Associate, Strategic Finance

About the Role

In this role, you will be part of the North Asia Strategic Finance team that covers Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and will report to the Head of Finance, North Asia Mobility . You will be partnering with CEOs/GMs, Local and Central Operations, Strategy & Planning, and various functional teams, while working in close collaboration with the rest of North Asia, APAC and Global Mobility Finance teams. There will be a high degree of P&L ownership in this role.

In this position, you will be driving strategic analysis and insights to influence finance and business leaders around product portfolio, competitive dynamics, marketplace investments and engagement levers, rider and driver operations. In addition, you will help the team in setting and delivering targets, through forecasting, reporting and analysis efforts, but also building the right financial discipline across multiple initiatives. Besides FP&A, you will also have the opportunity to participate in key regional strategic projects and establish ROI processes for capital allocation across the region.

If you're ready to go deep working on a rewarding set of challenges and if you've got the finance & modeling skills, brain power, passion, professional commitment and a strong team mentality - read on and get in touch!

Your Impact in Role

• Financial planning and analysis: work closely with the broader finance organization and with regional business leaders to develop financial forecasts and operational goals, apply business judgement and financial insights to help with strategy and decision making
• Financial modeling: build models from scratch, improve existing models, and capture complex business reality/dynamics and interactions into comprehensive models and leverage those to assess trade-offs, propose solutions and drive better decision making
• Think strategically and execute: the models we build aid in decision making and strategy - we operationalize our insights and support daily execution
• Monthly close: report and analyze variances between actuals, forecast, and plan - use insights to iterate on forecasts and create/discuss potential action plans with cross-functional stakeholders
• Process improvement: help improve our planning processes and ensure finance best practices spread through the organization. Work with Accounting, Tax, FinOps and other finance verticals to provide input on management reporting needs and better understand our actuals
• Innovate: we will push the boundaries beyond traditional forecasting. Be creative, adaptive, and eager to learn new technical skill sets
• Special projects: new initiatives always come up, you will have the chance to contribute on product launches, M&A and JV deals, business partnerships, cross-border strategy, etc.

What You Will Need

• BS/BA in Finance, Accounting, Economics are highly preferred
• 3+ years of proven experience in FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital or Management Consulting with experience of Financial modeling
• Strong analytical skills
• Elite Excel/Google Sheet skills: Best practices are second-nature, your models are efficient, scalable and intuitive
• Excellent communication and people skills: numbers are key, but a business is built with people
• Self-starter: You will take initiative, be passionate and dedicated, and drive toward goals
• Attention to detail and ability to execute in a fast-paced environment
• Standout colleague - this is a highly collaborative and encouraging team environment
• Working knowledge of US GAAP preferred
• Systems: working knowledge of enterprise-level financial planning systems preferred
• SQL skills preferred: the ability to self-serve, investigate and get the data we require will make you much more effective in this role
• CFA or CPA preferred