Key Objectives
To deliver timely, accurate and compliant financial statements and other financial information for the entities assigned.
To maintain an appropriate and effective internal control environment within those entities.
To provide timely business support in the areas of reporting, statutory and group compliances, taxation and internal control.
Main Responsibilities :
People supervision
· Provide hands-on coaching and supervision to relevant accounting staff assigned to the entity/entities.
Accounting and reporting
· Ownership of the process to prepare the accounts for the entities assigned in strict adherence to deadlines and instructions given by the region or group.
· Ownership of accounting areas for entity reporting including but not limited to impairment reviews, revenue recognition, leaving indemnities, asset physical counts.
· Key contact with external auditors and internal auditors in planning, executing and completing audits for the assigned entity/entities.
· Perform hands on accounting and month end close activities and reviews; ensuring revenue and costs/overheads completeness and accuracy.
· Institute monthly comprehensive on and off balance sheet risk review and accounts reconciliations; take immediate actions to address risk and ensure balance sheet items are fairly stated at all times.
Compliances and controls
· Ensure filing deadlines for the entities are met and issues addressed promptly.
· Collate and review, monthly and year end reconciliation of local entity statutory results to group reporting ensuring that differences, if any, are approved, adequately documented and appropriate.
· Implement and ensure standard processes and related controls, including but not limited to purchase to pay, order to collection and month end processes, are fully complied.
· Ownership of compliances to Group’s policies, procedures and deadlines.
Cash and Taxation
· Ownership of proper tax compliances and filing for both direct and indirect taxes in the entities assigned.
· Liaise closely with HR/payroll on personal income tax liability and exposures.
· Follow up diligently on cash collections via timely information provision and discussions with local commercial and operations team, highlighting issues and actions promptly.
Others
· Support budgeting process
· Participation in other group and regional initiatives
Qualifications/Experience/Skills:
Technical
· An ACCA, CPA or CA qualified accountant preferably with some audit experience.
· Proven operational finance experience in a contracting business within a multinational and multicurrency setting.
· Up to date and relevant IFRS knowledge with proven application in commercial and real life business scenarios
· IT savvy and hands-on experience with ERP systems essential
Personal
· Must possess the drive and credibility
· A mature and highly responsible self-starter, with effective written and oral communication skills, who is committed to deliver operational excellence.
· Needs to be very systematic, meticulous and hands-on
· Able to manage own time and prioritise workload to deliver against corporate timetables in a complex, conflicting and often time pressured environment.
· A team player with highest level of integrity
