Commercial Finance Assistant Manager

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Dole is one of the world's largest producers and marketers of high-quality fresh fruits, with a growing line of quality packaged and frozen foods. Dole's dedication to quality is a commitment solidly backed by: comprehensive programs for food safety, scientific crop protection programs, stringent quality control measures, state-of-the-art production and transportation technologies, continuous improvement through research and innovation, and dedication to the safety of their employees, communities and the environment.

Job Purpose

To provide strategic financial support and insights across both Supply Chain and Commercial functions, enabling data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency. This role is responsible for consolidating and analyzing inventory forecasts, monitoring working capital impacts, and ensuring provision adequacy in collaboration with Supply Chain and Finance Controlling teams. Simultaneously, it partners with APAC Commercial Finance and Southeast Asia commercial teams to drive financial planning, performance analysis, and scenario modeling, supporting innovation and business growth through accurate forecasting, risk identification, and actionable commercial insights.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Supply Chain Finance

• Consolidate and analyze forecast inventory levels for source sites and markets on a monthly basis. Identify and understand the drivers for movements between cycles to call out risks in a timely manner.
• Analyze monthly forecast vs actual inventory balances and its impact to working capital. Partner with Supply Chain to identify and work on areas where forecast accuracy could be improved
• Track and monitor inventory provision adequacy of both source sites and markets on a monthly basis by working closely with both Supply Chain and Finance Controlling teams.
• Review ageing inventory reporting to Corporate Finance on a quarterly basis
• Manage ad-hoc tasks or projects as required

Commercial Finance

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Partnering with APAC commercial finance leader and the commercial teams to develop annual budget, monthly forecast process end to end and long term planning process for the Southeast Asia market. Ensure forecast accuracy, complete & timely submission, together with supporting schedules, comments, and analysis.
• Track and monitor and perform monthly financial performance analysis against budget/forecast and identify risk and opportunities in timely manner.
• Closely work with the commercial teams, provides APAC commercial finance leader and other senior management with regular insight into the commercial performance of market in scope in a succinct & precise manner. Provide inputs as needed by Regional Finance for their reports / updates to Corporate.
• Provide financial analysis, scenario modelling to support decision making
• Support commercial innovation and projects, to provide commercial insights with business acumen, ensure projects and business delivery.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner/Commercial/FP&A Analyst or a similar role with at least 1 ~ 3 years of relevant experiences
• Experience of Food-related/ FMCG industry will be advantageous.
• Good communication skills (written / verbal) with excellent active listening skills ; Knowledge of Japanese will be preferred but not a constraint.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, articulate and able to communicate comfortably with key stakeholders
• Self-initiate and ability to work under remote supervision
• Proficiency in SAP system , Microsoft Office software tools, especially advanced MS excel skills
• Experience of working in multi-national teams and/or a virtual team environment would be an advantage