Financial Planning Analyst (Retail and Telebet)

The Department

The Customer Strategy, Insights, and Innovation (CSII) Division is dedicated to cultivating customer-centric capabilities across the Club ecosystem and shaping customer strategies that drive business growth. Through a data-driven approach, the Division strives to achieve a 360-degree understanding and insights of owners, members and wagering customers, enabling the seamless design of end-to-end customer experiences across online and offline channels (Racecourses and Off-course Betting Branches). This is achieved by integrating Clubwide customer data onto a unified platform, creating a single view of our customers that empowers us to deliver personalised offers and unique experiences.

With around 80+ off-course betting branches and 2 racecourses, Retail and Telebet Services Department is committed to provide quality and efficient service to our customers throughout Hong Kong.

The Job

You will:

• Perform Retail budgeting, cost management and resources allocation planning
• Assist in financial planning and analysis matters in the department, including activities such as monthly variance analysis and periodic forecast of expenditures
• Conduct analysis on financial performance on productivity, opex, capex, to ensure budget is met, savings targets are achieved, and any shortfalls / adverse trends to be spotted promptly and alert to be provided on regular basis
• Collaborate with other teams to prepare the 5-year headcount, opex and capex budget for the department annually
• Control the expenditure within the department by ensuring the expenditures are within budget and a proper expenditure claim procedure is followed through in accordance to the Club’s Finance policy
• Assist in financial activities including expenditures recharge, reclass and accrual
• Assist to validate the budget submitted by budget holders and RPS Teams
• Assist the development of advanced visualization tools to track performance of Retail department by leveraging available internal and external data source
• Supports major projects/ renovations on financial calculation to support business case write up, ensures appropriate business assumptions be developed with the stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with Responsible Gambling Policy (RGP) and all stipulated legal requirements pertaining to wagering, thereby protecting the integrity of the Club’s business
• Undertakes other duties as assigned by Line Manager

About You

You should have:

• Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline
• Minimal 3 years relevant working experience in business analytics related fields
• High independence, strong business acumen and high level of analytical ability
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in both written/ spoken English and Chinese
• Sensitive to consumer/retail market trend with ability to identify opportunities and implement changes for operation efficiency
• Familiar with Financial and Budgeting treatment is preferable 
• Proven experience with Excel, SQL, and other database querying tools is a must
• Experience with Tableau dashboard development is preferable

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

How to Apply

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