-users to collect and understand reporting requirements, and with IT teams to prepare data models and deliver compelling reports and dashboards
• Coordinate the preparation of financial figures for month-end reporting and con-tribute to the overall reporting package for upper management
• Contribute extensively to the Budget & Forecast process, notably by coordinating ETLs between the financial systems and reporting deliverables, supporting end users, and working closely with Business Controlling team
• Lead digitalization projects to standardize, simplify and/or automate processes and reporting
• Supervise maintenance of the cost centre structure in financial systems to align with changes in the business and reporting requirements
• Present analysis results to all levels in the organisation and train end users in BI tools
• Be an expert in systems used for reporting and budgeting purposes

What you'll receive

• University degree holder, major in Business, Accounting & Finance, IT, or other related discipline
• In-depth knowledge of Oracle Analytics Cloud or equivalent visualisation tool, SQL, Anaplan
• 5+ years of relevant working experience, managerial and/ or digitalization projects experience highly preferred
• Excellent MS Office skills (Excel Macro and VBA preferred)
• Experience in financial/operational reporting and KPIs
• Affinity to numbers and financial systems with a keen interest in business performance and opportunities for improvement
• Willing to lead and embrace change, proactive, and well organised with a focus on detail and accuracy
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills, fluent English speaking

What you'll receive

We are dedicated to fostering a family-friendly culture and work environment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates with the required skills and experience. We enable fair pay within the company by creating non-discriminatory salary systems. Working at Lidl & Kaufland Asia is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We are accredited as a Fair and Progressive employer by the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP).

Market Leading Remuneration Package:

• Annual wage supplement and discretionary bonus
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance

Supportive Environment:

• Out of Office leave for important appointments
• In-house training courses
• Training sponsorship scheme

Work-life Balance:

• 5-day week
• Competitive Annual Leave (23 days per year)
• Charity, Community and Sporting Events

If you are not invited for an interview within 4 weeks, we regret that your application was not suited to this vacancy.

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