Job Description

Job Description:

• Oversee the daily operation of the Accounting and Finance team and ensuring compliance to finance and accounting policies.
• Provide Financial Planning and Analysis to support management decisions.
• Provide input on the P&L budget and forecast received from the business units and constantly identify financial risk and opportunities.
• Oversee the month end and year end closing process to ensure timely and accurate reporting to management.
• Prepare the Group's management and statutory accounts, including consolidation of subsidiaries and foreign entities and translation of foreign currency results.
• Ensure all financial reporting complies with MFRS/IFRS and keep the Group current on changes to applicable reporting standards.
• Create standardized report that provides accurate and timely data to the business including up-to-date information regarding actual versus forecasted performance highlighting revenue and gross margin by business unit and entity.
• Provide consistent feedback and keep senior management updated through proactive monitoring of key issues across the business.
• Take an active role in the effort to improve the accuracy and speed of the closing process and timely reporting of financial results to the company.
• Ensure proper presentation of business activities and to make sure all internal reporting deadlines are met in a timely manner.
• Monitor the company performance against the KPI/ Budget.
• Preparing monthly forecast, half yearly forecast and yearly budget.
• Plan and monitor weekly and monthly cash flow, including working capital and funding requirements, to ensure a positive cash position.
• Exercise budget control across all functions, reviewing actual spend against approved budgets and challenging variances with budget owners.
• Liaise with external auditor in finalizing the audit report and Tax Agent for tax computation.
• Ensure all statutory and tax filings for Group entities are accurate and submitted within the prescribed deadlines, including annual returns, lodgement of audited financial statements, corporate tax, SST and transfer pricing documentation.
• Actively manage training, development, and performance of staff. Provide counselling and mentoring to increase performance to achieve department and organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with team to maintain current standard operating procedures (SOP) manual for key financial processes.
• Review and approve selected journal entries, departmental projects and assignments including but not limited to accounts payable batches, accounts receivable batches, payroll payments and bank reconciliations.
• Apply and negotiate banking facilities with banker.
• To understand and comply with ISO knowledge and comply to all ISO requirements and SOP.

Authority:

• Approving authority for all activities that are related to the following:
• Finance Decision Making.
• Bank related transactions, as checker/maker in the relevant banking platforms.
• Purchase of technology, tools or assets based on pre-approved budgets.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• At least 5 years' working experience within a reputable audit firm, with exposure to full cycle audit.
• Preferably a minimum of 1-2 years' commercial finance and accounts management experience.
• Holds a professional certification - ACCA, MICPA, CPA, CIMA or ICAEW.
• Demonstrated experience of ethical leadership.
• Outstanding verbal and written skills, and experience working with staff on all levels.
• In-depth understanding of MFRS/IFRS reporting standards, group consolidation, cash flow management and statutory compliance.
• Preferably with hands-on experience in Oracle NetSuite ERP/accounting system.

Skills