Assistant Manager, Finance

ROLE OUTLINE

The role provides strategic insights of the business financial performance and supports the management team to meet its financial targets.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Finance BP Lead, the incumbent will perform the following range of duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing and reporting per stipulated deadlines
• Analyse and deliver meaningful insights of financial numbers to support management to drive business performance
• Perform budgeting and forecasting activities
• Review and implement business processes and changes to improve operational productivity, cost efficiency and company profitability
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and statutory regulations
• Monitor net working capital, cash flow and capital employed, highlight bad trending and support management to strengthen the balance sheet and reduce the cash conversion cycle
• Ensure accurate and timely submissions to IRAS, including corporate income tax, GST and property tax filings, and transfer pricing documentations per statutory deadlines
• Handle insurance renewals and claims, and internal and external financial audits
• Any other ad-hoc duties and projects as and when assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in accountancy or its equivalent

• Must have at least 3 years of experience in a business partner role preferably in the manufacturing and/or MRO industry
• Familiar with SAP ECC FI, CO, MM and CS modules
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, Power Query, Power BI and Think-cell
• Strong analytical skills, loves details and is a hands-on person who can handle details
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills – Able to lead and motivate team members, engage with both external parties and internal customers from all departments, and facilitate/bridge operations to other Finance function teams
• Comfortable to propose, justify, initiate and implement changes
• Able to multi-task and work well in a dynamic and fast-moving environment
• Independent and self-driven