Business Performance & Analytics Manager, Research

Position Description

Do you find yourself frustrated with simplistic antiquated metrics that measure the finance business and miss opportunities to better understand and drive value through an organisation? Are you looking for a dynamic role, connected to the leadership of a strategically crucial department with a mandate to connect business strategy to performance management that translate directly to a real time understanding of business profitability and the enterprise, team and individual level? Can’t be done? If you have the creativity, personal drive and rare mix of accounting, finance, excel and python or similar skills required to thrive in the incredible valuable but challenging world of seeking data truth, strategic clarity, and staff buy-in we have the role for you.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

Business Planning and Strategy

• Put in place a robust business planning process/calendar, aligned with the annual business planning and budgeting cycles, to facilitate how the senior leadership team work together to plan, management and achieve departmental revenue and growth targets.

• Perform financial analysis and modelling to evaluate the feasibility and profitability of business plans.

Business and Data Analytics

• Design and implement analytical frameworks to assess business performance against strategic objectives.

• Utilize data analytics tools to derive insights from large datasets and inform business strategies.

• Prepare detailed reports and presentations summarizing analytical findings and strategic recommendations for stakeholders.

• Conduct scenario analysis to understand potential business impacts and support strategic decision-making.

• Collaborate with IT and data teams to enhance data collection processes and ensure data integrity for analysis.

Performance Reporting and Continuous Improvement

• Work with Finance department to manage cost, preparing comprehensive management information highlighting significant variances for the business.

• Evolve existing performance measurement systems to track the success of business plans.

• Analyse and interpret performance data to provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Communicate key findings and recommendations to senior management, enabling evidence-based decision-making.

• Contribute to the development of best practices and the optimization of planning processes.

Requirements

• University degree or above, a major in Finance, Accounting, or related disciplines, with CIMA or MBA helpful

• Minimum 5 years prior business management, management accounting or consulting experience

• Strong Equity Research knowledge preferred

• Prior experience with data analysis tools like Qlik, Tableau, Python etc. would be an advantage.

• Persuasive communication skills especially with management from different countries

• Self-driven – can work with minimal supervision and under tight deadlines.

• Good analytical and critical thinking skills

• Excellent excel skills especially with Excel formulae and comfortable with handling large data sets and numbers.

• Strong command in English and with Mandarin a plus.

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