About this role
Job Mission: To support the House’s growth and long-term performance, the Business Finance Manager acts as a strategic finance co-pilot at market level, combining forward-looking analytics, business insight, and strong governance. The role goes beyond consolidating performance to shape the market financial narrative, connect insights across divisions and functions, and contribute to informed, data-driven decision making. Leveraging digital tools, automation, and AI, the role ensures efficient, scalable, and high-quality financial processes, enabling a focus on value creation rather than manual reporting.
Key Responsibilities: Market FP&A & Performance Steering
• Lead consolidation of market financials across divisions and corporate functions (budget, forecasts, strategic plans) • Own the market performance narrative, integrating financial and business insights into coherent analysis • Deliver forward-looking analysis, scenarios, and risk/opportunity assessments to support decision making • Drive monthly performance cadence, variance analysis, and alignment across stakeholders • Ensure consistency, quality, and relevance of KPIs, reporting frameworks, and planning assumptions Finance Business Partner – Corporate Functions
• Act as finance partner to corporate functions (TDS, P&O, Supply Chain, Communications, Legal & Regulatory) • Provide financial insight, guidance, and recommendations on costs, structure, and efficiency • Support decision making through business cases, scenario analysis, and performance tracking • Ensure alignment between functional strategies and overall market financial objectives
Planning, Governance & Process Excellence
• Lead and continuously improve planning processes (Budget, Forecast, LE, MTP) with focus on speed, accuracy, and simplicity • Strengthen governance through robust frameworks, assumptions, and cross-functional alignment • Ensure harmonization across divisions, functions, and regional expectations
Digital, Systems & Transformation
• Drive adoption of finance systems, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to reduce manual work and enhance insight generation • Act as a finance systems and data champion, leveraging tools to improve efficiency and scalability • Lead or contribute to finance and business transformation initiatives
Projects & Strategic Initiatives
• Lead or support cross-functional business and finance projects at market level • Build robust business cases with scenario modeling and post-investment reviews • Contribute to shaping business models, operational frameworks, and governance
Role Specifications: Academic / Professional Qualifications
• University degree in Business Administration with major in Finance, Accounting, Management Systems, or Economics, or Quantitative Finance • Thorough knowledge of accounting / financial concepts and principles Work Experience
• Minimum 8-10 years working experience, inclusive of 3-5 years of managerial experience • Solid experience in the FMCG, retail industry, manufacturing, or Fragrance & Beauty / Fashion / Watches & Fine Jewelry industry • Some experience of doing business in multinational / APAC environment would be ideal Required Competencies
• Strategic co-pilot mindset • Strong business acumen and financial storytelling • Planning & performance management expertise • Digital, systems, automation, and AI proficiency • Governance & control mindset • Curiosity, agility, and continuous improvement mindset • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills • Strong Excel skills required • Comfortable aggregating and manipulating large data sets from multiple systems to derive insightful analysis and create financial models • Entrepreneur, motivated and driven – mentality is one of creative “solution provider” and not “problem giver” • Ability to see both the big picture and the details • Personality types that thrive on new ideas and creative thinking, rather than just number crunching