FINANCE DIRECTOR

Role Summary

Leads financial strategy, planning, and controls to achieve business goals. Oversees reporting, compliance, and risk management, ensuring company assets are protected.

Job Description

• Define, develop, and implement financial and accounting strategies, procedures, and internal controls to achieve business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with local accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and tax obligations.
• Oversee accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of local and management reporting.
• Establish and optimize internal data analysis and reporting frameworks to support decision-making.
• Lead annual budgeting, bi-annual financial reviews, and forecasting processes.
• Support the CEO in long-term strategic planning and follow up on updates.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with banks and financial institutions.
• Coordinate finance-related matters with headquarters and other subsidiaries.
• Conduct finance training sessions, workshops, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the finance team to ensure high performance.
• Drive process improvements, automation, and adoption of best practices within the finance function.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support business growth and profitability.

Requirement

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance / ACCA, or relevant fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience - preferably with multi-national companies
• Effectively bilingual with good command of spoken and written English and Mandarin. (To communicate and liaise with Chinese speaking overseas and local counterparts/customers)
• Ability to adjust to shifting priorities and demands while meeting critical deadlines
• Must be a highly motivated individual with a hands-on approach and able to operate independently and with minimal supervision
• Strong commercial/business partner, who can develop and strengthen the relationship between finance and the other business units