Havas Singapore is looking for an Assistant Finance Manager to support the day-to-day management of Finance operations across business units.
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, your main responsibilities will include:
Job Description:
- Responsible for financial and management accounts reporting and manage day-to-day finance operations.
- Support Senior Finance Manager in overseeing the overall functions of the Finance Department.
- Perform month-end closing activities including management reports, group reporting packages and audit schedules.
- Responsible for balance sheet account reconciliation and prepares monthly journals.
- Supervise finance team in the month end closing process and reviewing journals, posting & reconciliations to ensure proper compliance with accounting standards.
- Responsible for intercompany reconciliation and reporting.
- Managing cash flow.
- Provide cost variance analysis and preparing budgets.
- Responsible for the maintenance of master files in financial system.
- Responsible for staff training on finance processes.
- Responsible for tax reporting.
- Ensure compliance with all accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, approval matrix, accounting policies and procedures.
- Coordinate and liaise with internal and external auditors, tax agents and corporate secretarial agents where required.
- Streamline processes for better efficiency, implement procedures and measures for financial and internal control purposes.
- Support in ad-hoc projects and other initiatives as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of accounting experience with supervisory role preferred, preferably in the service/ professional industry.
- External audit experience required.
- Bachelor of Accountancy Degree or equivalent.
- Good knowledge of tax regulations and accounting standards
- Proficient in MS Excel and other MS office applications.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Well-organised with excellent time management skills
- Good team player and able to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
- Committed, highly self-motivated individual who can work independently.
- Meticulous with an eye for details.
- Analytical and possess good problem-solving skills.
About Havas
Founded in 1835 in Paris, France, Havas is one of the world’s largest communications groups. At Havas, we believe that companies have a key role to play in solving the biggest challenges our world faces today – and every day we strive to operate responsibly for ourselves and our stakeholders. We operate under the vision and mission to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.
We employ 20,000 people in more than 100 countries, adopting a fully integrated model through our 60+ Havas Villages around the world – the Havas Village offers a truly unique proposition, where cross-discipline teams work together, ensuring agility and a seamless experience for our clients.
About Havas Singapore
Within our Singapore Village is a network of business units including Havas Media, Arena Media, Socialyse, Red Havas, and BLKJ Havas, offering services across media, social, PR, and creative. Since 2015, we’ve had an unbroken streak of Agency of the Year (AOTY) wins across disciplines, including Integrated Marketing AOTY, Media AOTY, Specialist AOTY, and PR AOTY.
We are also committed to building a diverse culture where our people can grow, thrive, and feel that they belong. In 2023, we won Best Agency Culture (Gold) at Marketing Interactive’s Agency of the Year Awards, and are a Great Place To Work® Certified™ agency.
Here at Havas, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability, and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.
*Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.*
