DFI Retail Group

• Lead and develop the team, working closely with senior commercial leadership team as well as senior leaders to lead and develop the annual budget and re-forecasts including commentary for regular business review

• Lead and support development the financial strategy needed to support category and business objectives 

• Provide complete, accurate and timely management reporting and business insights to senior management. Translate business questions into analytical frameworks and actionable recommendations that support revenue growth, margin optimization, and operational efficiency

• Lead the budget and forecasting process including planning, budgeting and forecasting of sales, margins and working capital

• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and proactively recommend actions to senior leadership

• Responsible for providing enhanced commercial reporting and insights of key KPIs, including deep dive root cause analysis, identify cost savings opportunities

• Lead and initiate enhancements to reporting and insight generation

• Standardize data definitions, governance, and reporting frameworks to ensure consistency and reliability of insights

• Build a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization

• Coach and develop business intelligence team members

Do you have experience in Business Analysis?

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree, preferred with Finance or A CA/CPA/CIMA/CFA qualification
• Experience in leading and managing a team
• 8+ years of relevant commercial finance experience working with complex organisations, turnaround, face paced environment, preferably within supermarket retail, big4 and strategy consulting
• Proven experience in structured problem solving with the ability to identify financial opportunities / issues and implement continuous improvement
• Strong management and influencing skills
• The ability to review processes to understand impacts on financial outcomes and make recommendations for improvement

• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills

• Exceptional in engaging, collaborating and influencing both financial and non-financial stakeholders such as Commercial / Merchandising / Buying, Supply Chain, Operations functions

• Strong culture awareness in Asia, a good command of English and Asian language (verbal and written)

• A proven record of hiring and developing outstanding talent and supporting their career development

• Strong leadership skills who has previous built and managed high performing teams

• Strong strategy and project manage experience, including project planning, scheduling and accountability management

• Ability to facilitate and orchestrate complex discussions, engage participants in collaborative, drive meetings forward whiles effectively handling conflicting opinions

• A “gravitas” so as to hold the business to account in delivery its performance objectives