Assistant Manager FP&A

• Operate financial planning and forecasting processes in cooperation with business partners, including KPI and target setting
• Support inventory management, standard margin management (including pricing and cost perspectives), and logistics cost analysis
• Ensure consistency between company strategy, budget, forecast, and actual performance
• Identify gaps in forecasts and support actions to close gaps toward targets
• Act as a finance partner to Market Channel, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams by translating business questions into structured financial analysis
• Facilitate alignment and consensus across functions by clarifying assumptions, financial implications, and trade-offs
• Support decision-making by clearly explaining financial impacts in a way that is understandable to non-finance stakeholders
• Operate and continuously improve standardized performance reporting across brands and channels, covering P&L, balance sheet-related KPIs, ROI, and profitability
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of recurring reports used for management review and decision-making
• Identify key performance drivers and provide clear, practical insights to support business discussions
• Collaborate with Global Finance teams to align local reporting with global standards and requirements
• Support integrated planning processes by connecting inventory, standard margin, and logistics cost perspectives
• Analyze and manage cost variances across key cost components, and leverage variance insights to improve the accuracy of gross margin forecasting
• Participate in forecasting processes related to cash flow, transfer pricing, and operating working capital
• Build and continuously improve ROI analysis frameworks for marketing expenses and capital expenditures (Capex)
• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve management accounting and reporting processes based on SAP AFS and S/4HANA
• Contribute to the integration of FP&A, demand planning, and marketing-related schedules and planning processes
• Support forecast submission processes in financial systems, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and timeliness
• Manage and continuously improve FP&A-related data handling across processes
• Develop and enhance reporting environments using Power BI to support performance monitoring, planning, and decision-making
• Improve related databases and data flows by leveraging SQL, BI tools, automation, and AI-enabled solutions
• Steadily execute daily FP&A operations in accordance with established procedures and processes
• Identify issues in daily operations and work with stakeholders to implement practical corrective actions

• University graduate
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience in a corporate environment
• Experience in finance-related roles such as FP&A, finance analytics, or demand planning is preferred
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience working with data using SQL and BI tools (e.g. Power BI)
• Experience or strong interest in using automation, scripting, or AI-enabled tools (e.g. DAX, Python, generative AI)
• Experience working with SAP-based financial or planning systems (e.g. SAP AFS, S/4HANA) is preferred
• Fluent in Japanese
• Intermediate level of written English

Experience in the sport or clothing industry