
Senior Finance Manager
Bridge Data Centres
About the role
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Ensure accuracy and cleanliness of accounting records
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Perform month end close reviews of PL and BS, including correct adoption of accounting treatment against accounting standards and Group Accounting Policies
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Drive Balance Sheet clean up together with COE and Country Finance
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Liaise closely with Group Reporting team on standardization of accounting treatment across BDC Group
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Drive process improvements in COE, including AP/AR/GL processes
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Drive standardization of Month End Closing Process, with objective to standardize and optimize and hence shorten monthly closing timeline
- Identify current MEC bottle necks and dependencies and drive process optimization with relevant functions
- Identify opportunities and drive AI adoption and automations in MEC process.
- Integrate Lucanet into existing MEC process and drive best in class closing and reporting process.
- Drive Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliation process
- Standardize, optimize and automate AP process
- Identify opportunities and drive AI adoption and automations in AP process, including feasibility of OCR implementation
- Identify further opportunities for working capital improvements through vendor payment cycles optimization
- Set up AP KPIs monitoring and reporting framework
- Standardize, optimize and automate AR process
- Identify opportunities and drive AI adoption and automations in AR process
- Identify further opportunities for working capital improvements through customer billing and collection cycle
- Set up AR KPIs monitoring and reporting framework
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Drive Pillar 2 financial information collation with country finance teams and Group Reporting team
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Any other projects as required by management from time to time
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum qualification in Degree in Accounting or equivalent from a recognized education Institution or University.
- Minimum work 10 years and above of experience in accounting and reporting
- Professional qualification of MIA/CPA/ACCA would be an added advantage
- Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals, including thorough knowledge of accounting principles and accounting standards (US GAAP and IFRS)
- Prior audit experience, coupled with commercial experience would be advantageous
- Strong knowledge of accounting processes, including AP/AR/GL, e.g. familiarity with month end closing process
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills and good communication skills
- Compliance oriented
- Proficiency in accounting software
- Strong Analytical skills
- Experience with preparing financial statements, general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
- Experience with NetSuite is advantageous
