The Role

The Senior FP&A and Accounting Manager, Asia reports to Sr Director of Finance, Asia.

This role will oversee Asia FP&A and Accounting teams and be responsible for leading

and scaling the people, processes, and systems that grow the insights and support that

finance provides to Asia business operations.

Responsibilities

• Be the Asia regional level FP&A lead in the ACV, CARR, and other key top-line metrics planning and forecasting for Asia businesses in connection with the annual planning and quarterly forecasting processes, including GM scorecards, product and market analytics, monthly service forecast reviews, service profitability analysis and service variable comp prep.
• Work with Sr. Director of Finance Asia to drive scalable and consistent processes to enable operational excellence in business planning, forecasting, reporting, and deep insights/analytics for Sales and Strategy
• Be the key contributor in Global FP&A BI initiatives, includes: Alteryx work flow expansion, working side by side with US FP&A BI lead to design and build key data structure in NetSuite and Databricks and deliver top 5 key business reports in Tableau in real-time by the end of FY24.
• Maintain and develop (as needed) technical accounting policy, procedures, and internal controls in accordance with US GAAP and SOX
• Quality review of the work of accounting supervisor an Sr. GL accounts in month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting closes.
• Ensure quality, accurate and timely financial reporting for local statutory audits and direct and indirect tax filings.
• Develop and manage a team of 8 financial accountants and analysts located in Shanghai and Tokyo

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in an Sr. Accounting and FP&A role in multinational companies in SaaS sector.
• Master’s degree or equivalent in accounting, economics/finance-related majors
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and China GAAP
• Strong analytical skills combined with the ability to communicate clearly and succinctly in presentations to multiple levels in an organization.
• Strong project management & organizational skills
• Ability to travel outside of Singapore 25% of work days.

Must have

• System experience with Adaptive, Coupa, Performio, NetSuite, Salesforece.com and Alteryx
• US GAAP and Chinese GAAP

Nice to Have

• Lease Query, BlackLine, WorkDay and Concur finance and accounting systems experience.

Job description

Business Insights/Decision Support/Communication

• Manage end-to-end supply chain accounting flow across (client's) trading entities, this includes responsive exception management to ensure reporting accuracy and control compliance.
• Partner with Global and/or Country Controlling and cross-functional teams including Tax, Customs, Supply Chain Operation teams to stand up new/changes in processes in support of product flow flexibility.
• Partner with Supply Chain Operations and/or Capability Teams in ensuring system data integrity for new/change process resolution to uphold control rigors.
• Responsible for SAP system validation on operations accounting related activities in support of business initiatives.
• Define relevant test scenarios and validate results within the set timeline. Provide inputs for informed decision on user acceptance.

Business Process Excellence

• Drive end-to-end process simplification and improvements, leveraging on automation covering Intercompany and Inventory activities and reporting.
• Responsible for building/maintaining relevant desk-top procedures in accordance with the established controls and policies.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant accounting experiences, in large MNCs with Supply Chain Operations Accounting covering Inventory and Intercompany processes, controls and legal entity reporting.
• Bachelor degree in Accountancy, preferably with a Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional qualification.
• Good Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS and SOX is necessary.
• Demonstrate good operational insights to ensure reporting compliance for Inventory, Intercompany Cross-charges.
• Hands-on experiences with SAP - Demonstrate good communication and influencing skills on complex accounting requirements.
• Ability to translate business requirements into operationalization with considerations for financial risks and controls across end-to-end processest.
• Ability to collaborate and partner effectively with multi-cultural business partners and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and move forward with aligned priorities.
• Good documentation skills with proficiency in PowerPoint and Visio. Experience with enabling tool solutions eg Blackline, Alteryx would be an added advantage.

EA Number: 11C4879