Principal, Financial Planning & Analysis

Position

Principal, Financial Planning & Analysis

Company Introduction

About Rocket Now

Rocket Now is a food delivery service with no delivery or service fees. Consumers can enjoy a wide variety of cuisines, from Japanese and Western food to healthy options, as well as desserts and drinks, quickly and affordably. The service is currently available mainly in Hokkaido, Tohoku (Sendai), Kanto (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba), Chubu (Aichi, Shizuoka), Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo), Hiroshima, and Kyushu (Fukuoka). Rocket Now won the Excellence Award in the Shopping Category at the Best App Awards 2025. Furthermore, it has achieved the No. 1 ranking in the Food Delivery App category for nine consecutive months on both the iOS and Android app stores (*1), and the app continues to grow, surpassing 5 million downloads in just 15 months since its launch (*2). *1 Based on integrated iOS and Android data from July 2025 to March 2026. *2 As of January 14, 2025, service release date (Source: Global Market Intelligence: Sensor Tower)

 

About CP One Japan

 

CP One Japan LLC is the Japanese subsidiary of Coupang, Inc. (NYSE: CPNG), a US-based company listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and one of the Fortune 150 companies, known as a technology company. CP One Japan operates the "Rocket Now" brand food delivery service in Japan, leveraging Coupang's technological capabilities and innovative logistics solutions to provide fast, reliable, and customer-oriented food delivery services to Japanese consumers.

 

Role Overview 

The position will be a highly strategic Rocket Now Finance role working in close partnership with Rocket Now business leaders. In this role you will be required to develop the operating and financial plan required to achieve strategic plans and goals, drive decisions and track performance on growth, margins, OP and cashflows. The role will also support modeling for new launches, supplier negotiations and customer analysis. 

 

What You Will Do

 

• Manage and own a fast-growing P&L. Exposure including: partner selection, delivery logistics, marketing schemes and more
• Partner with business, operations, and tech leaders of Rocket Now to achieve company-wide goals (with no trade-offs)
• Dive deep on end-to-end food delivery service and call out the variances, identify root causes and drive decision-making with business solutions
• Forecast, track and update analysis and modeling with millions of data points
• Define key KPIs and identify opportunities for improvement through predictive analysis to grasp target progress in real time and take timely actions
• Contribute to automatic report generation using business intelligence tools, to be utilized as part of a continuous efficiency improvement program.
• Improve and maintain the existing dashboards.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Native level Japanese fluency
• Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis in a fast-paced organization.
• Team management
• High level of process orientation and attention to detail.
• Experience in leading and developing new financial processes, models and tools.  
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner with non-finance leaders.
• Ability to communicate complex financial topics clearly and tell the business stories.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Expertise in financial modeling and data analysis
• Strong analytical thinking. Be able to start with problem statement, ask 5Ys and arrive at data backed solutions
• Establishing and managing KPIs.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA/CA
• MBA
• SQL (NoSQL)

 

Recruitment Process and Others  
 

Recruitment Process  

• Application Review - Job Fit Interview - Focus Interview – Offer
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

 

Working Conditions 

• Employment Type: Full time employee
• Probationary Period: 3 Months
• Other details will be provided separately

 

Details to Consider 

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
• Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.
• Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience and/or the necessity of business, etc. at the time of joining Coupang and/or after joining Coupang. The job title/duties and responsibilities after such change shall not be subject to any special restriction. The job titles and responsibilities at the time of joining Coupang will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer. 
• Details will be provided separately after receiving your application by email and/or during the job interview.

 

Equal Opportunities 

Rocket Now is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fair and inclusive hiring practices in accordance with Japanese labor laws. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and ensure that employment decisions are made without discrimination based on unreasonable grounds, including the following grounds: 

• Labor Union Membership: Employment is not conditioned on membership or non-membership in any labor union. We respect the rights of individuals to freely associate, as protected under the Labor Union Act. 
• Gender: We do not discriminate based on sex or gender in recruitment, hiring, etc., in compliance with the Act on Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment. 
• Age: We do not set age limits or discriminate based on age in our hiring processes, except where legally justified under the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives. 
• Disability: We provide equal opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer reasonable accommodations as required under the Act on the Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities. 
• Fair Hiring Process: We conduct a fair hiring process that respects the fundamental human rights of all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, nationality, ideology, religion, etc. during the recruitment or hiring process. 

We are committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all individuals can thrive. Selection for employment is based solely on individual merit, qualifications, and business needs. The personal information you provide when applying will be collected and managed by Coupang in accordance with the following privacy https://www.coupang.jobs/jp/privacy-policy/ 

 

Privacy Notice​ 

• Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below: https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy/

 

Equal Opportunities for All (Drafter: Default setting from Coupang.jobs - no need to add) 

• Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.