About the role
To oversee and lead analysis, insights and business partner support for the Asia Supply function driving effective decision making.
Proactively manage the financial results (identifying opportunity and risks) for Asia Supply Function to ensure optimal in year EBITS results, investment decisions and future COS outcomes.
Develop and maintain close business partner relationships with multiple cross functional teams including internal/external partners in finance, operations, procurement and regional planning.
Ensure the consistent application of accounting standards (China GAAP) and TWE group policies across the Asia Supply network whilst providing regional expertise and guidance to TWE’s global wine supply network
Leads self and small team to develop and embed finance competencies
Governance and Controls
Work with the business and Group finance teams to ensure appropriate controls and processes are in place that supports the completeness/accuracy/relevance & timeliness of supply finance information
Provides leadership and coaching to team members on cost control and reporting insights
Ensure compliance to TWE group policies and Global Accounting Standards
Ensure adherence to China GAAP
Financial Result
Leads the team to deliver timely and accurate reporting/analysis
Oversees the processing of financial transactions for the Asia Supply network ensuring appropriate financial rigour of P&L and Balance Sheet to meet TWE reporting targets. Responsible for the team delivering variance analysis and insightful commentary on key business performance & drivers. Ensuring that the relevant rigour is applied to monthly financial processes
Responsible for proactively managing the financial performance of the Asia Supply function to deliver TWE EBITS targets and key KPI metrics including delivery of timely and accurate reporting (monthly and Ad-hoc) to be used by senior management that measures the performance of the Asia Supply business
Responsible for overseeing the relevant B/S reconciliations and ensure all supporting documentation and reports are up to date to support the month end reconciliations
Leads the team in providing information and procedure documents to auditors for half year and full year external audit processes
Responsible for Asia’s inventory reporting – ensuring accurate and timely analysis on inventory performance and classification. Provides inventory reporting in line with TWE policy and statutory reporting requirements. Ensures that period movements are tracked, losses explained, physical stock audits completed and obsolescence across all inventory categories is accurately reported and effectively planned
Planning
Ownership of the Asia Supply planning process including the preparation and continuous improvement of the Budget/ Forecast/5YP Strat Plan
Works closely with external and internal partners to continuously assess the opportunities/risks to TWE EBITS identifying preventive or corrective action and/or proactive business opportunities for value creation
Drives the delivery of robust financial projections throughout the monthly forecast IBP cycle and is responsible for the team investigating any issues arising from changes in assumptions
Anticipates, identifies and actively assesses the impact and likelihood of risks/opportunities to achieving business objectives ensuring accurate reflection of financial impact in plans
Builds a comprehensive knowledge of the wine production life cycle. Responsible for driving the team to deliver forecasts that accurately capture these implications in the P&L/BS within a changing production environment and escalates these outcomes to operational and finance stakeholders
Provides regional financial expertise and guidance for global wine supply network and is active in driving global alignment initiatives for finance processes.
Optimisation
Responsible for developing and manage complex modelling of scenarios (Investments/ Capex/ COGS), establishing baseline data and new assumptions to be applied for proposed network changes modelling which drives continuous improvement opportunities and reporting
Provides guidance and solutions for Strategic projects, financial modelling, project spend tracking and any ad-hoc requests
Provide accurate financial assessments (NPV, IRR, Payback) for high value investment decisions. Ensure operational facts and financials for analysis are accurately captured to support business proposals
Costing
Ownership for Developing and implements costing techniques within the Asia Supply region. Provides insights and guidance on whether costing decisions are appropriate, with an ability to influencing future spend and driving value
Understand the process of product costing for products sold in Asia along with the governance and control of standard costs in JDE. Provide reliable and timely financial data to key stakeholders to support the decision-making process for NPD projects, customer negotiations or ad-hoc requests
Provides support to Global Costing and NPD manager in the production of vintage costing for the region
Work closely with commercial finance team to ensure the correct supply network costs and assumptions are being captured
Provide insights to the wider business into changes in COS and highlight any risk or opportunities identified during the costing process
Partnership Engagement
Collaborate with Asia supply chain leadership teams to support the analysis and assessment of the supply value chain
Proactively participate in supply team meetings and planning sessions, providing input, direction, and challenge with the strong ability to influence stakeholders
Provide insights to performance within the Supply Chain for presentation to the wider Leadership Team
Convert complex financial concepts into a message that can be understood by non-financial audience and enables effective decision making
Provide advice/guidance to corporate finance team queries
Manage a small team and provide a role model for TWE behaviours and give guidance and support in developing the team
职位要求：
About you
CIMA/ACCA/CA/CPA Qualified.
Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience
Experience in management accounting in a manufacturing environment (Operational KPIs, cost drivers, standard costing and variance analysis)
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Strong systems knowledge – notably, ERP/GL
Strong organisational skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Knowledge of international Accounting Standards
Advanced analytical, interpretive and evaluative skills
Interpersonal and communication skills
Proven financial reporting and analytical experience
Ability to work across finance and non-finance departments
Take ownership for areas for responsibility or projects
Ability to challenge teams on performance delivery