FINANCE DEPARTMENT
The Finance Team is a proactive business partner to drive business results by using timely, accurate and business relevant information to support critical decision making. We strive for excellence across four interdependent dimensions of support to the business:
- Efficiency – continuous improvement of speed, quality and cost of processes
- Effectiveness – ensuring the co-ordination of core activities, optimizing decision making, financial stewardship and risk management
- Relevance – providing the insights and analytical support that operational business leaders need to optimize their performance
- Influence – proactive, strategic business partnering for collaborative outcomes that drive better business performance
FINANCE MANAGER (Japanese Speaking)
Key responsibilities include:
- Be a proactive Finance business partner to drive results by using timely, accurate and business relevant information to support critical decision making
- Partner with the business head(s) for events exhibitions and the ancillary business, to prepare project actuals and forecast PL and cashflow, ensure timely collections and reconciliations, analyse business performance and strategy.
- Manage, prepare, and analyse budgets, actuals, forecasts, and assist in monthly management reporting and financial modelling for BU and Group Corporate
- Develop initiatives and policies to improve financial growth and cost optimization
- Drive process improvements, systems implementation, and ad-hoc projects
- Ensures internal controls in place are adequate and in compliance with all corporate governance requirements
- Ad-hoc tasks and duties as required
You will be a great match if you have the following qualifications/experience:
- Chartered Accountant and/or Degree holder in Accountancy with 7+ years commercial and audit experience, with excellent business/commercial acumen, and management experience.
- Experience in accounting, process reviews and internal controls, FP&A, business partnering, and general Finance
- Takes pride in accuracy and possess strong technical skills
- Resilient, and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong track record of automation and process simplification and improvement
- Ability to work independently to drive optimal processes and outcomes
- All-rounded skillsets and experience will be a plus.
- Fluent in Japanese and English