Assistant Marketing Finance Manager at Samsung Electronics

•   Day-to-day management of the company’s single biggest expense item, across all divisions;
•   Management of planned and actual marketing expenses against product budgets (monthly and quarterly);
•  Facilitating the resolution of outstanding account settlements as they relate to Marketing Costs in either Accounts Payable and or Accounts Receivable;  
•  Oversight and management of the BQMS system; 
•  Management of staff within the CMO Marketing Team;
• Driving team KPI’s as they relate to Campaign, Plan Proposal and EO loading / approval
•  Facilitating financial processes so as to improve the operational efficiencie

SECONDARY PURPOSE OF JOB

•  Attending to weekly, monthly and ad-hoc marketing reporting / requests from CMO Finance Lead; 
•   Management of marketing process, including early warnings and monthly KPIs;
•  Review and active follow up of Finance open item reports as far as it related to aged EO’s (i.e. all outstanding invoices/claims appearing on vendor statements/deducted on customer accounts that have not been processed) 
•   Liaising with external vendors and other stakeholders, as requested by CMO Finance Lead; 
•  Management and enforcement of internal controls and compliance with company policies as they relate to Marketing Finance
•  Providing regular feedback to the CMO Finance Lead on Marketing Finance related matters

QUALIFICATIONS

•    Degree in Accounting / Finance; 
•     CA(SA) or CIMA Articles advantageous

EXPERIENCE

•    3+ years’ experience in a managerial role within the financial environment;
•    Solid accounting background; 
•   Advanced Microsoft Excel and Word skills; 
•   Experience with SAP (advantage).
•   Knowledge of corporate budget analysis, preparing actual to budget variance analysis, and general accounting principles and procedures
•    3 ~ 5 years budget related experience