Senior Manager, Commercial Finance Business Partner

*** Team and Role Introduction:
As a Finance Business Partner at Lazada Vietnam, the role is to provide support and advice to business from a financial perspective. The role will report to CFO with high level responsibilities as follows: • Business partnering: Partner and advise Business Unit management in driving business and financial performance • Financial planning: Coordinate financial planning and monitor progress against plan • Reporting and analysis: Report and benchmark BU performance across countries • Projects: Drive finance and planning projects (e.g. process improvement, automation, etc.)
*** Responsibilities:
Business partnering:
• Business partnering with frontline department(s)
• Cooperate with business team to set target and drive monthly performance vs. plan
• Provide insightful, timely and value-added input on key financial topics which relates to Lazada Platform
• Take Lead on Finance side for total Business case or ROI analysis of new business initiatives and strategy.
Financial planning
• Strengthen platform governance to reduce financial leakage and improve cost efficiency
• Advice on platform processes and policies to establish proactive control and risk management
• End to end partnering with Business team in to ensure ROI at target, and to ensure dynamic resource allocation and spending efficiency to deliver platform target
• Lead Monthly performance review with biz team to discuss and define actions for PnL improvement
• Closely work with business team to provide support for decision making and to influence business performance, efficiency and alignment on Finance related to your partnering department(s)
• Take lead on FBP side for Mega campaign Pre & Post evaluation, related to your partnering department(s)
Reporting and analysis
• Design & roll out performance dashboard & provide ROI analysis to support for new biz initiatives
• Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, forecasts, actual and highlight insight & clear action to business team
• Closely work with Finance partners to control the bad debt, finance leakage and define action to follow up with.