This role will lead the Group's consolidation & statutory reporting and management reporting, delivering timely and accurate financial reports and ensuring operational effectiveness.
Specific Responsibilities:
* Group Consolidation & Statutory Reporting
- Oversee timely and accurate monthly group consolidation in compliance with applicable accounting standards.
- Manage preparation of group financial statement and statutory filing across jurisdictions.
- Ensure compliance with audit requirements and coordinate & manage the annual audit process.
- Keep abreast of changes in financial reporting standards and assess their impact on the Group.
* Group Management Reporting
- Lead the preparation of various management reports, including Board papers and analysis, with meaningful business insights and commentary.
- Collaborate with business units to understand performance drivers and communicate key findings to stakeholders.
- Drive improvement in reporting processes and KPI tracking.
* Support Financial Controller in finance transformation and modernization initiatives.
Requirements :
- Proven record of effective leadership skills, with the ability to manage, inspire and develop cross-functional teams.
- Strong technical knowledge of MFRS/IFRS, group consolidation principles and statutory reporting.
- High attention to detail with commitment to accuracy and compliance.
- Hands-on experience in working with SAP or Oracle ERP systems and strong excel/data analytics skills.
- Demonstrate business acumen and ability to translate financial data into insights.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with ability to manage multiple priorities and tight timelines.
- Self-driven and proactive, with the confidence to work independently.
- Mandatory - Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CPA, ICAEW, or equivalent).
- Minimum 7 years of experience in finance, multi-entity consolidation, 2 to 3 years in managerial capacity and at least one Big 4 audit firm experience.