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Senior Finance Analyst (7 Months Maternity Cover from 1st Mar)

Employer
Burberry
Location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Closing date
13 Jan 2022

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Function
Finance
Level
Senior Manager

Job Details

INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1856, Burberry is a luxury brand with a distinctive British sensibility and strong international recognition. Headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange Burberry continues to create new opportunities for growth and development.

JOB PURPOSE

As a key member of the South Asia Pacific (SAP) FP&A team, this role is responsible for providing commercial finance support for inventory, margin and provisioning. You will be the key support to the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Director, providing insight for internal management reporting and supporting on key projects.

The role requires a solid commercial understanding as well as the ability to deliver logical and well thought out analysis. You will continuously seek to improve processes, controls and the quality of deliverables. With a number of stakeholders and competing priorities, it will be necessary to prioritise effectively and communicate clearly.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Preparation of robust budgets and forecasts, including system loads, reconciliations, and checks
  • Specific focus on gross margin including inventory management and provisioning
  • Key business partner with Planning Director
  • Work with local accounting team to ensure monthly accounts are timely and accurate
  • Support Senior Finance Manager and Finance Director in understanding of the results versus Budget, Forecast and Prior Year through detailed analysis and liaison with the wider SAP Finance team
  • Understand recent trends and areas for improvement including risk and opportunities
  • Prepare financial reports and analyse business performance
  • Liaise with different local department heads to obtain information to perform the financial analysis
  • Continuously improving the processes, controls and quality of deliverables, challenge current ways of working to make these more efficient and effective
  • Responding to ad hoc queries, and analysis as required. Prioritising work effectively to ensure that these queries are responded to on a timely basis
  • Conneting others: SAP FP&A team, Group FP&A team, Local cross functional teams


PERSONAL PROFILE

  • Degree in Accounting, or related disciplines
  • At least 3 years' experience in management reporting and financial analysis, preferably gained from retail environment
  • Strong analytical skills, ability to quickly understand and interpret complex information. Excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong Excel skills with experience of building and working with complex models and large data sets.
  • Focusses on continuous process improvement, and driving efficiencies.
  • Ability to build strong relationships, both with the wider Finance team globally and throughout the business.
  • Pay attention to details, dedicated, enthusiastic and self-motivated
  • Good commands of written and spoken English
  • Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft application
  • Knowledge in using SAP and BW would be an advantage


EXPERIENCE

  • Margin, Inventory provisioning or similar role within a large, listed, multinational company
  • Working within a multicurrency environment
  • Proven track record of delivering process improvements
  • Advanced excel skills
  • Experience of BPC, an advantage


BEHAVIOURS

  • Hard working, pro-active and results driven
  • Team player who works collaboratively with own team, and broader stakeholders
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment, adapting to rapid change and ambiguity
  • Able to understand the detail, and articulate variances
  • Embraces BPC, ensuring clear, concise and efficient reporting
  • Retail experience preferable


MEASURES OF SUCCESS

  • Understanding of the drivers behind the SAP financial results
  • Maintain and roll over complex financial models
  • Anticipates requirements and continuously delivers to a high standard and on a timely basis
  • Demonstrates a commercial mind-set in work performed and in all interactions with the business
  • Develops strong relationships with the business
  • Continually seeks to improve, formalise, or make processes more efficient




Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.

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