The role will be located at the Global Headquarters of CFMOTO in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Core Responsibilities
- Integrated R&D, Production, and Sales Financial Strategy
- Develop financial strategies aligned with business objectives, establishing R&D investment return models, production cost optimization pathways, and market return forecasting mechanisms.
- Lead cross-department financial collaboration to break down data silos across R&D, Manufacturing, and Go-To-Market (GTM) processes.
- Build a dynamic financial evaluation system to monitor the full-cycle ROI of new products from development to mass production.
- Integrated Budgeting & Business Analysis
- Oversee annual budget planning, balancing R&D innovation investments with short-term profitability targets (e.g., R&D expense ratio, marginal contribution rate).
- Establish rolling forecasting mechanisms to swiftly adjust production plans and marketing resource allocation in response to market changes.
- Deliver in-depth business analysis reports, highlighting key issues such as R&D efficiency, production costs, and channel profitability.
- Business Partner (BP) System Management
- Lead R&D Finance BP: Evaluate project feasibility, control R&D expenditures, and establish financial assessment criteria for technical investments.
- Lead Production Finance BP: Optimize BOM costs, analyze capacity utilization, and drive lean manufacturing cost reductions.
- Lead Marketing Finance BP: Develop regional/product line profitability models, assess promotional campaign ROI, and manage channel credit risk.
- Digitalization & Process Optimization
- Drive ERP/PLM system integration to enable unified tracking of R&D data, production costs, and sales margins.
- Design KPI systems linking business and finance (e.g., IRR for R&D projects, production defect rates, marketing cost efficiency).
Qualifications
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Finance/Economics; CPA/CMA/ACCA certification.
- 10+ years of financial experience in manufacturing, including 5 years in integrated R&D-production-sales management.
- Expertise in R&D cost capitalization, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), and marginal contribution analysis.
- Prior experience leading SAP/Oracle ERP implementations is preferred.
Core Competencies
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance long-term R&D investments with short-term profitability.
- Business-Finance Integration: Capable of interpreting R&D progress, production bottlenecks, and market trends in financial terms.
- Leadership: Experience managing finance BP teams across R&D, production, and marketing functions.