Finance Specialist - Recruitment Intelligence Consultants Limited

1. An award-winning, Michelin-recognised dining brand
2. Excellent Exposure

A critical execution role within a lean market finance team. You will support the full financial management cycle in your assigned market, from month-end close and variance reporting to budgeting, compliance, and business partnering. Ideal for a driven finance professional ready to step into a high-accountability, commercially meaningful role within a rapidly growing global brand.

Responsibilities

1. Business Partnering

1. Serve as the on-ground finance partner for Market GMs and operations teams
2. Provide store-level insights: pricing, cost management, store performance analysis
3. Partner with procurement and operations on product costing
4. Liaise with POS/ERP teams to ensure data accuracy

2. Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

1. Leverage on shared service team to ensure timely and accurate monthly close: journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, inventory counts
2. Produce management reports including Sales report, P&L, variance analysis, and commentary
3. Ensure data integrity across NetSuite / ERP and maintain audit-ready records
4. Prepare and update market-level KPI dashboards (traffic, basket size, labour %, COGS %)

3. Budgeting & Forecasting Support

1. Assist in annual budget and monthly re-forecast for the market
2. Maintain and update FP&A models and templates
3. Track actuals vs. budget and prepare monthly variance commentary
4. Support GMs with budget inputs and financial simulations

4. Controllership & Compliance

1. Ensure compliance with financial control standards
2. Manage AP/AR, intercompany transactions, and vendor reconciliations
3. Assist with statutory filings: tax returns, GST/VAT, audit schedules
4. Prepare local statutory reports and audit schedules

5. Systems & Data Integrity

1. Support implementation of new tools and reporting standards
2. Act as primary liaison with local operations and external auditors

Requirements

1. Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance, Accounting or Business; CPA / CA/ ACCA preferred
2. 7+ years of finance experience; minimum 3-4 years in a dual FP&A + financial reporting or multi-hat finance role
3. Strong knowledge of IFRS, HKIRD, IRAS, and transfer pricing requirements
4. Proven track record as a commercially oriented business partner
5. F&B, retail, or consumer multi-unit business experience preferred
6. Proficiency in NetSuite, Excel, Power BI; Anaplan is a plus
7. Bilingual English and Mandarin/Cantonese advantageous

Interested applicants should send a detailed resume to Michelle Ho by email to [protected-email-address] quoting reference eFC3668 .

(Applicants not contacted within 4 weeks should consider their application unsuccessful.)