Act as a strategic finance partner to the business by driving data-driven decision-making, optimizing financial performance, and delivering actionable insights to achieve organizational goals.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
[Sales Performance & Commercial Finance]
- Performance Tracking: Deliver comprehensive weekly and monthly commercial analyses in strict alignment with retail KPIs.
- Sales Forecasting: Partner closely with the commercial team to drive accurate sales forecasting, particularly during mid-year and year-end closing cycles.
- Wholesale Management: Analyze wholesale order books and track actual shipments to project and generate accurate net sales estimates.
- Management Reporting: Develop and present ad-hoc sales and profitability reports to support executive-level decision-making.
 
[Budgeting, Planning & Financial Reporting]
- HQ Reporting: Lead the preparation of timely and accurate financial reporting packages (Net Sales, OPEX, CAPEX, Full P&L) for each brand HQ using HFM.
- Variance Analysis: Proactively analyze monthly financial results against budgets and forecasts, identifying key risks, opportunities, and year-to-go (YTG) business impacts.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with department heads to gather critical inputs, scrutinize data for accuracy, and streamline the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes.
- Master Data Management: Maintain and manage financial reporting structures, cost centers, and store information in compliance with Group guidelines.
 
[Strategic Finance & Operational Excellence]
- Business Development: Prepare ROI analyses and business cases (NOP) to evaluate capital investments (CAPEX) and new store openings.
- Working Capital & Cost Control: Monitor and analyze key financial metrics including inventory aging, personnel costs, sales incentives, depreciation & amortization (D&A), IFRS16 impacts, and cash flow.
- Process Improvement: Continuously streamline budget and projection workflows in collaboration with regional and global teams to enhance reporting efficiency.
- Finance Advocacy: Effectively translate complex financial concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-financial leaders across the organization.
 

- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum 7+ years of progressive experience in Finance, with a strong emphasis on FP&A, budgeting, and business variance analysis. (Experience in the retail/fashion industry is a strong plus).
- Technical Knowledge: Solid understanding of K-GAAP and IFRS.
- System Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience with SAP, HFM (Financial Reporting), and Board (Financial Planning). Highly proficient in MS Excel; experience with Power BI is highly preferred.
- Language Skills: Native level of Korean and fluent in both written and verbal English.
- Soft Skills: * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
o Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
o Strong multitasking capabilities, a proactive problem-solving attitude, and a high level of professional integrity.