Assistant Controlling Manager

**Your Tasks**:
**Role Purpose**

Finance Business Partner with commercial team and supply chain to drive business growth and efficiency as well as financial controlling and reporting for Malaysia & Singapore business

**Key Accountabilities**

**Sales Controlling**
- Business partner for Sales, S&CM and E-Com teams on customer strategies and performance evaluation.
- Partnering with Commercial team & Supply Chain in weekly in market sales, net sales & distributor stock steering by brand to Forecast.
- Perform monthly review with Sales teams on channel profitability to focus on trade investment efficiency and provide recommendation/feedback.
- Analyze on trade inventory vs Sales Team forecast to ensure healthy retailers stockholding.
- Support manager to review pricing structures to support profitable growth & implement efficient approval and maintenance processes.
- Support manager to monitor Distributor margin & performance and identify financial impact.
- Partnering with commercial team to perform return on investment appraisal on trade campaign, promotions, and trade costs.

**FP&A**
- Support manager to drive robust forecasting and budgeting processes and establish alignment with cross functional teams.
- Marketing budget steering of S&CM & E-Com teams ensuring spend discipline & generating efficiencies.
- Net Sales, trade investment, distribution cost and gross margin review in all budget or forecast cycles, as well as monthly closing process including accrual & provision management for trade & marketing spend.
- Preparation of global, regional and management reporting accurately on timely basis.
- Partnering with Regional Centers of Excellence in product costing review to improve cost efficiency.
- Close collaboration with partnering Finance functions including Regional Centers of Excellence for Marketing & Supply Chain Controlling

**S&OP**
- Active participation in Sales & Operation Planning Process.
- Translation of S&OP into Financial Forecasts, plans, simulation and risks & opportunities.
- Together with Sales & Supply chain to monitor closely on trade & distributor stock health.

**Others**
- To perform ad-hoc duties assigned from time to time.

**Your Profile**:
**Key Requirements**
- Degree in Accounting, Business or equivalent
- 4 to 5 years of work experiences (preferably MNC FMCG)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Results-oriented, thrives under pressure, and able to meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Fluent in English (oral and written); proficiency in Malay and Chinese is a plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong leadership, with a high level of initiative, accountability, and ownership.
- Effective in planning, time management, presentation, negotiation, and project coordination.
- Clear, persuasive communicator across functions.
- Highly motivated, adaptable, and demonstrates a can-do attitude.Awareness and interest in current trends and business environment.

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin - and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Chantecaille. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment, and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values - CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

**Additional information**:
Location : Level 12, Tower, 1, PJ33, 3, Jalan Professor Khoo Kay Kim, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor