Our Commercial Finance Department in Tokyo is looking for a FP&A professional with expertise in financial planning & analysis in retail sector in Japan to join our team as:

Japan Commercial Finance Manager/ Assistant Manager - Retail

*Job title shall be decided based on candidate's experience*

This role shall contribute to the Business Unit's profitability and productivity improvement by supporting the decision-making of the leaders and the teams through providing analytical and fact-based information and recommendations.

Your Responsibilities:

Responsible for the development and improvement of commercial finance planning and analytical support and deliver key insights on trends and data relationships to assist with business planning and decision support.

1. Collaborate with Commercial functions, i.e. Sales Channels and Brand functions , GM, and other related departments

2. Arrange and facilitate weekly/monthly meetings

3. Propose financial target of MTP/BUD/Forcast to the channel heads
4. Identify timely risk and opportunities across channels to achieve the target

5. Provide call-to-action report sets in a timely manner to sales leaders

6. Data management

7. Partnering with IT to design, implement, and improve the data availability and accuracy

8. Take ownership of SAP SD and sales-related systems (SIS, POS, etc.)

9. Develop and ensure reliable handling of master maintenance processes

10. Gather Data

11. Gather and maintain a wide range of data-related business processes and reporting, coordinating with other departments (e.g. Merchandising, Sales, etc.)

12. Support related divisions/departments with data structures and processes to ensure consistency, security, and accessibility

13. Analyze and provide accurate information for decision making

14. Develop reporting that aligns with corporate strategy in a standardized format across sales channels

15. Partner with sales channels, merchandising and GM to support business strategies, identify challenges, set action plans.
16. Cross-examine different data and/or apply statistical methodologies to draw conclusions and provide meaningful commentary and/or recommendations to the sales leadership team

17. Provide proposals on strategies and actions to partners

18. Team building

19. Build and grow the team to fulfill company objectives

Your ideal profile:

• More than 3 - 5 years of solid experience related to FP&A and Finance Business Partnering in reasonable size of an entity within B2B FMCG or Apparel Retail industry in Japan.
• Knowledge of Tax & internal control
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams and strong stakeholder management
• Fluent Japanese (JLPT N1 or equivalent) and operational level of business English, spoken and written

We offer:

You will never walk alone

As a family owned business with more than 135 years of experience, Triumph embraces diversity throughout our global organization. Currently, our offices are present in over 40 countries across Europe and Asia having many international teams collaborate together every day. Guiding our corporate behaviors are
respect
and
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for our employees, but also Collaboration as one of our key Corporate Competencies, being a core part of our every day working environment.

Make a Difference, together

The future belongs to our children. At Triumph, we want to be proud of our commitment to building a sustainable society and protecting the environment, and we work everyday to ensure our products are manufactured in an sustainable way. This is our vision: We want to be a company that is characterized by responsible leadership and consideration for future generations and that cares for the legacy that we leave behind to our children.

Putting People at the center

At Triumph we are committed to our employees, they represent the foundation for our success. This means that as a company, we are driven to offer great career opportunities in a dynamic fast-paced organization. Our HR function across the globe strives to support our employees in their development, through our Triumph Learning Academy

We continuously strive to recruit new talent, offering them one of the textile industry's most international working environments, excellent conditions and great development opportunities in a company still owned and managed by the founding families. Our headquarters employs people from more than 30 nationalities and as a European company, we are present in many key markets in Europe, like Germany, Italy, France and growing in Eastern Europe. We are proud to have become one of the leading players in Asia very early on, in countries like Japan, China and Singapore, as well as being an employer that people aspire to work for. As a company serving women, we fundamentally believe in gender equality and diversity. Women make up more than 50% of our company's workforce. In the last years, we have had a specific and successful drive to increase the number of women in management.

Triumph is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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