Finance Strategy, Data & Process Excellence Expert

About the Team

We are the BYD Czech Republic & Slovakia team a passionate group of both young and seasoned professionals driven by innovation and a deep understanding of the automotive landscape. As a new entrant brand we embrace complexity and change and we are committed to long-term success by delivering top-tier BEV/PHEV products exceptional customer experiences and high-quality services to our local markets.

Our forward-thinking mindset agility and close collaboration with our valued partners form the foundation of our growth. United by a shared vision of excellence and sustainability we work together to build a customer-centric and future-ready organization in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

About the Role

As Finance Strategy Data & Process Excellence Expert you will be a senior member of the Finance organization combining strong financial governance and statutory expertise with a transformative data-driven approach to business steering.

The role ensures full compliance with Czech accounting tax and statutory requirements while enabling end-to-end financial transparency advanced performance management and continuous improvement across Finance Sales Operations and Aftersales.

Acting as a strategic finance partner to management you will own financial steering shape digital and BI solutions and lead cross-functional transformation initiatives. The position requires a strong financial backbone deep analytical capability and the ability to translate complex automotive business processes into actionable insights that support sustainable growth.

Together with the BYD Czech Republic & Slovakia team you will contribute to building a scalable compliant and performance-driven organization that supports BYDs long-term success in this key European market.

Key Objectives & Responsibilities

Financial Controlling & Statutory Finance

• Own budgeting forecasting and long-term financial planning cycles.

• Ensure full compliance with Czech accounting standards tax legislation and statutory reporting requirements.

• Act as a key finance partner in statutory closings audits and interactions with external auditors and advisors.

• Conduct variance analyses revenue and cost modelling business cases and portfolio evaluations.

• Introduce financial governance standards ensuring data accuracy auditability and reporting consistency.

• Prepare executive-level financial insights reports and recommendations to support management decision-making.

Business Performance Management & Business Intelligence

• Design build and maintain financial and operational dashboards and KPI frameworks.

• Translate business needs into data requirements and steer the development of BI tools and automated reporting.

• Ensure consistency of KPIs across Finance Sales Operations Aftersales and dealer networks.

• Improve transparency across the full automotive lifecycle: sales funnel order intake delivery pipeline inventory and aftersales performance.

• Drive adoption of data-driven decision-making across non-finance stakeholders.

Sales Operations & Aftersales Finance Business Partnering

• Act as Finance Business Partner to Sales supporting pricing discount governance incentive schemes and campaign ROI analysis.

• Enable financial steering of retail fleet and B2B2C sales models including dealer performance analysis.

• Support Operations with financial transparency across vehicle ordering logistics costs inventory turnover and working capital.

• Partner with Aftersales teams on service profitability warranty cost analysis parts margin transparency and lifecycle cost management.

• Contribute to improving customer experience through financially informed process and performance optimization.

Process Optimization & Finance Transformation

• Map analyze and optimize core finance and automotive business processes.

• Lead AS-IS / TO-BE process modelling capability mapping and transformation roadmaps.

• Identify bottlenecks define KPIs and propose automation opportunities across reporting and operational flows.

• Establish governance frameworks change management processes and cross-department workflows.

• Support harmonization of importer-level processes in collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

Project & Stakeholder Management

• Lead mid- to large-scale transformation initiatives across Finance Sales Operations and Digital areas.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Finance IT BI and external vendors.

• Prepare project plans milestones budgets risk assessments and C-level communication materials.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership presenting insights clearly structured and persuasively.

Key Results

Financial Governance & Insights

• Improved financial transparency and management steering.

• High-quality compliant statutory and management reporting.

Business Intelligence & Data Enablement

• Automated and standardized reporting solutions.

• Improved data availability consistency and quality across departments.

Process & Transformation

• Successful delivery of finance and business improvement initiatives.

• Reduction of manual workload and process cycle times.

• Strong alignment between Finance IT and business teams.

Strategic Impact

• Tangible contribution to business cases investments and strategic initiatives.

• Effective cross-department collaboration supporting scalable growth.

Required Qualifications & Competencies

Education & Experience

• Masters degree in Corporate Finance Economics Business Administration or a related field.

• 710 years of experience in financial controlling corporate finance consulting BI/data analytics or transformation projects.

• Strong knowledge of Czech accounting legislation tax framework and statutory reporting requirements is mandatory.

Technical Skills

• Advanced financial modelling budgeting forecasting and cost control.

• BI tools: Power BI Amazon QuickSight Excel (Power Query).

• Project management tools and methodologies (JIRA Confluence MS Project; Agile/Hybrid).

• Basic familiarity with Python and generative AI tools.

• Strong PowerPoint and executive presentation skills.

Process & Architecture

• Proven experience in process mapping capability modelling and business architecture.

• Knowledge of finance system landscapes (e.g. SAP BW forecasting and reporting tools).

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong analytical and structured thinking.

• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and work effectively in transformation environments.

• Proactive solution-oriented mindset and comfort with ambiguity.

Additional Desired Qualities

• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build processes from scratch.

• Experience working with or alongside top consulting firms (e.g. EY KPMG Deloitte Accenture).

• Understanding of automotive energy digital products or industrial environments is a strong advantage.

About BYD Group

Established in November 1994 BYD Group is a leading multi-sector high-tech company focused on innovation and development in automobiles rail transit renewable energy and electronics.

Committed to improving quality of life through technological innovation BYD Group operates over 40 subsidiaries with more than 900000 employees including over 110000 engineers across 400 cities in 79 2024 BYD Auto delivered 4.27 million NEVs (BEV PHEV) globally maintaining its position as the world leader in new energy vehicle sales.

BYD Group upholds the values of innovation pragmatism passion and competition contributing to a sustainable future through zero-emission and emission-reduction solutions.

Our purpose is to build a zero-emission future that reconnects humanity with nature and a world of clean air.
We are looking for talent who share this mission and want to create positive impact by joining a diverse and dynamic team