Founded in 1872, Shiseido is a global beauty company that operates in approximately 120 countries and regions around the world, driven by our corporate mission, BEAUTY INNOVATONS FOR A BETTER WORLD.
Based in Singapore, Shiseido Travel Retail was established as the regional headquarters for Shiseido's global duty-free business, which includes operations in airports, downtown stores, border shops, airlines, and ferries, and specializes in accelerating the growth of Shiseido's brands to travellers. Our portfolio includes skincare brands SHISEIDO, Cl de Peau Beaut, IPSA, ANESSA, THE GINZA, Drunk Elephant, ELIXIR,; makeup brand NARS; as well as fragrance brands Narciso Rodriguez and ISSEY MIYAKE PARFUMS.
MAIN PURPOSE
As part of the Shiseido Travel Retail (STR) team, the Financial Planning & Analysis Assistant Manager supports FP&A activities and management consolidation. The role is responsible for delivering key reporting cadences, including Actuals consolidation and Fragrance Brand Holder reporting, and supports the budgetting planning process as business partner to Operations and Corporate Function stakeholders. He/She serves as business expert for FOCUS BPC system, acting as the primary contact for market users and a liaison between the FOCUS team and business stakeholders. The role requires collaboration with Japan HQ, and Regional Finance teams across Asia, Japan, Europe, and the Americas.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Expert for FOCUS BPC
- Business expert for FOCUS BPC system, responsible for assessing impact of change request from HQ/other regions to ensure alignment with TR business needs.
- Collaborate with FOCUS team to resolve system issues and conduct regression testing to ensure system stability.
- Guide markets on BPC system usage to strengthen user proficiency and support future implementation of a unified financial data consolidation across China-TR zone within system.
- Support implementation of BI reporting tools to facilitate timely and seamless data sharing.
Business Partnering / Actual Consolidation + Reporting
- Responsible for Travel Retail Asia Pacific (TRA) budget planning to prepare bottoms-up budget for SGA lines, and prepare quarterly reviews of Personnel/SGA lines to provide meaningful analysis.
- Support as key business partners to TRA Operations and Corporate Function stakeholders (HR, Legal, Corporate Communications, Strategy) share data and review budgets.
- Prepare monthly Actual vs Budget reports for budget owners to track performance and guide them in understanding their Actuals performance.
- Manage STR Actuals consolidation and reporting process, inclusive of Consumer Purchase reporting, and key contact point for STR Market Finance to ensure timely and accurate submission to HQ system
Fragrance Brand Holder Reporting
- Key support to Fragrance Brand Holder team, managing the consolidation and reporting deliverables, and responsible for addressing queries from Brand Holders.
Other Reporting Cadences
- Responsible for Global KPI monitoring; aligning tracking definition across markets
- Prepare reporting cadences for investor relations, townhall, and RHQ expenses
- Support preparation of MPM and agile forecast and provide meaningful commentaries
- Support in preparation and collation of T&E
- Contribute to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of workflow processes.
- Support in any other ad-hoc queries including analysing data to support business needs and present results in concise visualization format.
REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in Accountancy or equivalent
- Minimum of 5-8 years of work experience, including Big 4 audit background and commercial experience within multinational environment preferred
- Expert knowledge of SAP BPC will be advantageous
- Comfortable in navigating through systems, large data sets processing and strong excel skills
- Good understanding of accounting concepts and key P&L performance indicators
- Flexible in approach, able to deliver based on changing business needs effectively and efficiently.
- Strong team player with good communication skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently and efficiently.
- Organized, meticulous, with attention to details
