Vice President of Finance, China recruitment

Shanghai

With unprecedented levels of growth across the Asia Pacific region, they are now looking to set up in China.  Having recently brought back their licence, their strategic focus is to retain full management for the brand and expand further with their own full service offering.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director for China and functionally to the Chief Financial Officer for Asia Pacific, you will be hands on in setting up the full infrastructure for finance for the China business, including implementing suitable policies and procedures and ensuring a strong controls environment.  Your role will be instrumental in devising the strategic plan and working with the MD in terms of execution.  You will provide sound business partnership and financial guidance for all aspects of the operation, and work with functional leaders to identify opportunities to maximise top and bottom line.  You will also be involved with all financial evaluations for their retail operations, from identifying locations through to day to day operational matters. 

This will be a full scope finance role in a dynamic and high pressured start up environment.  Suitable candidates should be qualified ACA/CPA or an equivalent MBA degree and have a minimum of 12 years of experience in a head of finance capacity for a similar luxury brand, retail or FMCG company.  You should have proven leadership and man-management skills to hire, build and develop a team, and demonstrate the flexibility to work in a hands-on start up environment.  Strong communication skills including fluency in English and Mandarin is essential as is the confidence and gravitas to work with the senior management team and liaise with corporate headquarters.

For more information or to apply, please email your CV to Janice Ho at j.ho@alsrecruit.com quoting the reference for a confidential discussion. For more Commerce Industry positions, please visit our website (www.alsrecruit.com) and contact us for details.

(Ref: EF/8354)