Assistant Manager/ Manager, Commercial Finance

About Us

DFI Retail Group (the ‘Group’) is a leading Asian retailer. As at 30 Jun 2024, the Group, its associates and joint ventures operated some 11,000 outlets and employed over 200,000 people. The Group had total annual revenue in 2023 exceeding US$26 billion.

The Group is dedicated to delivering quality, value and exceptional service to Asian consumers through a compelling retail experience, supported by an extensive store network and highly efficient supply chains.

The Group (including associates and joint ventures) operates a portfolio of well-known brands across six key divisions: food, convenience, health and beauty, home furnishings, restaurants and other retailing.

At the heart of its business, DFI Retail Group is driven by its purpose to "Sustainably Serve Asia for Generations with Everyday Moments.

The Group’s parent company, DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited, is incorporated in Bermuda and has a primary listing in the equity shares (transition) category of the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. The Group’s businesses are managed from Hong Kong. DFI Retail Group is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

The Role

You will be responsibile in driving business performance conversations through their delivery of appropriate reporting and commentary which will influence the larger Dairy Farm Finance team in proving insightful analyst to their stakeholders.

You will be required to have strong financial discipline, build a strong business partnership relationship with the commercial leaders in Asia, becoming a trusted and valued member of their teams.

In addition, you will identify and drive opportunities for innovative analysis on merchandise and category trends / emerging issues in Asia to support Commercial Finance & Strategy projects.

• Shape the role of financial business partnership in Asia, working closely with senior commercial leadership team to lead and develop the annual budget and re-forecasts including commentary for regular business review
• Lead and support development the financial strategy needed to support category and business objectives
• Provide complete, accurate and timely management reporting and business insights to senior management
• Lead the budget and forecasting process including planning, budgeting and forecasting of sales, margins and working capital
• Responsible for providing enhanced commercial reporting and insights of key KPIs, including deep dive root cause analysis, identify cost savings opportunities
• Provide analytical support to other functions as requested
• Support financial and strategic projects as requested
• Supervise business cases for any new business initiatives
• Lead and initiate enhancements to reporting and insight generation

About You

• CA/CPA/CIMA/CFA qualification
• Experience in leading and managing a team
• 5+ years of relevant commercial finance experience working with complex organisations, turnaround, face paced environment, preferably within supermarket retail, big4 and strategy consulting
• Proven experience in structured problem solving with the ability to identify financial opportunities / issues and implement continuous improvement
• Strong management and influencing skills
• The ability to review processes to understand impacts on financial outcomes and make recommendations for improvement
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
• Exceptional in engaging, collaborating and influencing both financial and non-financial stakeholders such as Commercial / Merchandising / Buying, Supply Chain, Operations functions
• Strong culture awareness in Asia, a good command of English and Asian language (verbal and written)
• Strong strategy and project manage experience, including project planning, scheduling and accountability management
• Ability to facilitate and orchestrate complex discussions, engage participants in collaborative, drive meetings forward whiles effectively handling conflicting opinions
• A “gravitas” so as to hold the business to account in delivery its performance objectives