Financial Controller – Global Financial Services Organisation – Singapore
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Location
- Singapore
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Job Number
- 9142
- Line of Business
- Banking & Financial Services
- Consultant
- Gareth Mortimer
We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client, a leading financial services organisation, for a financial controller to be responsible for expense budgeting for this global group. The successful candidate will be part of a growing finance team based in Singapore. The successful candidate will be working with and standing in for the Head of Expenses and Budgeting and managing a team of 1 accountant, 1 financial analyst, and 2 account assistants.
Financial Controller Responsibilities:
- Responsible for Asia-Pacific Hub budget and Mid-Year Budget Review (if any) exercise
- Supervise the accounts payable team to oversee activities and resolve any issues, with the assistance of the Accountant
- Ensure payments and other journals are reviewed in a timely and accurate manner
- Ensure fixed assets and inter-company recharges are appropriately accounted for promptly
- Submit weekly landing expense numbers with an explanation to Paris Head Office during the quarter-close month
- Responsible for quarterly Asia Pacific Hub management expense reporting, analysis, and budget / actual variances analysis to Paris Head office
- Oversee posting of expenses and cost centre for Asia Pacific entities to ensure they are done correctly
- Reconciliation for SAP FI vs SAP CO for all Asia Pacific entities
- Provide support in the preparation of Board and Closing meeting presentations on expense analysis
- Work with the Hub Tax Manager to ensure Transfer Pricing is charged appropriately
- Oversee P2P (Ariba system) for the Asia-Pacific
- Ensure GST, tax-related filing and queries are adhered to within the stipulated timeline
- Ensure yearly MAS FSI-HQ is submitted correctly by the Accountant
Profile/Skills:
- Ideally, you will have a degree in finance or equivalent
- Ideally, you will be a CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent
- 8–12 years of financial accounting cum management reporting experience with some audit experience would be preferred
- Good understanding and practice of core finance and cost accounting concepts, including budgeting, costing, cost allocations, and intra-group invoicing
- SAP FICO knowledge would be an advantage
If you are interested in this position, please send an updated CV to gareth@renaix.com.