Finance Director, APAC

About the Role and Company

Join Pattern, a rapidly expanding technology-driven company headquartered in the US, focused on propelling brands on global ecommerce platforms by harnessing proprietary AI and advanced data analytics. Our platform, fueled by over 66 trillion data points and sophisticated machine learning models, optimizes all facets of ecommerce growth across more than 60 marketplaces worldwide. Hundreds of global clients rely on us to enhance profitable revenue growth through advertising, content management, logistics, pricing, forecasting, and customer service excellence.

Pattern is acclaimed as one of North America's fastest-growing tech firms and recognized for exceptional leadership and workplace environment.

Role Overview

We seek a commercially driven Finance Director to oversee and advance finance operations across Asia and Australia. This key position partners with senior leaders to boost growth and profitability within a complex, dynamic ecommerce setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) cycles for Asia and Australia, managing annual operating plans, monthly close, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Act as the chief financial advisor to regional Managing Directors and leadership teams, supporting critical business decisions.
• Develop and maintain strategic, long-term financial models to guide regional expansion and resource allocation.
• Create rolling forecasts intertwining financial data and operational KPIs with detailed granularity at regional and brand levels.
• Design and deliver comprehensive reporting to provide leadership with transparent, actionable performance insights relative to plans.
• Drive significant financial initiatives across functions and geographies, offering analyses and recommendations influencing major business choices.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; CPA, CFA, or MBA certifications are advantageous.
• 8 to 15 years of progressive finance experience within complex, matrixed, or multinational corporations.
• Proven leadership through influence with small teams (~2-3 members), emphasizing collaboration over headcount.
• Exceptional communication skills tailored to align diverse stakeholders across cultures, departments, and time zones.
• Adept at operating amidst uncertainty and rapid change, effectively building structures, processes, and best practices on the fly.
• Detail-oriented operator, comfortable constructing financial models and presenting findings to executives.
• Advanced FP&A expertise encompassing budgeting, forecasting, and strategic long-range planning underpinned by solid accounting principles.
• Proficiency in interpreting complex datasets and creating scalable reporting/decision-support frameworks.
• Experienced AI user integrating artificial intelligence meaningfully into daily responsibilities and project execution.
• Skilled with cloud-based finance tools like NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, and advanced Excel capabilities.
• Fluent in Mandarin and English, both written and spoken.
• Preferred experience in ecommerce, retail, or large multinational organizations.

Team Environment

You will collaborate closely with Managing Directors of Asia and Australia and leaders across the organization, reporting to the VP of International Finance Operations in the US. You will guide finance and accounting professionals across APAC in a data-focused, outcome-driven setting that encourages idea sharing and actionable solutions.

Culture and Values

• Game Changers: Innovate with open-mindedness, rethink strategies, attach practical timelines, make meaningful contributions, and seek continual improvement.
• Data Fanatics: Diagnose challenges through data analysis, derive unbiased conclusions leading to actionable solutions, and monitor impact through data.
• Partner Obsessed: Maintain clear communication with partners, embrace feedback, prioritize partner needs, and create positive interpersonal experiences.
• Team of Doers: Support team members, take initiative, drive enhancements, and uphold accountability toward the team and partners.

Application Tips

• Prepare to discuss measurable professional achievements.
• Demonstrate how you would add significant value to the team.
• Highlight commitment to partner-focused collaboration.
• Be ready to share involvement in data and analytics side projects.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pattern offers equal employment opportunities regardless of protected characteristics and is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.