Retail Finance Manager

Brief Summary:

• Lead strategic financial planning, forecasting and performance management across Singapore and Malaysia. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to convert commercial insights into sustainable growth, improved margins and informed business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop sales, discount and margin plans to support annual operating plans, long-range planning, quarterly outlooks and monthly forecasts. Build financial models and scenarios for growth initiatives, clearly outlining assumptions, trade-offs, risks and expected returns. Monitor performance against plan, forecast and prior-year results, identifying key variances, drivers and corrective actions. Evaluate pricing changes and promotional activity, assessing their impact on sales, gross margin and funnel performance. Maintain an integrated view of risks and opportunities, updating plans as market conditions change and coordinating agreed actions and owners. Partner with retail, merchandising, marketing, digital and operations teams to support commercially sound decisions and profitable growth. Provide topline performance analysis and visibility of drivers, risks and recommended actions to the food and beverage team. Collaborate with merchandising and other functions to align assumptions, define analytical scope and translate findings into practical recommendations. Track approved initiatives against their business cases and identify changes required to assumptions, execution or expected outcomes. Apply sound financial judgement, validate data sources and maintain accountability for the accuracy and rationale of analysis and recommendations. Use analytics, automation and artificial intelligence tools where they improve the speed, quality or consistency of planning, reporting and performance tracking. Improve processes while adhering to confidentiality, data governance and responsible technology-use requirements. Prepare clear, executive-ready presentations that connect financial results with business context, risks, opportunities and required actions. Communicate recommendations confidently to senior stakeholders and constructively guide discussions towards decisions and execution. Travel periodically within Singapore and Malaysia to understand operational conditions, customer behaviour and local opportunities, incorporating relevant insights into plans and analysis. Lead through influence by creating alignment across cross-functional teams. Leverage analytical support from the wider financial planning and analysis function while retaining ownership of sales planning and performance management. Strengthen forward-looking financial planning by combining finance expertise, commercial understanding and effective working methods.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related discipline. At least seven years of progressive experience in retail finance, financial planning and analysis, or business finance. Experience in sales, discount and margin planning, forecasting, performance analysis and business-case development. Experience in retail, consumer products or omnichannel operations. Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint capabilities, including financial modelling and presentation development. Experience with SAP, Hyperion, MicroStrategy, Power BI or comparable financial and business intelligence tools. Ability to use modern analytical, productivity and artificial intelligence tools to improve finance processes and decision support. Strong commercial judgement and the ability to connect operational drivers with financial outcomes. Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and adapt effectively to changing business conditions. Demonstrated initiative in challenging established processes and developing more effective ways of working. Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence decisions and drive action across functions. Ability to collaborate with regional and global stakeholders and travel periodically within Singapore and Malaysia.