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This job is the Vice President, Regional Finance Process Lead-Retail and Inventory at Lazada Group. You might like this job because it involves designing processes, driving efficiencies, and leading new initiatives in e-commerce finance.
Undisclosed
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Full-Time
few days ago
Job Description
Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. It is accelerating progress in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam through commerce and technology. Since 2016, Lazada has been the Southeast Asia flagship platform of Alibaba Group, powered by its world-class technology infrastructure.
Team Introduction
The role will be responsible for designing the processes and workflow for timely recording and reconciliation of Lazada’s transactions from a regional perspective, focusing on marketplace and retail. This position will focus on supporting the rollout of new initiatives and projects, ensuring their smooth transition and operation and driving transformational efficiencies and automation across all ventures, while ensuring the existence of sufficient controls to mitigate any risk implication. This role reports to the VP, Finance – Process Lead.
Responsibilities
In this position, you will:
1. Be the subject matter expert in processes and systems of the domain area. Monitor all internal and external audit issues relating to the finance processes and ensure timely completion of action plans. Where needed, provide support to the countries for issue closure.
2. Lead the review of business initiatives
Design process and suggest systems developments to support the success of business initiatives.
Drive Business Partnering with relevant stakeholders.
Create, review and publish documentation of manuals and SOPs for new initiatives.
3. Build trusting relationship and continuous interaction with internal stakeholders, as well as, BPO to ensure high-quality delivery of service and maximum customer satisfaction.
4. Initiate the transition of new entities/ workflow to Finance BPO when there are new initiatives, process changes, or transactional work remaining in local ventures.
5. Identify and prioritise process and system improvement opportunities for finance operations
Conduct workshops to continually review work practices and identify pain points
Re-design process for better operational efficiency, including adoption of automation tools, and resolve potential control issues
Provide regular updates and training to various end-users related to company processes, systems and tools to ensure desired engagement, understanding and adoption
Job Requirements
Requirement
Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, minimum 10 years’ experience with experience in managing projects/implementations.
Technically competent and operationally hands-on.
Ability to work cross-functionally.
Ability to work within tight timeframes, manage multiple priorities, and demonstrate flexibility as priorities change.
Inquisitive mind to question status quo and propose improvements using automation tools and improve workflows.
Able to be proactive in solving problems and developing creative solutions.
Must be fluent in both English and Chinese.
Prior experience in e-commerce business will be an added advantage
Familiar with SAP is a plus.
Company Benefits
Collaborative team
We are as diverse as the region we connect, because we value the power of difference.
Rewarding career
We value curiosity and passion that allow the best ideas to surface from our people. We experiment, we learn, and we do better every day.
Diverse opportunities
Build your future with Lazada in in Commercial, Marketing, Technology, Customer Care, Strategy & Management, Corporate Function, and more!
Additional Info
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Experience Level
0 - 10 Years of Experience
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