Senior / Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Job title: Senior / Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Company: Ralph Lauren


Job description: Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.We are looking for bright, energetic and highly motivated individuals to join and grow with the company.Job PurposeThe candidate will work as an integral member of the Regional FP&A team, with primary responsibility of FP&A support of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan markets including budgeting, forecasting, key investments evaluation as well as overhead expense management and HMT consolidation. Strong partnership and part of the leadership team for the managing director for HMT.Key Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic Business Partner to senior management, providing financial insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with cross-functional teams to understand business drivers and identify opportunities.
• Provide strategic analysis and insights to support business growth initiatives.
• Deliver month end closing, forecast, annual budget and Long range plan reporting package for SSC overhead expense by collaborating with various HMT function team.
• Prepare and analyze sales and product margin rolling forecast for OTB.
• Support merchandizing team brand sales and product margin forecast, budget, long range plan.
• Support and analyze marketing expense spending by quarter by spending type at HMT level.
• Analyze existing processes, identify improvement / standardization opportunities with emphasis on efficient improvement with sufficient control.
• Review and make sure Regional allocation calculation is correct.
• Support to consolidate HMT financial results, prepare trend & variance analysis, communicate with multiple Business Partners to draw insight and provide recommendations.
• Other ad-hoc work as required.

Requirements

• Accounting or Finance Degree with 7-10+ years of related experience
• Previous retail or fashion industry experience is preferred
• Advanced knowledge in business partnering, reporting, forecasting and budgeting
• Experience handling S&B budget, forecast is a plus
• Strong customer centricity, continuous improvement mindset
• Results oriented; flexible and demonstrate a resourceful attitude
• A self-starter and team player; ability to manage multiple activities of different natures in a condensed timeframe
• Fluent in English and Putonghua; excellent verbal and written communication skills, embraces culturally diverse interpersonal relationships
• Experience in reporting & analytical tools, knowledge in AX, Insight & Essbase is a plus
• Advanced technical skills in Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Expected salary:

Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:12:53 GMT

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