Business Controller

Key Roles/Responsibilities

Sales Controlling

• Key business partner for Sales team on channel strategies and channel performance evaluation.
• Perform return on investment appraisal on trade campaign, promotions, and trade costs.
• Lead and perform monthly review with Sales teams on channel profitability to focus on trade investment efficiency and provide recommendation/feedback from time to time.
• Analyze on trade inventory vs Sales Team forecast to ensure healthy retailers' stockholding.
• Review trade return trend by channel and provide recommendation for improvement from time to time.
• Roll-out of new reports and tools for more efficient and effective business review process and performance tracking.

Marketing Controlling

• Key business partner for Marketing team on the aspects of control, monitor and analyze marketing budgets, spending, and performance.
• Develop, manage, and track marketing budgets across campaigns and brands.
• Support marketing budget and forecast planning in collaborations with marketing and finance teams.
• Ensure marketing expenditures comply with company policy and budget limits.
• Monitor invoices, accruals, and purchase orders related to marketing vendors and agencies.
• Prepare marketing financial reports and reconcile the variances vs budget/forecast and table the findings in monthly review with marketing partners.

S&OP

• Active participation in Sales & Operation Planning process.
• Prepare financial forecasts for YTG based on result of consensus meeting.
• Provide key finding from the financials to ensure smooth steering to targets.

Budgeting and Reporting

• Drive robust forecasting and budgeting processes and establish alignment with cross functional team.
• Responsible for Net Sales, trade investment, gross margin, distribution cost and product write off planning in all budget or forecast cycles.
• Preparation of regional and management reporting accurately on timely basis.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
• Establish proper controls deemed necessary.

Skills/Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a Degree in Accounting or Finance or a professional accounting qualification.
• At least 6 years of experience in accounting and/or finance
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly organized, attention to details and good follow-through, delivering on deadlines
• Good team player and possess great Change and Learning agility.
• Experiences in FMCG and Retail would be added advantage.