Chief Financial Officer

JOB BRIEF: The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will bear the principal day-to-day responsibility for planning, executing, overseeing, and controlling all financial activities within the fashion retail company. This includes direct oversight of accounting, financial management, budgeting & forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, deal analysis and negotiations, as well as managing investor relationships. Additionally, the CFO will ensure compliance with partnership agreements and play a key role in securing private and institutional financing. MAIN TASKS: - Develop and execute the company's financial strategy in alignment with overall business objectives. - Analyzes financial statements and prepares reports and recommendations to Top Management and the Board of Directors concerning financial performance. - Directs the Finance Department in developing appropriate borrowing and manages banking relationships, oversees cash management processes to ensure proper cash availability and best practices in cash management. - Play a pivotal role in preparing the company for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2026. - Oversee the preparation and presentation of accurate and timely financial reports, ensuring compliance with international accounting standards and local regulations. - Implement robust risk management practices to safeguard the financial health of the company and identify/mitigate financial risks. - Optimize cash flow and working capital management to support operational efficiency, evaluating investment opportunities for strategic decision-making. - Lead and mentor the finance team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement, and collaborate with other department heads on cross-functional initiatives. - Effectively communicate financial performance and strategies to the board, investors, and stakeholders, building strong relationships with financial institutions, auditors, and regulatory authorities.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: - Minimum of 10 years of progressive finance leadership experience, preferably in the retail industry. - CPA, CFA, MBA, CIMA, or equivalent qualification is highly desirable. - Proven experience in preparing a company for IPO and navigating the IPO process. - Strong knowledge of international accounting standards and regulatory compliance. - Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL MAISONISTAS: 1. Culture-driven: Integrate and promote the core values of Maison to drive Maison’s culture • Integrity: Be transparent upon all works and abide by ethical ethics and all regulations of the company. • Accountability: Accomplish all assigned tasks accordingly, take responsibilities toward mistakes and be willing to correct mistakes. • Ownership: Proactively seeks the most effective way to execute the assigned tasks or to solve problems; and stimulate positive changes and better values for peers/department/company. • Perfection: Continuously learn and improve oneself every day, and make customers/partners/other employees to “wow” with his/her works/efforts. • Teamwork: Always seek for understanding others before requesting others to understand oneself; share knowledge and experience, and support others to accomplish their works as well as develop their careers. 2. Strategic: • Fully understand the strategies of the department and company. • Understand how the responsibilities and goals of the employee are tied to the department and company strategies. 3. Performance-driven: • Fully understand and achieve individual KPIs (iKPIs) set by direct superior. • Understand how iKPIs contribute to the achievement of departmental KPIs (dKPIs) and corporate KPIs (cKPIs). • Acknowledge the detailed Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) set by direct superior at each point of time. 4. Financial: • Contribute to the revenue-generating/cost-controlling activities of the team. • Know the team’s revenue/budget performance in an ongoing basis. • Fully be aware of saving the resources of the company including manpower, tangible and intangible assets and overhead resources of the company. 5. Operational: • Follow company’s processes, procedures, and policies (PPPs). • Be proactive and resolve issues or escalate those being over-authorized to respective superior. • Maintain the security and safety of the office, employees and guests by keeping a watchful eye on the office, ensure all entrances are guarded or closed and locked at all times. ATTITUDE AND POTENTIAL: We expect all Maison employees focus on their communication and collaboration skills to create a positive and proactive working environment that emphasizes responsibility and respect in the treatment of others. We invest in our people and encourage all to continue to develop and grow so that they can achieve their personal and professional goals. Those who commit to growth and development of their management skills will find career development opportunities.