Finance Manager

This position is responsible for corporate management reporting, manage the commercial financial operations of the company, ensuring effective financial budgeting and adherence to all relevant regulations and policies. This role plays a key role in monitoring profitability and maintaining financial discipline.
1. Commercial Finance
• Provide timely and accurate Gross Margin (GM) forecasts to support management decision-making. Analyze GM performance vs forecast/budget/last year, highlighting key drivers that impact GM performance.
• Act as a Business Partnering to Sales and Marketing in:
- GM analysis with proposed selling price/promotions/rebates/ incentives from Sale & Marketing.
- Challenge any proposal from Sales that may impact GM target.
- Review promotion documentations such as agreements, contracts etc., to ensure compliance with government regulations.
- Provide consultancy on operational processes and system capabilities to effectively manage rebate and promotion schemes.
• Marketing Budget control by internal orders, actual performances versus budget and last year.
• Drive continuous improvement in procedures and promotion schemes etc, for efficiency and compliance.
2. Management reporting
• Develop and maintain regularly reporting packages, including monthly/quarterly performance analysis versus budget/forecast/previous year, along with key ratio analysis.
• Providing commercially-driven financial analysis for ad hoc projects, including cost effectiveness, commercial viability, operational capability and controls.
3. Budgeting and forecast
• Coordinate with various departments within the company to facilitate the budgeting process.
• Prepare quarterly/rolling forecast and annual financial budget including financial statements, P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow. Consolidate all inputs from various departments, challenge assumptions, and ensure accuracy and alignment with company objectives.
4. Other responsibilities
• Manage Transfer Pricing (TP) disclosure requirements: Collaborate with consultants to prepare benchmarking reports, defense files, and all relevant documentation to ensure compliance with TP regulations.
• Oversee FI-CO/COPA processes in SAP: Ensure the accuracy and smooth operation.
• Administer Concur, Applications and Power BI: Co-ordinate with consultants to ensure smooth data exchange, accurate reconciliation and effective visualization. Ensure that these systems run smoothly and support business operations.
• Other tasks as assigned by supervisors: Take on additional responsibilities as needed to support the team and organization.