Finance Associate

About the role:
The Finance Associate is responsible for financial planning and analysis.
He/she will lead financial strategies, process improvement, and system simplification to drive business growth.
He/she will manage key profit and loss items such as gross margins, advertising and promotions and general & administrative expenses.
What you'll be doing:
• Manages the company's gross profit strategy and ensures timely implementation of plans to achieve the target gross profit.
• Analyzes and recommends cost savings opportunities.
• Collaborates with business partners to ensure timely implementation.
• Monitors movement of Gross Profit and provides commentaries for variance analysis.
• Drives programs and projects that will help bridge the gap to reach target Gross Profit.
• Sets and governs guardrails to minimize unfavorable impact to Gross Profit during Sales and Operations Execution/Plans (S&OE/P)
• Provides financial recommendations to ensure project targets are met.
• To create an annual budget for an upcoming opening of a new dental clinic
Product Analytics
• Leads product analytics and reporting.
• Builds proper principles on the right level of Gross Profit for product/marketing launches.
• Analyzes product category gross profit and creates levers to improve profit.
• Partners with various stakeholder to understand the drivers of cost of the product.
• Ensures the integrity of product costing database in various platforms
What we're looking for:
• Graduate of BS in Business Administration major in Finance Management or any related course.
• Must have at least 1 year work experience in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).
• Proficient in Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting to support the company's financial health.
• Must be Computer Literate
• Advanced in Excel – Functions, Formula, Big Data Management.
• Willing to be assigned in different branches of our clinic