Total 3 manufacturing production job vacancies in Finance / Banking / Insurance category in client site sgp singapore 14 tuas ave 1

* Focused on Cost Accounting procedures in Product Costing and Entity Accounting.

* Participate in month-end close process - utility accrual calculation, payroll analystis, headcount reporting and division financial review decks

* Comparing to benchmarks and determining Utilities price / volume / efficiency metrics

* Maintain Management Operating System (MOS) board by updating metrics for Finance department

* Give presentations monthly at Tier 4 Meetings on month-end results

* Bill of materials cost creation and release of standards in SAP

* Forecasting : Utilities usage (Natural gas, electricity) and overtime/payroll

* Ownership of utilities and payroll quarterly latest best estimates (LBE) and Plan Forecast for the next year

* Write and update manuals for each working process

Requirements :

Degree in Finance or equivalent

At least 1 year of finance experience in a large MNC preferred

• Execute the following weekly activities including coordination of communication required from the organization to complete the necessary analytics:

a) DOH Report

b) Yield Report

c) Production Report

• Execute the following monthly close activities including coordination of communication required from the organization to complete the necessary analytics:

a) PPV J/E’s and reports on WD1

b) Cost / Unit reporting for division metrics WD5

c) Payroll report WD7

d) Inventory Cycle Count (twice monthly)

e) Complete safety checklist for office area

• Execute Annual Fixed Asset Cycle Count

a) Collaborate with various business functions to complete annual fixed asset cycle count

b) Complete cycle count in accordance with timeline developed with Accounting Manager of fixed assets

c) Communicate any resource gaps on a timely basis

• Utilities LBE goal includes the following monthly deliverables:

a) Review of monthly utilities bills for any irregularities

b) Incorporate prior month’s actual usage and pricing from bills into the model

c) Update the efficiency curve model for most recent actuals

d) Update the model for price and volume changes

e) Incorporate any changes in Cost Improvement Programs that may affect the modeling

f) Update utilities efficiency and price slides for MBR

• Perform a variety of ad-hoc analyses to help explain variances and further investigate business issues. Additionally, prepare several analyses and presentations for plant personnel and/or visiting senior management to convey information in a concise and useful manner. Several known analysis are already listed:

a) Continual updates to AMS product cost glidepath

b) The site director has requested a high level analysis. What is the in-efficiency as a result of employee turnover? Both for Direct Labor and Indirect Labor

c) Provide support for the A/P team due to employee turnover

• Primarily lead to ensure the monthly Capital and Financial Review (CFR) package is ready to be reviewed at the monthly S&OP meeting.

a) Orchestrate the monthly update of the Capital & Finance Review (CFR). This involves updating many of the key schedules but also includes communicating with the other financial leads to complete their work on time and in full

b) Review the package to ensure its accuracy

c) Ensure the package is ready for review with FD one day prior to the monthly S&OP meeting

• Bachelor Degree in Accountancy/ Professional Accounting Qualification recognized by ICPAS or related discipline

• Strong analytical and planning skills

Location – Singapore

About the Role:

This role of Head Finance would require partnering with Site Management to maximize value, manage business risks and costs, drive the planning processes, and keep highest standards of Financial Compliance. Enable close collaboration with the Finance teams in the Operations Centers in Slovenia and Hyderabad and the ones of the Technology Platform.

Key Responsibilities:

· Controlling

o Ensures the following activities are timely and appropriately completed:

o Budget/LO/LF/Spotlanding preparation

o Implementation of activities to achieve budget / LF / LO challenges

o Assessment of M&A / BD&L business cases

o COGS Roadmap preparation

o Preparation of Capex / NoPro budgets

o Product Costing runs and reconciliations

· Business Partnering

o Manages all Site financial processes and relationships; provide proactive financial leadership by developing analytical and financial insight for all important short- and long- term decisions and external business partnerships.

o Proactively identifies areas of potential concern, initiating corrective action when necessary and identifying innovative ways to improve business volume and profit.

o Drives together with the Operations Centers site reporting activities, ensuring financial results integrity and compliance, timely preparation and, when necessary, presentation to relevant Novartis stakeholders.

o Proposes together with the Head Finance GOC optimizations and drives standardization of the financial processes managed by the GOCs

o Ensures that cost-efficient and effective purchasing and IT support across site functions is provided.

· Compliance and Stakeholder Management

o Manages all site and Novartis in-site relations with external auditors and stakeholders, and prepare in-site Novartis organizations for all relevant regulatory and tax audits by ensuring adherence to necessary financial, administrative and corporate compliance (i.e. Sarbanes– Oxley [SOx]) standards.

o Acts as key representative on all NFCM-related topics in the site, closely aligns with the NFCM-support team of the GOCs.

Essential Requirements:

· >10 years’ experience in financial management (controlling) in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

· 3-5 years’ experience in leadership roles with strong people management skills.

· University Degree in Economics / BA / Engineering (minimum).

· Creates and updates strategies that leverage competitive advantages and emerging trends.

· Speaks with genuine authenticity about the deeper meaning of our vision and purpose.

· Talks about external trends and issues that may impact our work in the future.

· Focuses on finding innovative ways to make the patient/customer experience better.

Desirable Requirements:

· MBA is desirable.

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