Job Mission:
To support the House’s growth and long-term performance, the Business Finance Manager acts as a strategic finance co-pilot at market level, combining forward-looking analytics, business insight, and strong governance.
The role goes beyond consolidating performance to shape the market financial narrative, connect insights across divisions and functions, and contribute to informed, data-driven decision making. Leveraging digital tools, automation, and AI, the role ensures efficient, scalable, and high-quality financial processes, enabling a focus on value creation rather than manual reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
Market FP&A & Performance Steering
Lead consolidation of market financials across divisions and corporate functions (budget, forecasts, strategic plans)
Own the market performance narrative, integrating financial and business insights into coherent analysis
Deliver forward-looking analysis, scenarios, and risk/opportunity assessments to support decision making
Drive monthly performance cadence, variance analysis, and alignment across stakeholders
Ensure consistency, quality, and relevance of KPIs, reporting frameworks, and planning assumptions
Finance Business Partner – Corporate Functions
Act as finance partner to corporate functions (TDS, P&O, Supply Chain, Communications, Legal & Regulatory)
Provide financial insight, guidance, and recommendations on costs, structure, and efficiency
Support decision making through business cases, scenario analysis, and performance tracking
Ensure alignment between functional strategies and overall market financial objectives
Planning, Governance & Process Excellence
Lead and continuously improve planning processes (Budget, Forecast, LE, MTP) with focus on speed, accuracy, and simplicity
Strengthen governance through robust frameworks, assumptions, and cross-functional alignment
Ensure harmonization across divisions, functions, and regional expectations
Digital, Systems & Transformation
Drive adoption of finance systems, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to reduce manual work and enhance insight generation
Act as a finance systems and data champion, leveraging tools to improve efficiency and scalability
Lead or contribute to finance and business transformation initiatives
Projects & Strategic Initiatives
Lead or support cross-functional business and finance projects at market level
Build robust business cases with scenario modeling and post-investment reviews
Contribute to shaping business models, operational frameworks, and governance
Role Specifications:
Academic / Professional Qualifications
University degree in Business Administration with major in Finance, Accounting, Management Systems, or Economics, or Quantitative Finance
Thorough knowledge of accounting / financial concepts and principles
Work Experience
Minimum 8-10 years working experience, inclusive of 3-5 years of managerial experience
Solid experience in the FMCG, retail industry, manufacturing, or Fragrance & Beauty / Fashion / Watches & Fine Jewelry industry
Some experience of doing business in multinational / APAC environment would be ideal
Required Competencies
Strategic co-pilot mindset
Strong business acumen and financial storytelling
Planning & performance management expertise
Digital, systems, automation, and AI proficiency
Governance & control mindset
Curiosity, agility, and continuous improvement mindset
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Strong Excel skills required
Comfortable aggregating and manipulating large data sets from multiple systems to derive insightful analysis and create financial models
Entrepreneur, motivated and driven – mentality is one of creative “solution provider” and not “problem giver”
Ability to see both the big picture and the details
Personality types that thrive on new ideas and creative thinking, rather than just number crunching