Arc’teryx - Director, Finance – APAC - Tokyo

If you were in the Director, Finance – APAC role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Planning, forecasting, reporting and partnering effectively with the GM, APAC and the APAC leadership team to deliver the regional P&L
• Lead and build a high performing regional Brand Finance team, developing future leaders at Arc’teryx  
• Preparing and maintaining the long-range 5 year plan for the APAC region
• Connecting the regional strategy with the key drivers, inputs and investments required to deliver on the regional plans
• Driving the annual planning cycle, including setting financial goals, managing calendar and milestones in accordance with Brand HQ guidelines
• Leading key review discussions with Regional leadership team (budget, quarterly forecasting), and present plans to Brand leadership and Brand HQ Finance
• Leading the APAC FP&A team performing daily/weekly/monthly sales and financial reviews and leading the assessment of risks and opportunities against our plans
• Plan, forecast and report against our SG&A and expense plans for the region
• Provide decision support and analysis to support our Regional departments and functions
• Work with Group portfolio accounting support and Brand HQ accounting teams to ensure accuracy and completeness of monthly and quarterly financial close, with the aim to continuously improve the process.
• Developing the process for key regional investment and capital spending projects.  You critically assess business cases, and conduct post completion reviews of budget vs actual spend
• Bringing insights and best practices to drive process improvement and innovative thinking.

Are you our next Director, Finance – APAC?

• You have 12+ years’ experience of financial leadership, ideally with a focus in the retail industry with experience working in an global, matrixed organization
• You have a university degree in Commerce or Business Administration coupled with CPA or MBA 
• You have exceptional analytical and modeling skills and expert knowledge of financial statements 
• You have demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization 
• You can step in and take charge with minimum instruction 
• You can prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines 
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• You have experience working with BI tools and multi-platform, multi-currency environments 
• Familiar with global ERPs (such as SAP) and financial planning tools (ie: Oracle, OneStream)
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions 
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement 
• You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment 
• You have an interest or involvement in activities that we make products for 
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it