Summary
You will start off in a Business Controller role and will provide leadership and manage overall strategic financial management for a well established business. This role will manage a finance team based in the region and will provide leadership and co-ordinate overall strategic financial management to ensure Business Continuity, Continuous Improvement and Growth; covering areas in business control, financial planning, budgeting
In the medium term, you may pivot into a general management role with PnL responsibilities.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide technical expertise in the delivery of sound business/financial solutions with regards to tactical and strategic decisions
- Partner management to drive business and financial performance
- Identify and support continuous improvement of business operations
- Budget & management reviews and performance monitoring CAPEX reviews and monitoring of return on investments
- Co-ordinate long-term strategic planning and resource allocation for the Business Unit
- Develop the Group's resources and competency in the area of financial management
- Oversee all financial and business control operations and structure
- Coordinate, analyze and report business / financial performance to Management (financial performance, projections and other special projects as required)
- Prepare short and long-term financial forecasts
- Develop if required, implement and maintain accounting and administrative policies and procedures for a wide-ranging set of activities including reporting and other corporate policies
- Build, manage and strengthen the finance team
Qualification and Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years' strategic financial management experience gained from a corporate/MNC environment with a significant manufacturing asset/s base
- Proven strong managerial and leadership qualities
- Business Partnering skills and a good team player
- Commercially-oriented with high energy, a can-do attitude and hands-on
- Operationally in tune with the business with a keen eye for analysis and details
- Possess business acumen and strong commercial sense
- Driven, sharp, results orientated with strong understanding of business operations and key drivers
- Ability to strike a good balance between cost control versus value adding
- Strong communication and presentation skills (oral and written); as well as fluency in English, and/or Bahasa as you will be required to liaise with overseas offices
- Relevant discipline in the areas of Accountancy, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics or Economics from good universities.
- A good degree in Accounting from a mainstream university preferred. A CPA/Masters would be preferred
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