Duties and Responsibilities

1. Annual Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning (40%)

•            Lead the annual budget, forecast and long-range planning processes, including timelines, coordination, consolidation, analysis and management summaries.

•            Work closely with the DAP General Manager, APAC leadership and business stakeholders to build financial plans that support market priorities and regional growth objectives.

•            Review business submissions and help identify key risks, opportunities and actions needed to deliver financial commitments.

•            Build positive working relationships across commercial, operations and functional teams to improve communication, alignment and accountability.

•            Prepare clear management reports and commentary that explain key business drivers and support leadership discussions.

•            Provide financial guidance and practical recommendations to support investment decisions, resource allocation and profitable growth.

•            Partner with business owners on follow-up actions when plans or results require adjustment.

2. Financial Analysis (25%)

•            Prepare monthly financial reporting packages, including P&L, balance sheet and inventory analysis, with clear commentary on results versus plan and forecast.

•            Analyze material variances with finance and business teams, and summarize key drivers, implications and potential improvement actions.

•            Support business development and investment reviews with financial evaluation, scenario analysis and recommendations.

•            Support cash, balance sheet and inventory reporting and forecasting, working with business units and Integrated Planning teams where needed.

•            Contribute to Board materials and ad hoc leadership requests, with a focus on accuracy, clarity and opportunities to improve reporting efficiency.

3. Business Partnership, Investment Analysis & Decision Support (25%)

•            Serve as a finance partner to the DAP General Manager, commercial leaders and APAC functional teams, providing financial insight for business priorities, investment choices and resource allocation.

•            Prepare business cases, ROI analysis and scenario modeling for key initiatives such as distributor market investments, wholesale growth, channel development and brand opportunities.

•            Turn financial analysis into simple, practical recommendations that clearly explain options, trade-offs, risks and expected financial impact.

•            Track investment performance against approved plans and work with business owners to identify follow-up actions when results differ from expectations.

4. Management, Reporting Governance & Ad Hoc Support (10%)

•            Coordinate routine communication between local FP&A, APAC FP&A, Corporate FP&A and GAS teams to support smooth reporting and planning processes.

•            Help ensure reporting requirements, timelines and ownership are clearly communicated to the appropriate teams.

•            Support timely and accurate submission of key financial information.

•            Act as a point of contact for selected ad hoc reporting or process improvement requests involving HQ, APAC FP&A and local teams.

•            Identify opportunities to use tools and templates to simplify, automate and standardize recurring reporting and analysis.

•            Support process and reporting improvements that make analysis more consistent, insightful and easier to use.

•            Provide day-to-day guidance and support to team members as needed.

Qualifications

Education Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field required. MBA preferred.

Experience Typically 8+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, business finance, reporting or financial analysis. Experience with budgeting, forecasting, planning or business performance analysis required. Retail, consumer goods, footwear, apparel or distributor market experience is a plus.

Skills Strong Excel and financial analysis skills. Comfortable using reporting systems such as Hyperion or similar tools. Good communication and business partnering skills. Fluent English required.