Senior Finance Manager
Job Summary
The Regional (Senior) Finance Manager will oversee the full spectrum of finance, accounting, tax, and planning activities for the company and its subsidiaries in the Asia region. The role involves developing strategic finance initiatives, ensuring internal controls and compliance, managing finance projects such as M&A, and leading budgetary planning. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in finance, at least 15 years of relevant experience including 5 years in APAC, and strong people management skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage full spectrum of finance, accounting, tax and planning activities
- Develop and implement strategic finance initiatives and transformation projects
- Ensure internal controls and compliance with standards
- Manage finance projects like acquisitions, mergers, and joint ventures
- Lead forecasting, budgetary planning, and year-end audit processes
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting (ACCA/CA is an advantage)
- Minimum 15 years of experience in finance and accounting including tax
- Minimum 5 years of regional APAC experience
- Strong knowledge of Singapore tax and financial regulatory compliance
- Strong people management, leadership, and communication skills
Job Details
About the role
The Regional (Senior) Finance Manager will be primarily responsible for overseeing and managing the full spectrum of finance, accounting, tax and planning activities in the company. To provide progressive and coordinated Finance and Accounting support to specified company subsidiaries in Asia region. To develop and implement strategic Finance and Accounting initiatives and transformation projects as a regional finance HQ function, for achieving Group and business objectives.
Key responsibilities
- Be a business partner to subsidiary business leaders, finance and accounting members, engaging in every aspect of the business organization and offering insights and points of view beyond just Finance and Accounting
- Examine, develop and implement strategic Finance and Accounting initiatives in accordance to finance group mid-term plan and transformation projects as a regional finance HQ function
- Establish a set of clear and consistent Finance and Accounting policies and practices, to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance organization including internal controls in compliance with corporate objectives and government standards
- Work closely with the company's Holding Finance and Accounting Division to ensure finance programs and policies support business needs
- Manage finance projects such as acquisition, spin out, redeployment, merger, joint venture
- Spear controllership in operational activities and risks in relation to finance and accounting, treasury and order management for smooth operation that demonstrates high standard of accuracy
- Review, evaluate financial statements, reports, and processes to ensure accuracy and compliance with corporate policy and statutory compliance
- Lead and review forecasting and budgetary planning and reporting
- Manage year end audit process, impairment assessment and attend to audit queries, for timely sign off of audited accounts
- Develop and implement optimized tax strategies, provide insight on tax implication and tax risk area in supporting business initiatives
About you
- Bachelor's degree in finance and accounting or related field in Finance. ACCA or CA will be add advantage
- Minimum 15 years' experience in finance and accounting, including tax, with sound strategic planning and management experience
- Minimum 5 years' experience in APAC with multinational organizations
- Good knowledge of financial and accounting, tax regulatory compliance in Singapore
- Experience in acquisition, spin out, redeployment, merger
- Strong people management skill / experience
- Ability to lead, organize and motivate subordinates
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High sense of integrity, transparency and accountability in all work tasks and interactions with others
- Detailed, well-organized and able to multi-task and manage multiple projects at the same time