- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Department
- Finance, Accounting & Revenue Management
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
About Hermès
This prestigious fashion house, renowned for its timeless elegance and innovative designs, is a part of a leading global luxury conglomerate. The brand is committed to excellence and offers a dynamic environment where creativity and business acumen are equally valued.
The Finance Manager reports to the Asia Pacific General Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Chief Financial Officer in Paris, and aligns global strategic objectives with Asia financial goals. The role oversees P&L integrity, cash management, controlling, compliance, regional IT business processes and pricing, and manages two collaborators. Permanent, full-time position.
Role & Responsibilities
- Prepare, challenge and consolidate budgets and forecasts with local and central teams.
- Partner with the General Manager to drive financial targets and communicate risks and opportunities against objectives.
- Lead monthly closing processes with central accounting.
- Analyze year-to-date results against budget and prepare year-to-go analyses.
- Monitor and control regional budgets.
- Analyze and report sell-out performance.
- Define, implement and monitor key performance indicators.
- Design and optimize accounting and finance tools and processes.
- Follow up on the regional investment process.
- Partner with central accounting to ensure timely supplier payments, effective customer payments and credit control.
- Contribute to the production of financial statements.
- Serve as the regional contact for headquarters on customer and vendor contracts.
- Implement and adapt Group internal control rules and procedures to local and business requirements.
- Communicate internal control standards and train local teams.
- Ensure transparent reporting to headquarters and drive related action plans.
- Act as the primary regional contact for headquarters IT teams, supporting the smooth rollout of IT projects and interfaces with customers (EDI), central systems and external providers.
- Ensure a coherent regional pricing strategy that balances local and global requirements.
- Maintain and formalize the customer price structure database.
- Issue price lists with the central controlling team.
- Manage two collaborators in line with Hermès management values.
- Ensure alignment between global strategic objectives and Asia financial goals, with accountability for P&L integrity, cash management, internal control and compliance, IT business process ownership and pricing processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field.
- Fluent English; proficiency in French is an advantage.
- Experience in the Perfumes & Cosmetics sector, retail or wholesale is a strong asset.
- Solid understanding of retail principles and practices.
- Good knowledge of basic accounting principles.
- Strong analytical skills combined with commercial acumen.
- Highly organized and proactive, with the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative team-player approach.
- Strong IT proficiency, including advanced Excel, PowerPoint, TM1 and SAP.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 10 years of experience in business controlling.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Culture
The company fosters a collaborative and innovative culture, encouraging employees to push the boundaries of creativity while maintaining a strong commitment to sustainability and ethical practices.
About Cerulean
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