Assistant Manager - Coach Japan Retail Finance

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Primary Purpose: To support financial forecasting Coach Japan topline sales and gross margin as well as ad-hoc analysis to drive business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reporting, Analysis and Planning of Coach Japan Business
  • Support in periodic reporting (monthly / quarterly / annually) of Coach Japan
  • Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting relevant to the covered markets / brands to

support management decision making / fulfil request from business partners

• Support creation of bottom-up sales plans/forecast for Coach Japan by Sales Channel
• Support development of company-wide annual forecast and Long Range Plan
• Tracking and Communication of Coach Japan Sales Performance
• Synthesizes and explains daily/weekly performance and variances against plans/targets past results for regular review by leadership teams
• Shares and communicates plans and variances to key business partners to ensure appropriate product planning/buying and expense planning
• Supporting Sales Driving Analysis / Operations
  • Support team managers to propose any sales driving promotions to the business partners
  • Collaborates with internal partners to support other special projects as necessary
  • Financial analysis on store related CAPEX investment

Competencies:

• Proven analytical and logical/critical thinking
• MS Excel – Advanced (Vlookup, Sumif)
• Business (N1) level Japanese with mid-business level of English (listening/reading) is a must (speaking/ writing preferred)
• Excellent communication ability towards peers, and senior management
• Ability to build trust relationship with internal partners/ team player
• Strong professional presence

Education/Qualifications [preferred]:

• 3+ years of Corporate Finance, FP&A or consulting, or relevant experience in financial institutions
• University degree in Finance, Economics
• CPA or CFA qualifications are a plus

Characteristics:

• Energetic/self-starter – takes initiative in seeing opportunities and getting things done
• Naturally inquisitive – exhibits high intellectual curiosity and desire to come up with answers
• Collaborative – enjoys communicating and working with others, regardless of background or education
• Flexible/Agile – reacts positively to fast paced business changes and financial situation; enjoys working in a dynamic market and work environment
• Willing to take accountability/ ownership of work deliverables – strives to come up with answers, improvement opportunities on his/her own; attention to detail, independently checks own work

Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.    

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