Finance Manager-Business Partner (SEA)

Job Description

Purpose of the role: As the Manager Finance Business Partner (SEAA) you will be working closely with the management, in charge of commercial contract review, financial & management reporting including budget and forecasts, cash flow management, internal controls as well as producing useful analytics, reports and insights for operational & strategic business decisions. Key Responsibilities: • Review of Contracts/ RFPs/ Pitches for commercial, financial and insurance clauses and advise better terms and highlight deviations from standards; • Vetting of costing and advise on right tax structures for cross boarder transactions; • Financial planning, budgeting, reporting; • Forecasting and tracking monthly bookings, billings & collections. • Closely work with business and project managers to drive the deliverables; • Provide analysis and deliver insight that links financial reports to business strategies; • Closely monitor AR/ AP ageing. Follow up with customers for critical payments; • Resolve critical queries with customers in terms of taxation- GST, WHT etc; • Closely monitor Project Profitability & keep business informed on any possible losses; • Responsible for Revenue recognition as per local GAAP / IFRS; • Recon of Gross Profits between MIS and actual as per ERP system (SAP); • Track COGS in SAP right from planning / budgeting to actual; • Coordination with auditors and resolving audit queries on AR , Revenue recognition , Forecasting etc; • Coordinate with Bankers/insurance company for performance bond; • Coordinate with Financial institution on Factoring facility , tracking of factoring limits and fundings; • Create dashboards for business consumption; • Provide analytics for critical business decisions; • Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures; and • Spearhead automation to drive efficiencies. What we are looking for: • MBA Finance/ CA intermediate with minimum 7 years of experience in business finance, preferably in service industry; • Working knowledge of TDS, GST & International withholding tax are essential; • SAP/S4Hana ERP knowledge is a plus; • Should be a good team player; • Should be able to communicate effectively with other departments, managers as well as external stakeholders such as consultants, vendors & customers; and • Experience in creating dashboards Google Studio/ MS PowerPoint/ Power BI.