Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

Position Summary-

The Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager is responsible for leading the Company's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, business performance analysis, and strategic decision support. This role partners closely with Commercial, Retail Operations, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, E-commerce, and Executive Management to drive profitable growth, improve operational efficiency, and support data-driven decision-making.

The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical capabilities, commercial acumen, and extensive experience in retail or fashion businesses where inventory, gross margin, and store performance are critical success factors.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Planning & Forecasting

•Lead the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting.

•Develop rolling forecasts and long-term financial plans.

•Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast and recommend corrective actions.

2. Business Performance & Financial Analysis

•Prepare monthly management reports and analyze financial performance, including sales, gross margin, expenses, EBITDA, net profit and key business KPIs.

•Develop Integrated BI master data for easing operations

•Conduct variance analysis against Budget, Forecast, and Prior Year, and provide actionable insights to management.

•Pricing analysis, with a focus on price to cost ratio analysis and forecast as well as in-depth cost analysis

•Working capital management, including analysis of inventory level, aging and etc.

•Promotion activities analysis by each of the channels, regions and stores

•Store-level full PL analysis and performance tracking.

•Support strategic initiatives through financial modeling and scenario analysis.

3. Expense Planning & Cost Control

•Prepare periodic operating expense (OPEX) analysis reports, by segment, department, function, and cost center.

•Monitor expense trends, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure spending is aligned with approved budgets.

•Partner with department heads to improve cost efficiency and financial discipline.

4. Business Partnering

•Work closely with Retail, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, E-commerce, HR, and other business functions to support commercial decisions, investment evaluations, pricing, promotions, and business initiatives.

•Provide financial guidance to improve business performance and profitability.

5. Reporting, Process Improvement & Team Management

•Develop and enhance financial reporting, dashboards, and planning models.

•Improve budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.

Qualifications and Budget

•Bachelor's degree or above in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.

•Native Vietnamese speaker, fluent in English

•CPA, CMA, CFA, or MBA is an advantage.

•3 years of experience in internationally reputable accounting firms.

•3 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Mgt accounts, or Commercial Finance in corporate environment.

•Strong demonstration of understanding of retail economics, and work experience in fashion retail, FMCG, consumer goods, or multi-store retail is strongly preferred.

•Experience in SAP & POS softwares