Mission 1: APAC Management Entity role – FP&A
Driving the financial reporting processes within the scope of markets and monitoring the performance
- Monitoring monthly closing, R&O and Rolling Forecast processes (P/L and cash)
- Timely performance summary reported to APAC management committee with business insights
- Following up the performance on a monthly basis versus the Mandate
- Challenging the Rolling Forecast and R&O
- Monitoring financial performance landing for P/L and cash, based on HQ requirements
- Relay of the HQ on guidelines and monitor deadline respects
- Monitoring volumes under allocation during Rolling Forecast cycles
Business Partner vis-a-vis affiliates and APAC Management team
- Deep understanding of the business of the markets under your care
- Collect and share best practices on financial processes (automation, simplification…) across APAC
- Providing strong support to the APAC Management Committee on understanding of the financial situation of the affiliates with useful financial and management tools for decision making
- Identify business risks and opportunities in liaison with the affiliates and provide value added advice thereon
- Support the APAC Business Development Director in the Growth Equation exercise for the scope of APAC markets
- Support the APAC Business Development team on financial data and participate in business cases
Mission 2: Support of the local teams
- Act as business partner for the markets under your care, mentor for the BA Manager who could be in need of guidance and nurture collaborative culture
- Develop and share common templates: financial analysis dashboards, monthly analysis, ...
- Support them in identifying the gaps and the improvement to be done in business analysis to support the business
- Sharing best practice from mature markets
- Coordinate APAC presentations vis a vis HQ: Quarterly Business Review, ELT meetings, Ad’hoc ME meetings with HQ, …
Mission 3: SEA Internal Control Enhancement
Support the Heads of Finance to follow up on:
- Internal audit issues: ensure a plan of resolution is implemented and follow up of the respect of the timeline
- COA implementation: ensure the implementation of a Chart Of Authorities
- Define a check list per market of controls to be done on periodic basis:
- Access rights, Credit limits, bank reconciliation, preferred partner list, etc…
- Compliance: Partner’up, training / refresher on compliance in place, etc…
- SOP: verify once a year they are up to date, verify the application of key ones
- Share best practices / SOP from other affiliates
- Define a plan to audit processes: 1 or 2 cycles / year / market depending on the weaknesses of the market
Education & Experience
- Degree holder with formal business qualifications or equivalent
- Minimum 7 years of relevant working experience
- Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and local tax regulations
- Strong knowledge in Excel application
- Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and methods
- Familiarity with JD Edwards will be an advantage
- Excellent command of English language (verbal and written)
Functional & Leadership Competencies
- Listening capability, empathy
- Strong organization skills, ability to manage and organize effectively
- Ability to anticipate and keen foresight on things
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to motivate others and lead change
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (with the ability to speak and present to a range of audiences)
- Strong interpersonal skills; ability to build good relations and create a trustful climate
- Strong interest in business, business analysis and business development
- Strong analytical skills & ability to restitute clearly on sophisticated ideas
- Proactive & reactive
- Accuracy / “Figures Oriented Analysis” and informed/evidence-based approach
- Ability to work independently
- Enthusiasm, team player, sense of curiosity, positive attitude to change
- Diplomacy with capability to put a stand to his/her positions
Job Posting End Date:
2024-10-01
Target Hire Date:
2024-07-01
Target End Date:
Top Skills
What We Do
Pernod Ricard is a convivial, responsible and successful global wine and spirits group and the #1 premium spirits organisation in the world. The Group represents 240 premium brands available in more than 160 countries. We are 18,500 exceptionally talented people worldwide with our own salesforce in 73 countries.
Our portfolio is one of the most comprehensive in the market with every major category of wine and spirits, providing Pernod Ricard with a unique competitive advantage. To keep growing our business, transforming our industry and making a positive impact on the world, we believe in the power of human connection. Creating ‘convivialité’ is our business and our raison d’être.
As ‘créateurs de convivialité’, our purpose is to turn every social interaction into a genuine, friendly and responsible experience of sharing. We believe there can be no convivialité with excess and strive to be sustainable and responsible at every step, from grain to glass.
