BUSINESS PLANNING AND CONTROL ASSISTANT (M/W)

Job description

Assist the VP of Finance in analyzing business performance, provide support to the local top management in the decision making process and ensure adequate budgeting and control over expenses.
Main responsibilities
Controlling & Reporting
- Validate and analyze sales, gross margin, and Advertising &Promotion expenses, and provide variance analysis;
- Analyze the sales discount & returns and provide alerts to Business Units managers to maintain/improve the gross margin;
- Review and validate the sales & inventory provisions (return provision, inventory provision)
- Ensure the delivery of daily sales reports
Performance Analysis
- Develop business follow up and enhance performance analysis in some different angles ( by channel, by geographic area etc.) including the following topics: Volumes, Prices, Margins, Advertising & Promotion expenses;
- Assist in reviewing and developing the procurement process (bidding, consolidation of vendors etc.) especially on Advertising and Promotion expenses.
Planning & Forecasting Coordination
- Develop and lead the planning process (budgets, best estimates, revised forecasts, landing) : Sales, Gross Margin, Inventory & Purchase as well as A&P expenses
Internal Control
- Assist in setting Internal Control processes within sphere of responsibility;
- Assist in planning and monitoring yearly stock take.
Profile
Education: Master / MBA graduate in Business/Finance or related discipline
Language: proficiency in both written and spoken English
Professional experience & expertise
- Previous operational experience in a multinational company, in Finance & Controlling is a plus.
- Overseas work experience is a plus.
- Strong interest for the Fashion Industry.
Technical skills:
- Ability to complex analysis, communicate results and forecast outcomes
- Knowledge in accounting principles and standards (IFRS)
- Outstanding Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Good knowledge of Corporate “Standard” for business presentations
Personal & interpersonal skills :
- Good interpersonal skills
- High level of intellectual honesty
- High level of attention to detail and quality control
- Commercial “common sense” rather than text book approach
- Strong work ethic, flexibility and “can do” & solution minded approach
- Ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously, “Sense of urgency”
- Highly motivated
- Self-starter
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- Office located in New York (Midtown)
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