Controller, Financial Planning

**Our Blend**

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is one of the world’s largest independent and privately-owned specialty coffee and tea retailers. In 1963 we opened our very first store in Southern California, and today we have over 1100 cafes in over 20 countries, and our Global Headquarters in Singapore.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is on an inspiring journey to become the world’s coffee and tea brand. We are united by our passion for connecting people through the daily rituals of coffee and tea—viewing every cup as an opportunity to impact someone’s day.

Our Brew Crew is a diverse team of hard-working optimists with a passion for learning about our craft, the people we serve, and the world around us. We offer the tools, the environment, and the support for you to make your unique contribution and grow as a person.

Passion is contagious, and we’ve got a serious case of it. If you are just as passionate as we are, come join our Brew Crew

**Brew Crew Opportunity**

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is seeking a **Controller, Financial Planning** in Malaysia. This role will assist the Malaysia Head of Finance in managing all finance and accounting operations, coordinate and direct the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances and prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements.

The Controller, Financial Planning position will sit in the Malaysia office, reporting directly to the Head of Finance.

**Key Responsibilities**

In this role, you will:

- Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking.
- Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews.
- Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards.
- Perform daily, weekly and monthly reviews and analyses of current processes using operational metrics and reports.
- Identify the financial and operational impact of any changes in policies or procedures eg. OT rate, pricing, inventory par stock.
- Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.
- Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps.
- Prepare technical reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
- Define project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements; forming project team; establishing project budget.
- Maintain user confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
- Suggest changes to senior management using analytics to support your recommendations. Actively participate in the implementation of approved changes.
- Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues.
- Aid in the capital budgeting and expenditure planning processes.

**Your Ingredients**
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
- 5+ years of financial/statutory reporting, tax, and internal controls experience in a multi-national company
- Food service and/or retail industry knowledge and experience a plus
- Strong financial modelling experience
- Strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions; Microsoft Access and/or SQL experience strongly preferred
- Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
- Strong negotiation, communication and analytical skills required

**Performance & Rewards**

At The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, we embrace a high-performance culture that rewards and encourages our values of teamwork, ownership, and respect for one another.

Our ‘FROTH’ VALUES We believe in the fundamental truths that guide us through our daily lives:

- FRIENDLINESS - We go above and beyond in everything we do. Friendliness and customer-centricity is embedded in our culture.
- RESPECT - We are inclusive and honour each other’s values, opinions and diversity.
- OWNERSHIP - We take ownership and accountability for our individual, team and business results, every day.
- TEAMWORK - As a team, we collaborate, innovate, and leverage our diverse strengths to grow the business.
- HONESTY - We live up to the highest levels of integrity by being truthful and transparent with each other, the business and ourselves.

**Benefits**:

- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Meal allowance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kuala Lumpur: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Do you have experience developing dashboards?
- What is your current Notice Period?
- What is your current and expected salary?

**Experience**:

- Financial analysis: 5 years (preferred)