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Exotec is a robotics company at the forefront of warehouse automation and order fulfillment, combining AI and high-performance hardware to serve major retail and e-commerce brands globally. The company is France's first industrial unicorn and operates with rapid growth across multiple regions.
As BU Financial Performance Manager for APAC, you will serve as the finance leader for Japan and the wider APAC region, acting as a trusted business partner to local leadership and global stakeholders. This is a highly autonomous role requiring expertise across the full spectrum of finance operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all finance activities across Japan and APAC, serving as a strategic partner to regional and global stakeholders
- Drive reporting, budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting, and long-term business planning
- Provide financial insights and recommendations to improve performance, efficiency, and profitability
- Partner with business leaders to support decision-making and enhance financial performance across functions
- Lead monthly closing activities and oversee cash flow, working capital, cost control, and financial risk management
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax requirements, financial regulations, and internal controls
- Manage relationships with auditors, banks, accounting firms, tax authorities, and external partners
- Drive process optimization, automation, and scalable ways of working, leveraging external providers where appropriate
- Foster strong collaboration between local and global teams, aligning Japanese business requirements with Exotec's global framework
Requirements:
- Experienced Finance leader with strong background in international companies operating in Japan
- Broad finance expertise across FP&A, controlling, accounting, compliance, treasury, and business partnering
- Fluent Japanese required; native Japanese is a strong plus (N2+ proficiency minimum, N1 preferred)
- Fluent English at C1+ level
- Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence across cultures and functions
- Comfortable operating as a stand-alone finance leader with hands-on, versatile mindset
- Pragmatic and business-oriented, with focus on efficiency, automation, and profitability
- Experience leading change and supporting organizational transformation is highly desirable
- Ability to balance local business needs with global processes and ways of working
