Assistant Manager/Manager - Financial Reporting & Controls - BFS

Job Description :

- Assist the Manager and Financial Controller in transitional activities for the US market in collaboration with CCoE Lead & Regional Finance Services team.

- Support Financial Controller and Manager in monthly/Quarterly financial reporting and control activities by partnering with & supporting the Regional Financial Controller.

- Delivery of Month End closure (MEC) activities including P&L and Balance Sheet finalization.

- Timely closing of local accounting books & BPC group submission adhering to group requirements and timelines.

- Lead budget and reforecast preparation requirements and manage the BPC submissions.

- Support in the preparation and driving reconciliations and owning the actions from BS calls.

- Prepare Balance sheet presentations and risk analysis to develop & implement appropriate controls.

- Support in Management of specialist finance activities including taxation, VAT, treasury, Insurance and risk management (including Hedging FX exposure)

- Working with the Operational Finance and Commercial Finance teams to continuously improve financial processes and controls to comply with group policy and reporting requirements from time to time.

- Performance management, training & continuous development of the team.

- Supporting the Manager and FC in external audit process e.g. gathering documentation for the organisation's procedures/other audit supporting materials

- Support in Assessment of internal control environment with reference to Group's Internal Control Framework.

- Perform testing to support the annual J-SOX controls effectiveness attestation.

- Support in designing and executing required controls testing.

- Communicate results to internal stakeholders and external auditors.

- Perform required remediation testing.

- Management of the annual controls self-certification process.

- Manage ad hoc requirements and projects on financial control & compliance areas

Professional Skills :

- Qualified Chartered Accountant with 5 to 7 years of post-qualification experience in Accounting, Consolidation, Financial reporting.

- Proficient in technical accounting and IFRS. Knowledge of US GAAP would be preferable

- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.

- Knowledge of SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) and Blackline tool will be an added advantage.

- Strong communication skills (verbal & written). Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.

- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

- Demonstrate high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.

- Agile and flexible to changing needs and adhoc requirements.