Finance Manager

HPMT Industries is a leading South-East Asia manufacturer of high-precision solid carbide cutting tools with over 40 years of industry experience. The company operates commercial subsidiaries in China, Germany, and Malaysia, supported by a global distributor network spanning more than 35 countries. HPMT focuses on delivering reliable, high-quality tooling solutions to customers in diverse manufacturing sectors. Team members benefit from working in an internationally active organization that values precision, innovation, and continuous improvement.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Finance Manager to lead our Finance function and drive business performance through strong financial management, commercial insights, and operational excellence.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will lead a team of 6-8 finance professionals and play a critical role in strengthening financial controls, management reporting, manufacturing costing, working capital management, and sustainability reporting. This is an excellent opportunity for a finance leader who enjoys both strategic business partnering and hands-on execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance Operations & Governance

• Lead month-end and year-end financial close processes.
• Oversee general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, fixed assets, inventory accounting, and intercompany transactions.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, statutory requirements, and audit obligations.
• Strengthen internal controls, financial processes, and balance sheet governance.

Financial Planning, Analysis & Business Performance

• Deliver timely and accurate management reporting with actionable business insights.
• Analyse revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, cash flow, and working capital performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, business planning, and scenario analysis.
• Partner with business leaders to drive informed decision-making and performance improvement.

Manufacturing Costing & Profitability

• Lead standard and actual costing activities within a manufacturing environment.
• Analyse material, labour, overhead, scrap, absorption, and production variances.
• Improve visibility of customer, product, and SKU profitability.
• Support pricing strategies and margin optimisation initiatives.

Working Capital & Cash Management

• Monitor and improve receivables collection and credit management processes.
• Drive inventory management and provisioning controls.
• Maintain accurate cash flow forecasts and reporting.
• Support initiatives to improve DSO, inventory turns, and overall cash conversion.

Sustainability Reporting & Compliance

• Lead the company's sustainability and climate-related reporting processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional ESG data collection, validation, and reporting.
• Establish robust reporting controls, governance, and audit trails.
• Ensure readiness for sustainability assurance and evolving regulatory requirements.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, coach, and develop the Finance team.
• Establish clear KPIs, succession planning, and cross-functional coverage.
• Drive ERP optimisation, reporting automation, and process improvements.
• Reduce manual processes and enhance the use of analytics and business intelligence tools.

What We're Looking For

Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICAEW, or MIA is highly preferred.
• Approximately 10–15 years of progressive Finance experience, including leadership of a Finance team.
• Strong manufacturing Finance background, with hands-on costing, inventory and working-capital experience.
• Solid financial control, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, audit and statutory compliance experience.
• Exposure to sustainability/ESG reporting, climate disclosure, integrated reporting or assurance readiness strongly preferred.
• Strong ERP, Excel and analytical capability; Power BI or similar tools advantageous.
• Able to challenge constructively, work cross-functionally and translate financial and ESG information into management actions.

Why Join Us

Join a company where finance is a strategic partner to the business. You'll have the opportunity to influence operational and commercial decisions, lead sustainability reporting initiatives, and play a key role in driving business growth and transformation.