Salary:

Competitive

Team:

Finance

Location:

China - Shanghai Office

About Role:
The Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, GC will oversee all aspects of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for Dyson Greater China(China Mainland & HKTW). This role will be responsible for providing strategic financial insights, driving budgetary decisions, and optimizing financial performance across our regional operations in achieving financial targets and objectives. This role reports directly to the Finance VP, Greater China.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning and Budgeting, Forecasting:

• Lead the development of monthly/annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans for the regional organization.
• Collaborate closely with GC Finance teams and business functions leaders to gather inputs, assess market dynamics, and refine financial projections.
• Conduct a comprehensive analysis of historical data, macroeconomic trends, and business drivers to generate accurate forecasts and identify strategic opportunities and risks.

Financial Analysis and Reporting:

• Prepare comprehensive financial reports, variance analysis, and performance dashboards for leadership management.
• Evaluate actual financial results against budget and forecasts, providing insightful commentary and recommendations to drive performance improvements.
• ldentify trends, deviations, and emerging issues, and communicate findings effectively to support informed decision-making.
• Assist in the preparation of regional monthly operating report and other routine reports.
• Collaborate closely with consolidation and accounting team to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data including month-end close process and reconciliations.

Strategic Financial Insights and Decision Support:

• Collaborate with functional stakeholders to understand key business drivers.
• Support strategic initiatives through financial modeling and analysis.
• Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to assess key performance metrics, identify areas of improvement, and drive strategic initiatives
• Develop rolling forecasts to provide accurate financial outlooks.
• Ownership and management of strategic financial risks.
• Assist in decision-making processes by providing financial insights and recommendations.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Manage and mentor a team of financial analysts and planners.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration within the FPA team and across functions.

Position Requirement & Key Abilities:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, or a related field. CPA preferred.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in finance planning and analysis, with significant exposure to large multinational corporations and business analysis. Exposure to business partnering role preferred.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and systemic thinking abilities, adept at synthesizing complex datasets to identify opportunities and communicate findings clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting techniques and variance analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point is required.
• Fluent written and spoken English is very important.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights to drive business efficiency.
• Skilled in creating reports, dashboards, and data visualization.

Key Personal Attributes:

• Strong cognitive intelligence, with the ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and make informed decisions.
• Detail-oriented mindset with a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate resilience and composure under pressure, maintaining focus and productivity in challenging situations.
• Proven ability to foster effective teamwork across diverse functions and driving results in a dynamic environment through collaborative efforts and influencing decision-making.
• Highly organized, capable of working independently and collaboratively in managing multiple priorities, while meeting deadlines effectively, demonstrating initiative and self-motivation.
• Demonstrate integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Adaptable and flexible, with a positive attitude towards embracing change and innovation.
• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, learning agility and commitment to continuous learning, growth and professional development.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.