Kevin L. Email & Phone Number

Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR

• Successfully managed the financial planning and analysis for the APAC region, resulting in improved forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis.
• Contributed to global margin analysis projects through the development and implementation of an automated system for margin analysis (PVM analysis) across all regions.
• Designed and implemented a Tableau dashboard for retail stores, providing comprehensive insights into sales and traffic data to inform key decision-making, including recommendations to retail managers and marketing.
• Assisted the HQ team in global projects by providing financial insights and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Work closely with sales manager to establish pricing structures for new partners, ensuring successful implementation and protection of margin % while aligning with overall business strategy.

Hong Kong

• Developed and implemented a Tableau desktop dashboard for the Global Sales team and management to track margin by customers, products and regions, resulting in improved sales mix.
• Created and maintained dashboards using Google Sheets for monitoring sales per point of sale and analyzing OPEX/CAPEX spending versus budget.
• Developed and implemented an automated Google Sheets tool for Price Volume Mix analysis, resulting in 100% variance explanation.
• Conducted ROI analysis for potential store openings and lease renewals, and presented recommendations to management.
• Led the budgeting process, including the creation of the file environment and coordination with budget holders to ensure timely completion.
• Prepared and presented monthly P&L analysis, including sales, margin, OPEX and CAPEX, to management.

Région De Paris, France

• Reshaping of the budgeting process through process improvement to build a more sustainable/simplified control environment.
• Coordination of the mid-year re-forecast, 2020 budget in collaboration with budget holders using zero based budget method, presentation to the managing directors.
• Role of business partner by creating various dashboards for the top management to drive the activity.

Paris Area, France

• Elaboration and delivery of monthly reporting with analysis of discrepancies.
• Review of accounting transactions and coordinate with the accounting team so that any potential issues are timely addressed.
• Work closely with all the departments in order to provide clarity on all financial matters (switch IT expenses from Capex to Opex, budgeting events, etc.)
• Participation in the project of cost optimization of the pool vehicle fleet and telephony.
• Provide financial expertise and support to the restaurants:- Price updates and profitability analysis.-Review of tender offers and presentation to the analysis to management.

Paris Area, France

• Preparation of budgets, forecasts and monthly closing with analysis of discrepancies.
• Assist the FP&A manager with specific analysis (impact of raw material prices variances on customers, non-contractual prices).
• Development and implementation of new tools for Finance Europe: - Qliksense application to consolidate Income Statements of EMEA Region ($1 billion revenue). - Robot enabling automation of Transfer price requests.

Master Of Science - Ms, External Auditing And Management Control

Activities and Societies: Member of the association of water Sports. In charge of finding financial partners in order to organize, at.

Education record

Exchange in the colombian university studying modeling & simulation, general management, supply chain management and international.