Assistant Finance Manager (Bilingual in Mandarin)
3 days ago
La Puente
Job Description Add Flavor to Your Career and Life – Explore New Opportunities at Lee Kum Kee! Ready to bring fresh energy to your career? At Lee Kum Kee, we’re committed to your growth, offering a place where creativity and innovation thrive. If you're eager to make an impact and advance your career, apply today and start adding flavor to your professional life! ABOUT THE COMPANY Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards. Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success! BENEFITS • Medical, Dental, and Life Insurance coverage, • 401(k) Retirement Plan through Principal, • Two (2) Weeks Vacation, • Ten (10) Paid Holidays, • Five (5) Sick Days, • …And More! Position Summary In addition to overseeing the core operations of Zone Finance, this function serves as the company's analytical engine, delivering insights and strategic support to drive informed decision-making and achieve business objectives. Financial Reporting, Analysis and Planning • Responsible for the accurate and timely management reporting to both the local team and headquarter., • Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and capital expenditures., • Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance., • Assist in managing the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools., • Monthly Financial reports, • Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in marketing programs as well as new projects, • Support and drive pro-actively where appropriate US annual budgetary and forecasting processes including long term strategic plan, prepare analysis and reporting templates superior for presentation and submission on timely basis, • Design and implement customized P&L structures for key areas, including customer-specific or product-specific views to enhance decision-making., • Support new product launches and business cases with financial insights., • Monitor A&P spending efficiency and providing financial insights to optimize investments., • Support & provide input for business decision making for business growth of US trading companies in financial and non-financial aspect within his capability, including analysis with relevant insight for identifying relevant Market weakness and opportunity for sales growth, productivity and profitability improvement., • Participate and/or lead relevant initiatives or projects cross functionally when required including profitability improvement, business processes improvement, Digital Transformation projects implementation, etc., • Provide support to subordinates and resolution of issues, • Ensure comply with corporate policies and procedures in relation to Accounts & Finance and applicable approved Accounting Standard Board/ Companies Act in U.S. & Canada. Keep abreast of, and inform the local team and headquarter of any changes in accounting, taxation and secretarial practices in the region, • Jointly Assist in promulgating and upholding of internal controls; work with other team members from other functions, plan & control Finance policies and procedures to achieve company objectives.Requirements, • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, • At least 4 years’ working experience from FMCG, • Demonstrate leadership skill and ability to work with minimum supervision, • Highest standards of Integrity in work, highly organized and meticulous with data to bring out the insights for business, • Ability to think Out-of-the-box, strive toward operation excellence, • Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills., • Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Fluent in listening and speaking Mandarin or Cantonese., • Integrity., • Strong compliance with deadlines., • Able to communicate with all levels of management., • Excellent in command of written and spoken English. Bi-lingual in Chinese. It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.