Patrick Chin Wai Kwok Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom

- Taking individual ownership of staff cost budgeting and monthly review with budget owners.- Leading the staffing optimization process and work closely with People & Culture manager to ensure the unit has appropriate mix of staff and in line with staff cost budget.- Steering the effective of staffing resources with forecast of business driver and comparing the productivity KPI to ensure the right number of competent staff in the right timing and right place.- Providing insight and analysis of cost lines by utilising strong relationships built with internal and external business partners.- Implementing process improvements based on data analysis results.

Hong Kong Sar

Key Responsibilities- Leading annual budget consolidation and reforecasting process to ensure compliance and identify risks and opportunities for cost optimization.- Reviewing and challenging financial inputs from budget and reforecast with budget owners.- Developed interactive dashboard on sales and margin with scenario financial modeling which enable store commercial teams to actively follow up the financial result.- Partnering with non-financial stakeholder to review and explain the monthly changes and variance between YoY and budget.- Regularly engaged with department heads to support decision-making processes and optimize channel performance.- Active review sales and OPEX data and collaborate with digital team to ensure data integrity in Power BI and Qlikview.- Leading the expansion and project business case to evaluate return of investment and ensure long term growth with profitability.- Implementing process improvements based on data analysis results.- Managing one direct report with part-qualified CFA.Key Achievement/Projects- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to optimize financial performance, resulting in a 200% return on investment in partnership with the promotions team.- Played a key role in a business case analysis approved by the board, achieving breakeven within 1.5 years.- Successfully managed the reforecast process with a variance of only 3% at year-end.

Hong Kong Sar

Key Responsibilities:- Taking full ownership of monthly P&L closing and variance analysis with commentary (Actual vs Budget, Actual vs Reforecast).- Review and post journal and accrual booking to ensure all booking are with correct classification, accuracy and completeness.- Preparing the monthly KPI reporting pack for board meeting (including sales per retail square meter, capex utilization, opex %, stock turnover day, obsolete stock %, etc).- Maintaining fixed assets register and calculate depreciation according to company policies.- Ensure compliance to IFRS accounting standards and Hong Kong tax laws.- Prepare and reviews balance sheet schedule reconciliations and ensures their completeness in accordance with the period with appropriate supporting documentation.- Support the annual internal and external audits.- Assisting in new ERP function updates and UAT for finance module.Key Achievement/Projects- Streamlined financial processes, resulting in a 20% reduction in manual data entry time and a 15% decrease in error rates.- Introducing a shared cost allocation format that improved cost tracking and allocation accuracy, delivering cost savings of approximately 5% per annum over the past 5 years.

Hong Kong Sar

Key Responsibilities- Maintaining full set of general ledgers, including chart of accounts, AR & AP.- Preparing monthly reporting package to management team.- Assisting senior manager in preparing monthly group management financial report.- Assisting in preparation of financial analysis reporting, target and planning.- Preparing group shared cost allocation on monthly basis.- Assisting in designation of work flow and monitor for newly incorporated business.- Assisting and liaising with external auditor in yearly audit.- Coordinating and liaising with PRC/overseas finance teams for matching inter-company current account on monthly basis.Key Achievement/Projects- Assisting in data migration to new financial reporting system.

Hong Kong Sar

- Arranged customer self-pick up activities- Assisted in running bargain corner- Prepared day-to-day warehouse document- Assisted in periodic stock-take

Bachelor Of Business Administration With Honors In Accounting, Accountancy

Higher Diploma Of Accountancy And Information Systems, Accountancy

Diploma Of Accountancy And Information Systems, Accountancy