Youjoon Hong

Youjoon Hong is a Senior Financial Planning Analyst at Coupang, a prominent e-commerce company in South Korea.1 With a background in statistics, Youjoon is described as a passionate entrepreneur who has focused on travel expense management through receipt recognition.

Professional Experience

Youjoon has diverse experience within Coupang, including:

• Finance Team: Initially, Youjoon was apprehensive about joining the finance team due to the presence of foreign colleagues, but overcame the fear of speaking English.2
• Internal Instructor: Youjoon has 10 years of experience as an internal instructor at the company.1
• In-house Venture Project: Youjoon has been involved in an in-house venture project, reflecting on a year-long experience in this role.1

Management Philosophy

As a professional in a managerial position, Youjoon believes that managers should focus on managing four key areas:

1. Targets
2. Timelines
3. Teams
4. Themselves3

Personal Insights

Youjoon often shares personal insights and experiences on LinkedIn:

• Compares daily work to playing a game with main quests, daily quests, and time-limited urgent quests.4
• Emphasizes the importance of prioritizing important tasks before smaller ones, using the analogy of filling a jar with rocks and sand.5
• Believes that intelligent people have a clear understanding of what they know and don't know.6

Youjoon Hong appears to be a reflective professional who values continuous learning, effective management, and personal growth in the corporate environment.