Commercial Finance Manager, Business Unit Finance
- Recruiter
- Kenvue
- Location
- Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Salary
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Posted
- 09 Sep 2024
- Closes
- 09 Oct 2024
- Ref
- 2407024066W
- Sector
- Healthcare, Pharmaceutical / medical
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Manager
Description
Kenvue is currently recruiting for:
Commercial Finance Manager, Business Unit Finance, Consumer Health Japan
This position reports to Commercial Finance Director Japan and is based at Tokyo.
Who we are
At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena®, Aveeno®, Tylenol®, Listerine®, Johnson’s® and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours. For more information, click here.
The team you will join
Kenvue Finance is responsible for orchestrating company-wide financial initiatives managing such as short term and mid-long term business planning, developing long term strategy. such as business planning, and provides decision support to management through business analysis, risk and opportunity management.
The Finance Organization of Kenvue consists of various departments: Business Unit Finance (BUF), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Accounting, Compliance, Tax.
BUF role would focus on specific Business Units (BU) to drive top line sales and providing data-driven insights to identify growth opportunities and optimize resource allocation. FP&A oversees total company performance, orchestrates company-wide financial initiatives such as business planning, and provides decision support to management through business analysis, risk and opportunity management. The BUF Position would report to Commercial Finance Director and have 1-2 finance analysts reporting him/her.
Key Responsibilities
- Commercial Finance leadership on Go-to-market/channel/customer initiatives, new launches/whitespaces, Value chains. Drive optimal APAC Cost-to-serve Analyses across channels and assess optimal ROI / spending efficiencies across Channel/customer investments (CIW, SG&A, CME, Gross to net) to deliver profitability targets. Develop Channel recommendations and track/drive execution to unlock key value growth opportunities. Perform external financial benchmarking, best practices and create an actionable plan to implement
- Lead and partner cross-functionally to drive Value creation workstreams including RGM, COGs and Cost to serve distortion across core brand-market combinations in Japan. Unlock insights and actions through analytics (price benchmarks, promotion effectiveness etc). Lead ideation, strategy, execution and delivery of RGM and key profitability initiatives, while also ensuring the link to management reporting, forecast and results.
- Partner with Regional and local partners to deliver Quarterly/FY Sales targets and in-process performance measures (e.g. Optimal Trade Inventory DOS/$, CIW, Cost-to-serve, Cash DSO, SLOBs etc.), across key channels, markets and customer. Make recommendations to the Business to balance risks & opportunities to meet company’s fiscal targets.
- Lead and shape Japan Long-range Growth model and strategic choices across the full portfolio of channels/brands. The role will drive the APAC 3-5Y strategy planning process, partner across the cross functional team, regional franchises and stakeholders to develop and influence how- to-play and where-to-play priorities and strategies, to deliver growth objectives on both top and bottom line. Ensures smooth linkage between short- and long-term P&L and strategic plans
What we are looking for
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis & Business Finance
- Strong analytical skills with high IT literacy & strong skills in PowerPoint, Word and excel
- Be open and embrace the changes, ability to adopt to changing business situations
- Manage conflict in the tough business situations
- Ability to present complex information and analysis in a clear and concise manner
- Proven time management skills and able to multi-task effectively, executing with speed as well as high levels of efficiency.
- Exceptional organizational building skills to lead and motivate team members to achieve common goals.
- Strong and fluent English & Japanese written and verbal communication skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working in a multinational company desirable.
- Proven ability to work through ambiguity and process design & improvement experience
- Use of Reporting Tools, Software (i.e. SAP, One Streams, Tableau, BI dashboard etc.)
- Experience in Consumer Product Industry is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, business administration or a related field.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams and across a matrix organization (different verticals within finance and cross functional teams in market/ region)
Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.
Similar jobs
-
New
-
New
-
New