Business Controller

LUXASIA is the leading and largest beauty omnichannel brand-builder of Asia Pacific. Since 1986, it has successfully enabled market entry and brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands, like Albion, Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Creed, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Montblanc, Rabanne, Ferragamo, SK-II, and growing luxury lifestyle brands, like Dyson, Shark Ninja, Victorinox and Stokke. LUXASIA has established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Revlon (for Elizabeth Arden), Puig, Shiseido, and Orveon (for Laura Mercier).  The Group's integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing & analytics, and supply chain management. LUXASIA is powered by a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2700 talents across a growing footprint of 15 markets.

Why Join Us?

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent – that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

Position Purpose: 

The Business Controller serves as a strategic finance business partner to the Commercial, Marketing, Retail, eCommerce, and Operations teams, providing financial insights and decision support to drive sustainable business growth and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes in partnership with business stakeholders.
• Develop financial models and forecasts to support business planning and strategic decision-making.
• Monitor business performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Drive forecast accuracy through regular reviews and close collaboration with commercial and operational teams.
• Support cash flow planning and financial forecasting activities.

Financial Analysis & Performance Management

• Analyse revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and profitability across products, channels, customers, and business units.
• Perform detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance, providing actionable business insights.
• Prepare monthly management reports, financial dashboards, and performance reviews for leadership teams.
• Identify key drivers impacting business performance and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Support profitability enhancement initiatives through data-driven analysis and recommendations.

Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Act as the primary finance business partner to Commercial, Marketing, Retail, E-commerce, and Operations teams.
• Provide financial evaluation and decision support for business initiatives, investments, promotions, product launches, and strategic projects.
• Develop business cases, scenario planning, and financial simulations to support commercial decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders to evaluate return on investment (ROI) and optimise resource allocation.
• Support annual pricing reviews and commercial strategy discussions.

Pricing & Profitability Management

• Conduct pricing analysis and margin reviews across product categories and sales channels.
• Evaluate promotional activities and pricing strategies to ensure alignment with profitability objectives.
• Monitor competitor pricing and market developments to support commercial decision-making.
• Provide recommendations to improve revenue growth and margin performance.

Financial Governance & Compliance

• Ensure robust financial controls, policies, and procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Support internal and external audit activities and act as a key finance contact during audit reviews.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal control requirements.
• Support implementation of new financial processes, SOPs, and governance initiatives.
• Identify process improvement opportunities to strengthen controls and operational efficiency.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Prepare and present monthly business performance reviews to senior management.
• Communicate financial results, business risks, and opportunities clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across functions to drive financial discipline and business accountability.
• Support regional and global reporting requirements as required.

Requirements:

• Minimum 8 years of post-qualification experience in Finance and Controlling, preferred to have some regional exposure but not required.
• Experience within the luxury, lifestyle brands, electronics, premium consumer brand, and retail industry is preferred.
• Commercially minded, pragmatic in approach with high attention to detail.
• Creative and innovative attitude, always looking for new ways to improve current activities.
• Highly organised self-starter with the ability to prioritise. A multi-tasker who is able to achieve deadlines and a team player who is able to work with multiple teams.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to lead and build relationship with stakeholders. Able to recognise senior stakeholders’ priorities and understand the optimal way of presenting information.

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let’s grow together.

Championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

LUXASIA aspires to build a One Team of talents that reflects the diversity of the communities in our operating markets. LUXASIA is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, marital status, or any other characteristics as provided by law.

To explore other careers opportunities, visit our careers page @ https://www.luxasia.com/careers/

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