Financial Analyst Business controller

On behalf of one of its clients in the wine industry The French Chamber of Commerce is looking for a

Financial Analyst / Business controller

The candidate shall work under the supervision and report to the Head of Operations of the business unit responsible for vineyard projects and the distribution jointventures activity.

Main areas of responsibility include:

1. Main tasks related to the management of existing selective distribution companies on a daily basis:

Support the management of the different jointventure companies including the preparation of the different board of directors meetings and AGMs.

Interact with the Group commercial teams to prepare and propose the distribution strategies and once approved to ensure their good execution.

Coordinate with Operations and IT team to ensure smooth operation of each selective distribution companies (wine purchases wine collections at the estates management of the different wines inventories (commercial vs reserve inventories).

Interact with Finance to ensure a timely and efficient account preparation process and activity reports.

2. Secondary tasks related to the management of existing vineyard projects:

Helping the rest of the team to manage portfolio projects from an operational financial legal tax and accounting perspective).

Liaise with and coordinate and manage relationships with the external suppliers / serviceproviders (accounting firms auditors tax agent corporate secretary bank);

o With legal financial tax and corporate advisors both in Asia and France;

o With participating members: attend meetings and some events;

o With representatives and staff of our producer partners based in France in relation to wine production and operational aspects.

Draft documents and reports in connection with selected projects (e.g. biannual reports regular correspondence with partners).

3. Other tasks: Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

The successful candidate will:

Be educated to a graduate or postgraduate level;

Possess a minimum of three to four years of professional experience in the finance department (ideally FP&A) of a multinational company a financial services company or a consultancy or auditing firm (Big 4);

Soft skills: be selfstarting proactive independent have a strong sense of analysis and team spirit have a strong attention to detail and be a hard and diligent worker with high ethical standards;

Hard skills: have experience and interest in corporate finance and/or FP&A analysis be intellectually agile to evolve in a position requiring financial accounting tax and legal knowledge;

Be fluent in English both verbal and written; fluency (native) in French is a prerequisite to interact with stakeholders in France;

Able to work under deadlines and pressure;

Demonstrate an ability to interact with socalled ultrahigh net worth individuals across cultures and countries;

Master the use of Microsoft Office tools in particular in Microsoft Excel;

Be available to start ASAP.

Our ideal candidate is: A creative thinker with a strong visual eye and technical know-how. Well-versed in design fundamentals with an intuitive grasp of colour, graphic composition, design and typography. Passionate about storytelling through visual imagery. Curious with a collaborative mindset, and enjoys working with people. An adaptative multi-tasker, flexible to change, and open to responding to direction. Responsible and good at personal time management, with the ability to work under pressure to short timelines. Passionate and motivated, and possesses a high level of initiative with good problem-solving skills. Knowledge of graphic design and layout, and basic photography. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and relevant/related programs. Proficient in video software (Adobe After Effects, Premier Pro) Web knowledge and social media marketing experience will be an advantage. Diploma/Degree Students and Fresh graduates of Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or other relevant design-related studies are invited to submit a CV and digital portfolio.