Role reporting directly into Singapore & Malaysia Cluster Finance Director, based in Singapore. Manage a team of share services resources.

• Role reporting directly into Singapore & Malaysia Cluster Finance Director, based in Singapore. Manage a team of share services resources.
• Lead monthly closing and result publication to the Group through reporting tool (SAP, Teranga, etc), focusing on quarterly and year-end activities.
• Prepare Monthly Management Review, including variance analysis.
• Plan, Coordinate, Consolidate and Submit Forecasts & Budgets.
• Provide leadership and leverage on the accounting shared service on Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and General Ledger activities.
• Ownership of balance sheet reviews and account reconciliation.
• Monitor constantly the evolution of the KPIs (cash, sales, expenses) & provide related analysis in case of evolution, including supporting Functions in controlling their costs.
• Ownership of Internal Control process and ensuring compliance to financial and statutory rules when executing all tasks.
• Supervise the overall Audit process to ensure timeline completion, both statutory and Internal Audit.
• Partner with Tax to ensure compliance to Tax obligations and timeline adherence to external local and internal tax reporting.
• In coordination with Alstom Finance Shared Services (Global Finance Center), streamline accounting processes by defining a dashboard to monitor the overall accounting performance through KPIs.
• Seek synergies and support central automation initiatives across accounting and reporting processes

Performance measurement through:

• Capacity to produce comprehensive & accurate financial information.
• On-time deliverables.
• Provision of sound KPI analysis.
• Audit closure on time as per Group guidelines.
• Tax submissions / requirements met on time.
• Accounting dashboard implementation & KPIs improvement.
• Clarity and relevance of presentation and recommendation to management.
• Process improvement implementation.

Requirements

• A recognized degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalent.
• Chartered Accountancy/ equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ relevant working experience in Controllership, Financial Analysis and reporting.
• Team management experience appreciated, especially shared services and remote teams.
• Experience and proficient in using SAP, Hyperion, Teranga or similar systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Possess strong critical and clear thinking, analytical skills and an eye for detail.
• Resourceful and ability to problem solve independently, with business stakeholders partnership.
• Experienced in working with large European multinational organization with highly matrixed and high paced environment with tight timelines.
• Clear and concise verbal communication with the ability to flex style to interact, communicate and relate to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to be steadfast, consistent and impartial to drive a compliant win-win solution.
• Team player, mature and resilient professional who can work independently.