Senior Finance Manager

About the role

Job Description

Purpose:

• Provide timely and effective financial analyses, insights, and recommendations to Business Unit managers

• Business partner business stakeholders to explain financial implications on business decisions made

• Driving finance digitalisation and process improvement & simplification

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to provide technical expertise and delivery of sound business and financial solutions with regards to operational, tactical and strategic decisions of assigned Business groups

• Provide critical financial and operational information to the Management and make recommendations on both operations and strategy to enhance financial performance, business decisions and opportunities

• Partner with business group Senior Management to drive business, financial performance and provide advisory on financial implications of business activities

• Conduct long-term operational and strategic planning and resource allocation for the business groups

• Perform proactive and hands-on monthly forecast and annual budget exercises

• Provide accurate analysis of budget, financial trends and forecast

• Perform capex reviews and monitoring of return of investments, cashflow etc.

• Prepare short and long-term financial forecasts and financial modelling

• Review financial assumptions and highlight risks / issues

• Monitor product profitability and drive cost reduction initiatives to improve profitability

• Support monthly closing activities (e.g. providing data for accruals etc)

• Review business cases, presentation materials, etc

• Track project profitability post bid/tender and ensure that revenue & cost is properly accounted for under IFRS15 (e.g. percentage of completion method)

• Ensure internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with regulatory laws and regulations for financial, statutory, audit and tax reporting / requirements

• Drive process improvements across business groups

Qualifications

• Appropriate qualification in Accountancy and CA certified with 12 to 15 years of relevant working experiences, of which at least 5 years in Business partnering & financial modelling

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with attention to details and accuracy while being able to provide crisp and clear summarized analysis

• Good communication with strong teamwork and interpersonal skills

• Able to handle ambiguity and deliver within strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Has tenacity and strong problem-solving skills

• Experience in planning tools, excellent excel, power BI and visual basic skills, SAP knowledge