Brand Controller, South Asia, Cartier

**THE GROUP**
Richemont owns several of the world's leading companies in the field of luxury goods, with particular strengths in jewellery, watches and writing instruments. Our Maisons encompass several of the most prestigious names in the luxury industry including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, dunhill and Chloé. Richemont also owns leading online distributors YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP and Watchfinder & Co.

**THE COMPANY**
Richemont Luxury Singapore is a fully owned subsidiary of Richemont and is the platform on which some 13 Maisons conducts operations in Singapore and coordinates their business for the whole South Asia: 4 direct markets (Australia, Thailand, Malaysia on the top of Singapore) and export markets in ASEAN.

**THE POSITION**
Based in Singapore, the Brand Controller South Asia of Cartier, will be mainly responsible for the regional consolidation of Cartier South East Asia and Oceania with focus on Singapore and Malaysia markets covering key areas of annual budget, rolling forecasts and latest estimates, strategic plans, regular financial KPI reporting, fixed asset investment requests, and cashflow management.

This position reports to the FP&A Manager, Cartier South Asia and Oceania. The position is a member of the Richemont FP&A community of APAC and South Asia driving FP&A initiatives, promoting best practices, and elevating professional competency of the Finance function. The position has no direct report

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Safeguard the financial objective through both P&L and assets of the Maison by maintaining the independent view of Finance in business decisions
- Key contributor of budgeting and rolling forecast processes of Cartier, key contact between head-offices and the 2 markets in Singapore and Malaysia, to drive financial planning and monitoring of targets and KPIs
- Monitor business and cost trends across markets, analyse financial impacts of budget/ forecast deviations, and recommend corrective measures
- Drive insightful analysis and financial visibility to enable strategic and operational decisions.
- Conduct the feasibility and profitability test of Maison’s existing and future projects
- Promote financial discipline within the Maison teams, ensure quality of the financial forecasts, and compliance of corporate finance policies
- Lead APAC FP&A initiatives by bringing functional efficiency and elevating the quality of reporting and financial monitoring

**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES**:

- University graduate of tertiary educational institute
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in Controlling/FP&A
- Experience in senior single contributor roles
- Work experience in matrix organization is highly valued; experience in retail industry is an advantage
- Experience with SAP and Business Object is a plus

**SKILLS**:

- Strong technical skills in managing high volume data complexity
- Highly process-driven and systematic in approach
- Strong sense of anticipation to build and update work retro-planning
- Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills
- A sharp intellect with curiosity; ability to be proactive, make decisions, problem-solve, and adapt to change

**COMPETENCES**:

- Strong leadership and executive presence in driving the Maison financial planning process
- Solid stakeholder management capabilities to work successfully in a multi-matrix organisation with conflicting priorities
- Challenging partnership through financial neutrality and collaborative mindset to drive effective financial monitoring
- High learning agility, able to deliver under fast changing and dynamic market conditions
- Adaptability and ability to work with different functions and levels of seniority
- Positive and resilient mindset to thrive through uncertainties