DFI Retail Group (the ‘Group’) is a leading pan-Asian retailer. At 31st December 2021, the Group and its associates and joint ventures operated over 10,200 outlets and employed some 230,000 people. The Group had total annual sales in 2021 exceeding US$27 billion.

The Group provides quality and value to Asian consumers by offering leading brands, a compelling retail experience and great service; all delivered through a strong store network supported by efficient supply chains.

The Group (including associates and joint ventures) operates under a number of well-known brands across food, health and beauty, home furnishings, restaurants and other retailing.

The Group’s parent company, Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited, is incorporated in Bermuda and has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. The Group's businesses are managed from Hong Kong by Dairy Farm Management Services Limited through its regional offices.

DFI Retail Group is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Commercial Assistant Finance Manager / Finance Analyst

Is this your next challenge in commercial finance?

Reporting to Commercial Finance Manager, your responsibility will be to provide financial analytics, commercial and strategic support to the commercial directors, providing valuable insights that drives commercial and strategic outcomes.

You will be required to lead structure and lead commercial strategic and analytic projects which influencing business decision making with fact-based actionable insights across commercial departments.

The challenge is to:

• Shape the role of financial business partnership in Asia, work closely with the commercial team and leadership team to produce annual budget and re-forecasts including commentary for regular business review.
• Lead and support development of the financial strategy for supporting category and business objectives.
• Generate insights and commercial recommendations that will drive end-to-end profitability improvement, through advanced modelling and analysis of financial and non-financial data (e.g. market insights and trends, profitability, cost and efficiency analysis).
• Identify and define system improvements to enhance ability to deliver on strategic objectives.
• Highlight future risks and opportunities by leading the rolling forecast process.
• Contribute to subsequent enhancements to reporting and insight generation.
• Completing business cases for any new business initiatives.

Do you have experience in commercial finance?

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance OR Computer Science, Data Science,, Mathematics, Statistics, or other related fields.
• A CA/CPA/CIMA/CFA qualification.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working with complex organisations, turnaround, fast paced environment, preferably within Retail, FMCG, big4 or consulting.
• Proven experience in structured problem solving, preparing, understanding and analysing financial information to identify business opportunities/challenges and recommend alternate actions.
• Experience of working with and influencing non-financial stakeholders especially Commercial / Merchandising / Buying functions is a plus.
• Experience with big data, in identifying insights and story telling.
• Experience with a BI tool i.e. Tableau, SQL, Alteryx are desirable.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Proven ability to communicate in English effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior management, while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Ability to generate insights and recommendations that will drive end-to-end profitability improvement and cost efficiency.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.
• Inquisitive Problem Solver: Thrives in complex and expansive problem spaces, driven by curiosity and a relentless pursuit of solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Strong culture awareness in Asia, with the ability of understanding more than one Asian languages which is desirable.
• A continuous improvement mindset and track record of execution.
• Candidates with less experience will be considered as Commercial Finance Analyst.