Finance Director, Commercial & Marketing

Shanghai - China

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Marketing business partner

Lead team and partner with marketing teams to plan control and optimize A&P expenses.
In close liaison with marketing teams key responsibilities are:
- Support brand performance review
- Study new product launch opportunities
- Review and evaluate marketing activities
- Prepare business cases in line with company growth strategy
- Monitor marketing spending (budget allocation spending review)

In cooperation with Pricing team evaluate products value chain and stakeholders profitability to support marketing in recommending RSP PP LPP.

Commercial business partner

Lead HQ & Region commercial business analysis teams to follow branch/BU profitability.
- Plan and Control of trade expenses by contract/channel/division
- Support commercial negotiations with recommendations on contract structure discount depth volume targets in order to optimize profitability fairness vs. benchmark and minimize GMA risks
- Analyze with sales teams actual performance of intake/offtake and thus support Wholesale management team in Sell-in/sell-out control
Lead the regional finance teams across China to monitor the company performance locally and ensure the local implementation of companys strategic decisions
As leading finance contact person participate in the evaluation of growth opportunity studies like new customer new route-to-market initiatives wholesaler delayering innovation projects
Lead Promotional evaluation project:
- Design and adapt ways of working
- Implement in all channels
- Improve transparency and planning of promotional costs and volume effects
Monitor implementation of Activation evaluation methodology
- Ensure each activation has measurable KPIs
- Challenge marketing and trade marketing evaluations
- Participate in future activations recommendations depending on purpose and efficiency
Lead and monitor the implementation of nationwide commercial projects like new Contract Index Falcon Dolphin etc.
Initiate drive and Implement new processes to increase the transparency of Trade expenses
Monitor overall spending vs. budget and vs. previous benchmark provide necessary workable recommendation and insight to key stakeholders

Monitor nationwide business and financial performance

Drive the regional business review process in liaison with PR China top management and with the regional teams
Consolidate the bottom-up financial forecast (topline and A&Ps)
In cooperation with FP&A team manage gaps between bottom-up and top-down forecasting exercises
In cooperation with FP&A and accounting teams manage the companys financial closing exercises for topline and A&Ps P&L and balance sheet (accruals methodologies POs back-up trade inventory assumptions) and be the key point of contact to auditors to defend companys statements.
Manage business performance monitoring tools and responsible for improvement of analytical capacity within the organization
Implement and strengthen financial indicators used by sales teams
Continuously review and enhance processes to meet the management information needs

Finance and business innovation project management

Be a key actor in Finance 4.0 modernization and Beyond Budget projects
- Co-lead companys Collaborative Business planning workstream
- Lead and implement the rebuilt of bottom-up financial planning and review processes for rolling 18month by channel/geography/portfolio which is the base and one truth of future financial reporting to the group.
- Lead the thinking of cascading Market Co mandates to business teams so that all teams are clear on business goals and contribute to the right strategic directions that delivers our three-year growth equations.
- Lead finance projects in order to improve companys efficiency and compliance both for Trade and Marketing expenses in liaison with various departments across the company (sales marketing logistics accounting communication legal)
Further optimize current processes and ways of working by leveraging our newly implemented digital tools
Add value to business innovation projects provide necessary financial insight and analysis to key stakeholders

Team management and development

Develop a highly competent and committed CoE and BPA team to become a trusted partner in value creation for the Company
Develop the teams towards more adding value roles further than the necessary controlling role
Foster and develop team members leadership ability business acumen financial knowledge and skills through effective on-job coaching and advising

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Marketing business partnerLead team and partner with marketing teams to plan control and optimize A&P expenses. In close liaison with marketing teams key responsibilities are:Support brand performance reviewStudy new product launch opportunitiesReview and evaluate marketing activitiesPrepare busines...