# Senior FP&A Analyst

**Company:** [LUXASIA](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/jbVBwenH3W2zT5Zn1Y3M4x.md)
**Location:** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Finance

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## Description

LUXASIA is the leading beauty omnichannel distribution platform of Asia Pacific that has successfully enabled brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands. Our integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing, and supply chain management. Since 1986, the company has partnered the world’s finest brands, such as Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Montblanc, and SK-II. We have also established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Elizabeth Arden, Puig, Yves Rocher, and By Terry. At the core of our business is a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2000 talents that shape the face of luxury beauty, and delights consumers daily across our growing footprint of 15 markets. Come join us now.

**Why Join Us?**

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent – that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific, and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you the autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

**MAIN PURPOSE**

The FP&A Analyst / Senior Analyst will support the FP&A Senior Manager as a finance business partner to five markets. Other than that, responsibilities also include contributing to monthly performance reporting, regional overhead cost management, working capital tracking, and the annual budgeting process. The role also plays a key part in the Group's finance transformation journey, including the SAP S/4HANA implementation and the migration to Power BI reporting.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**1\. Business Partnering & Market Support**

-   Support the FP&A Senior Manager in acting as finance business partner to five markets, providing financial analysis, performance insights, and decision-making support.
-   Assist in the preparation of monthly ELT (Executive Leadership Team) presentation slides, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and commercially relevant commentary.
-   Support group ad-hoc analysis on brand profitability and channel profitability as directed.
-   Serve as back-up to the person heading Group Reporting, ensuring continuity of reporting deliverables when required.

**2\. Regional Overhead Cost Management & Monthly Reporting**

-   Manage the regional overhead expense tracker, monitoring actuals against budget and prior year across all regional cost centres.
-   Work closely with the team responsible for capturing overhead transactions to analyse variances, identify savings or overspend, and determine risks & opportunities.
-   Prepare and present a clear variance analysis to the CFO on Working Day 5 (WD5) every month, with well-supported commentary and actionable insights.
-   Assist in data extraction, validation, and reconciliation activities related to finance transformation initiatives.

**3\. Working Capital — Inventory & POSM**

-   Track and monitor Group inventory on a monthly basis as part of the Company's working capital risk management framework.
-   Analyse inventory performance using key metrics including Stock Cover and Life in Days (LID).
-   Track Group Point-of-Sales Materials (POSM) on a monthly basis, monitoring balances and flagging areas of concern.
-   Collaborate with market finance teams and market supply chain teams to support corrective actions

**4\. Budgeting & Forecasting**

-   Support the end-to-end annual budget process, with particular focus on the Regional Overhead Budget.
-   Liaise with regional functional stakeholders to collect, validate, and consolidate overhead budget submissions, under the guidance of the Senior Manager.
-   Manage the regional overhead cost allocation process, ensuring allocations are accurately computed and clearly documented.
-   Support Group budget consolidation by reviewing market budget submissions for quality and completeness, eg. validating figures submitted in the correct measurement unit, intercompany intercompany transactions are fully and accurately eliminated.

## Requirements

-   Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline. Professional qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent) is an advantage.
-   FP&A Analyst: 1–2 years of relevant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or audit. FP&A Senior Analyst: 3–5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or audit.
-   Experience in consumer goods, retail, or a fast-paced multinational environment is advantageous.
-   Experience with SAP or SAP HANA reporting environments is preferred.
-   Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with Power BI is advantageous.

## Benefits

**We promise to offer you:**

-   An open and massively friendly work environment full of ambitious and skilled people who love what they do and do what they love.
-   Lots of challenges, fast-pace, opportunities to develop yourself and fun times.
-   Committed executive team to support your best performance.

**Why Join Us?**

-   Fun, work hard, play hard culture
-   Public Transport Accessibility
-   Fast-Growing Company
-   Beauty Samples
-   Staff Discounts
-   Free coffee to kick start the day

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let’s grow together.

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We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you.

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**Note to staffing agencies**

Please DO NOT contact LUXASIA’s employees or Talent & Excitement (T&E) team in an attempt to present candidates for our roles. LUXASIA has our own panel of appointed agencies that we work with. Any agency who is interested to work with us must obtain prior written approval from LUXASIA’s T&E team before you submit candidates’ resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. LUXASIA will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Thank you for your understanding.
