Japan Finance – E-Commerce Finance Controller or FP&A Manager/Specialist

Why Work at Lenovo

Here at Lenovo, we believe in smarter technology for all, so we spend our time building a society that’s brighter and more inclusive.

And we go big. No, not big—huge.

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With our ingenuity, we help millions—not just the select few—experience our version of a smarter future.

The one thing that’s missing? Well… you…

Description and Requirements

Employer: Lenovo Japan, LLC

Work location: Akihabara UDX (Tokyo); (3 onsite and 2 remote days in a week could be applicable)

Smoking: Not allowed in the office, but smoking room is available in 5th floor of Akihabara UDX

Employment condition: Permanent Staff (Probation period: 6 months)

Expected salary: Depending on the current salary and experience, we would make our decision

Overtime allowance: Not applicable (Band 8)

Working hours: 9:00-17:45 (Rest time: 1 hour (12:00-13:00))

Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, year-end holiday, established anniversary day, special holiday, and compensatory holiday

Social insurance and benefits: Comprised of Pension, Health, Unemployment and Worker’s Accident Compensation, Defined-contribution pension, property accumulation savings, Lenovo employee group life insurance, etc.

• About Lenovo culture

Our culture defines us…it’s our DNA. We call it the “We Are Lenovo” culture and it’s the values we share and the business practices we deploy. It’s how we address our day-to-day commitments. The “We Are Lenovo” culture is embodied in the statement: We do what we say, we own what we do, and we like to constantly wow our customers

• CUSTOMERS in everything we do
• Global TEAM players guided by integrity and TRUST
• ENTREPRENEURS committed to driving change
• INNOVATORS who relentlessly pursue new idea

Our culture is what has enabled us to consistently raise the bar on delivering break-through innovations, award-winning designs, and strong financial performance.

To know more about who we are, visit https://www.lenovo.com/jp/ja/about/whoweare.

• About Lenovo F&A and this role

Lenovo F&A (管理財務部) houses a variety of roles from FP&A・Controller (経営管理), to Accounting, Tax, and Treasury/AR, offering a wide variety of skill and career development opportunities.

The Japan eComm Controller works to support Japan eComm Business and his/her sales/operation in driving business growth. S/he will be responsible for providing financial insights focusing on ecomm business activities. The ideal candidate will have strong understanding of the financial principles, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to communicate/influence various stakeholders. We expect that an expertise is ideal / experience is required in the IT hardware / services industry to succeed in this role.

• About Organization
• Manager: Japan FP&A / Category Finance Sr. Manager
• Subordinates: None, but aspiring individuals will be given organizational projects/responsibilities
• Number of Peers: Approximately 8-10; Segment/Function Controllers in Japan who are in equivalent roles with differing business/functional counterparts, Asia Pacific (AP) Segment Controllers.
• Roles and responsibilities

Japan eComm Controller / FP&A Manager will, through partnering with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Services functions, as well as Japan and AP Finance teams:

• Lead providing insightful/actionable analysis to improve the profitability of our eComm business in a sustainable manner, drawing on a cumulative knowledge base from previous experiences to execute an appropriate course of action.
• Partners with business leaders in developing business and financial strategies / solution in order to maximize growth, improving the financial efficiency, and providing recommendations to complex business challenges.
• Work with function teams/leaders to ensure key decisions are made with strong data support, good risk/reward consideration, in a timely manner. In particular s/he will be a key player in providing financial governance / guidance to commercial activities including but not limited to pricing strategy, contract/deal reviews.
• Initiates and influences function teams to adopt new financial analytics and systems/processes.
• Key Interaction with:
• Japan eComm leader, eComm 4P and Ops, Segment/Functional leaders, Japan CFO/FP&A, AP CFO and AP HQ F&A team.
• Requirements

Must Have – essential

• 7+ years of experience in Finance FP&A, Controlling / Business Planning, or Strategy ideally in IT hardware / services, if not with an equivalent commercial environment.
• Working experience in international environment, with global team(s), and/or in mixed cultures.
• Change Agent. Provocative thinking, engagement / influencing skills, stakeholder management.
• Open to learn, adopt to new challenges, maturity to work in both advanced and primitive environment.
• Advanced/business level English and Japanese.
• Positive and proactive problem-solving attitude. Ability to handle and wrestle through ambiguous tasks.
• Ability to realign work priorities against conflicting demands.

Good to have – desirable

• Experience in a large multinational (e.g. Fortune 500), matrix organization is a plus.
• Experience in working with and/or transitioning work to offshore COE organizations.
• MBA, CPA, and/or CFA desirable, but not required.
• Broad systems and also specific application experience (SAP, Power BI, Qliksense), but also ability to take part in transforming legacy systems/processes.
• Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) is a plus.
• Ideal Candidate

Leadership potential profile in a MNC F&A organization. Aspiration and strong ownership to develop his/her own career in an international business environment. Strong commercial mindset. Ideally mobile in the mid-long term.

Additional Locations:

• Japan
• Japan

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