Finance Business Partner, Japan & Korea

About the role

• This Finance Business Partner is responsible for the financial performance of two Clusters: Japan and Korea Country Clusters in the AMEA Region. He/She acts as a co-pilot and financial right hand of the Managing Director of these Country Clusters. This is a key leadership role to develop and support the strategy for growth, profitability, customer/product/market mix, investments and working capital management. These clusters combined are ~20% of AMEA’s portfolio.
• As the main Finance interface, this role supports and advises the Cluster Leadership Team in commercial and operational decision-making processes, drives change and recommends solutions to achieve the business goals and targets. This includes daily business decisions as well as long-term strategic decisions to maximize business results and value creation.
• The Finance Business Partner acts as a promoter of Finance digitalization and standardization initiatives and enables the transition into a new Finance operating model.

Key responsibilities include

• Act as a business partner to the Country Clusters Managing Director and the Commercial team, Provide meaningful decision support whilst influencing and challenging key decisions
• Develop together with the Managing Director and the Country Clusters team the commercial strategy and co-lead the strategy implementation through business objectives and tactics
• Drive the financial performance of the Country Clusters, focusing on growth, profitability and working capital management,
• Provide (together with FP&A) the business with analytical support to enable an understanding of the business dynamics
• Lead and coordinate projects to improve business performance, in particular volume, profitability and working capital improvements. Drive and coordinate commercial business case preparation
• Drive improvement initiatives of finance processes, with a focus on digitalization and standardization. Support transition and implementation of the new finance operating model
• Collaborate with Treasury to ensure the cluster entities have adequate funding to run operations. Collaborate with Accounting and FP&A to ensure accurate and timely close of books, in line with IFRS and BC Group standards
• Integrity and financial controls in the Clusters of the organization by using and building on data, information and intelligence from global finance functions
• Ensure financial compliance across the Country Clusters and represent BC interests to auditors and tax authorities; Closely cooperate with Tax team

About you

• Bachelor’s / Master’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar
• English business proficiency both written and oral is a must
• Extensive experience in Finance - prior roles in Accounting/FP&A/Business Partnering in multinational companies
• Leadership skills in managing people and networking with various stakeholders in the company
• Analytical/hands-on and very solution-oriented and performance-driven to achieve the targets
• Knowledge of SAP and Power BI
• IFRS and local GAAP knowledge
• At least 5 years of experience in Finance Business Partnering
• Excellent analytical skills: Proven track record for managing complexity, capable of distinguishing key elements in an intricate environment, capable of preparing detailed complex analyses and financial models
• Solid financial accounting skills including IFRS and local GAAP
• Solid SAP/ERP knowledge and experience
• Stakeholder management. Can interact and build strong relationships with staff from various departments and different levels; Able to create strong links and legitimacy with Business Leaders to drive changes throughout the organization.
• Proven Team Leader with strong interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands