Head of Finance – Korea

If you were the Head of Finance - Korea now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Plan, forecast, report and financially be accountable for Arc Korea’s P&L.
• Reviewing and providing guidance to our outsourced service providers for day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping operations to ensure accuracy and completeness of monthly and quarterly financial close.
• Working with Brand HQ and Group accounting teams to ensure compliance with monthly/quarterly/annual financial reporting commitments.
• Lead and build a high performing Finance team, developing future leaders at Arc’teryx and recognizing and building your team members’ area of expertise. 
• Preparing and maintaining the long-range 5-year plan for the South Korea operations. Connecting the regional strategy with the key drivers, inputs and investments required to deliver on the region’s plans.
• Driving the annual planning cycle, including setting financial goals, managing calendar and milestones in accordance with Brand HQ guidelines, roll-up and analytical review of the region Budget, and finalizing and presenting of plans to senior leadership. 
• Leading the Korea Finance team in performing daily/weekly/monthly sales and financial reviews and leading the assessment of risks and opportunities against our plans. 
• Plan, forecast and report against our SG&A and expense plans for the country.
• Provide decision support and analysis to support our Regional departments and functions. 
• Assess, build and strengthen Korea-specific accounting and reporting capabilities. 
• Leading key review discussions with Region leadership team (budget, quarterly forecasting), delivering quantitative analytic work that unlocks business insights and drives decision making.
• Presenting and reviewing financial performance with the Brand HQ Finance team. 
• Developing the process for key regional investment and capital spending projects.  You critically assess business cases, and conduct post completion reviews of budget vs actual spend.
• Bringing insights and best practices to drive process improvement and innovative thinking.
• Performing ad-hoc reporting and other duties as assigned.

Are you our next Head of Finance - Korea?

• You have 8+ years of experience as a finance leader ideally with a focus on retail industry. 
• You have a university degree in Commerce or Business Administration coupled with CPA or MBA. 
• You have exceptional analytical and modeling skills and expert knowledge of financial statements. 
• You ideally have international business experience, or have experience working in a global, matrixed organization.
• You can communicate (verbal and written) in Korean and English language for international collaborations and leadership networking.
• You have demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization. 
• You can step in and take charge with minimum instruction. 
• You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines. 
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• You have experience working with BI tools and multi-platform, multi-currency environments. 
• Familiar with global ERPs (such as SAP) and financial planning tools (i.e., Oracle).
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions. 
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement. 
• You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment. 
• You have an interest or involvement in activities that we make products for. 
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it.