About the role:
The role is aimed to oversee the overall functions of Financial accounting department for Asia Pacific Region and maintaining high level of control, compliance and accuracy for financial/accounting flows and records.
Requirements:
- University degree in Finance
- Qualified Accountant (CPA) qualification is required, Big4 professional experience is of a strong plus
- 15+ years of professional experience with a strong knowledge of International Accounting Standard, Singapore Accounting Standard, Transfer pricing, Tax and others. Singapore statutory, taxation and EDB knowledge is a plus
- High attention to details, good analytical skillset and ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and effectively across different teams and with multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization, with strong multi-tasking, problem-solving skills and project management abilities
- Strong team and people management
- MS Office proficiency, SAP experience required
- Fluency in English, written and spoken, other languages are considered a plus
Responsibilities:
- Manage Finance and administration functions of the Ferrero Asia Pacific region, supporting effective business operations
- Develop and implement local policies and procedures, in line with the Group policies, and improve the internal controls
- Manage the compliance activities of the company such as maintaining statutory records to meet local compliance requirements
- Be in charge of and prepare monthly management accounts for reporting purposes, manage budget preparation for balance sheet and cashflow
- Oversee monthly and year end closes including reconciling accounts (including intercompany), reporting and generating closing entries and reports
- Supervise and be in charge of intercompany contracts and transactions of the company, provide continuous improvement of efficiency in intercompany flows
- Implement the credit policy and manage the credit risks of the company
- Determine the credit limits of individual customers, provide periodic review of credit limits with commercial departments and resolve credit issues with relevant parties
- Follow up with commercial departments, customers and outsourced service providers on outstanding invoices, manage and review of deductions tracking and reconciliations of customers
- Support business units on operation units such as customs, taxation, and others. Provide support and relevant coordination with treasury department
- Manage the coordination with the Business Process Outsourcing external provider and resolve all operational issues, provide internal users to support and resolve the issues
- Deal with external auditors and tax advisors on statutory audit and tax issues
- Prepare ad-hoc analysis requested by the company and headquarters
- Manage the team and provide strong support for their professional development
