Director Financial Planning - PVH Asia Pacific

About Us:

We are brand builders who focus our passion and creativity to build Calvin Klein and TOMMY HILFIGER into the most desirable lifestyle brands in the world and at the same time position PVH as one of the best-performing brand groups in our sector. Guided by our values and enabled by our scale and global reach, we are driving fashion forward for good, as one team with one vision and one plan. That’s the Power of Us, that’s the Power of PVH+.

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Position Summary:

The position will be responsible for assisting the Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, PVH Asia Pacific, to lead the FP&A function of Asia Pacific and plays a critical role in supporting senior management and function heads, providing strategic advice from a financial point of view to facilitate strategic decision-making for both Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger Asia Pacific region.

Reporting to the Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, PVH Asia Pacific, the incumbent will lead the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes and oversee management reporting.   Participate in monthly business reviews, regular updates, and other strategic projects and business development plans, and work closely with key stakeholders, including senior management, regional and global teams, as well as external parties.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities Of The Job: 

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepare and Analyze monthly/quarterly/annual financial results to ensure consistency in reporting and overall analysis of variances
• Analyse key performance indicators to measure business and operation performance. 
• Manage the financial modelling and productivity analysis of the business to determine the dynamics that drive company performance
• Work closely with IT / Data team on dashboard reports to provide actionable insights to business leaders
• Support any ad-hoc analysis required for business

Budgeting / Forecasting and Strategy Plan

• Work closely with senior business partners for the development of forecast to drive business decisions
• Review the Regional roll up of the forecast / budget / strategy plan and proactively identify opportunities and risks
• Provide recommendation to optimize financial performance and achieve PVH+ plan

Business Partnering

• Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders, providing financial guidance and support. 
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to understand business drivers and challenges.   Collaborate with business functional partners including IT, HR, Retail, Ecommerce, Wholesales and GTM
• Advise on the financial implications of business decisions and proposed initiatives and
• Help to translate business goals into financial targets and KPIs.

Optimization and System Implementation

• As a key member to drive operating efficiency and process enhancement (e,g, process optimization and system implementation).
• Oversee the implementation of financial related systems, working closely with IT and business stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate financial data with operational data, enabling more comprehensive business insights. 
• Develop standard procedures and guideline to document financial processes and promote consistency
• Identify and implement ongoing process & report improvement for the organization and target to deliver improvement in the quality of presentations, process simplification and driving efficiencies. 
• Partner closely with different workforce/cross functional teams to proactively seeking opportunities to improve processes, frameworks, and systems

Qualifications & Experience

Experience:

  Advanced knowledge & skills - typically 8-15 years of related experience

Education:

  Bachelor Degree Required

Knowledge/Skills Required

• Strong financial acumen; understanding of how businesses work and its financial implications. Resourceful in proposing alternatives; ability to dig deep to understand the business performance drivers; weigh financial risks and explore options suitable for different scenarios;
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to plan tasks and timetable in advance, manage and coordinate timetable with multiple countries and business units; timely follow up with countries to ensure all reporting deadlines are met.
• Influential and effective communicator, who communicates instructions and explanations to business leaders and finance teams in a clear manner; active participation in discussions; collaborates and not afraid to make information-based decisions for the best interest of the Company
• Strong financial system knowledge and Excel and Powerpoint competence; ability to structure the components within the financial system to generate the reports and analyses for management reporting purposes; a thorough understanding of the connection between financial system and other systems (such as retail system, merchandise system and warehouse system); capture data in various formats and comparisons, and to translate into reportable formats.
• Fluent in English, and preferably good Mandarin and Cantonese language skills; multicultural; comfortable working with people at all levels in all Asia Pacific cultures.

PVH Corp. or its subsidiary ("PVH") is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, PVH is also committed to ensuring that all current and future PVH associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential.