Finance Leader

Position Summary

The Finance Leader's key responsibilities are on financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, inventory analysis, GST and tax compliance.

The role reports to a Financial Controller, the Finance Leader is expected to have technical and management skills to lead a team of finance professionals in their daily work. This role includes providing insightful financial analysis to the Financial Controller and implementing best practices to better manage all financial and business risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) which consist of detailed financial analysis of capex, expenses and margin for the company to ensure cost efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide coaching to a team of financial professionals though their daily work mainly in financial analysis, financial reporting, inventory analysis, warranty/royalty and rebates accruals, etc.
• Collaborate with Business Development and Operation personnel to update changes to the Monthly Forecast with the understanding of the forecast dynamics and ability to explain the financial impacts/changes.
• Collaborate with cross departments on Weekly Flash, with strongly ability to present the financials to the management and Corporate Finance.
• Lead, plan and liaise with External and Internal auditors (mainly on Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX)) and co-ordinate with cross department to provide documents to auditors to ensure successful completion of SOX audit.
• Work and lead the finance team on monthly financial closing and ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Champion improvement projects to reforecasting and annual plan process by streamlining or automations
• Identify and adopt business intelligence tools to analyze financial data and information
• Any other ad-hoc duties assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy, preferable CPA or CA
• At least 8 years of experience in finance analytical positions with at least 3 years in a capacity of a lead or a manager.
• Proficient in SAP ECC v6, Citrix and MS Excel and powerpoint.
• Pro-active individuals with skills in problem solving and process simplifications.
• Strong business acumen and good analytical skills.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Candidates with experiences in multinational or matrix reporting is preferred.