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Roles & ResponsibilitiesThe job provides the candidate with continuous training and long-term career growth development opportunities with a leading global medical device and technology company. Medtronic Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing emerging regions in the Medtronic. The role provides the successful candidate with unique professional experience and tremendous exposure to the
- Medtronic Southeast Asia business areas and support functions
- Medtronic SEA, regional, and global controllership as well as other global finance functions
- Other Medtronic internal and external stakeholders
As the cluster Financial Controller, you will provide leadership and oversight for financial reporting, internal controls, statutory financials & audits, finance policy and tax compliance for Medtronic SEA inland subcluster countries across Operator, Steward, Catalyst, and Strategist areas of responsibility.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Operator
- Deliver financial closing and reporting in compliance with US GAAP and SEA country statutory financial standards
- Review and sign off balance sheet reconciliations and attest balance sheet controls
- Ensure timely statutory and regulatory reporting, including financial audits and tax filings
- Lead and provide account services across value-streams to business areas with support from shared services and BPO
- Provide oversight and collaborate with regional Treasury functions for local entity banking, funding, and foreign exchange management
- Oversee local entity corporate tax, indirect tax, transfer price tax etc areas of compliance in collaboration with regional Tax
- Provide oversight and collaborate with Credit functions for credit and collections
Steward
- Be the finance owner and trainer on company finance policy and internal controls
- Oversee SOX control framework and deliverables
- Support oversight on Internal Audit/Internal Control requirements
- Provide fiduciary oversight for the SEA legal entities, in support of the local entity board of directors, working closely with the company secretarial function and legal/compliance functions
- Be an active gatekeeper to provide oversight on company assets.
- Drive and support internal audit corrective and preventive actions
Catalyst / Strategist
- Support SEA country initiatives ensuring sound accounting and tax compliance advice to achieve business results the right way
- Support global finance and accounting initiatives including new accounting standards implementation
- Deliver continuous process improvements and establish best practices across accounting value streams, leveraging shared services & BPO support and Lean Six Sigma, Automation/AI solutions
- Participate in cross functional initiatives with a focus on improving the control environment, collaborating with other finance functions (business finance, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Credit) and other support functions (Pricing, Indirect Sourcing, Legal, Compliance, Channel, Regulatory etc)
- Identify and contribute to working capital and free cashflow improvements
- Proactively involved in business planning and legal/compliance reviews to identify, assess and address controllership, financial & tax risks
- Lead and develop a high-performing and inclusive team recognized by functional colleagues and stakeholders
- Be a role model in supporting and driving inclusion, diversity, equity and ethics initiatives
Required Knowledge And Experience
- University degree in accounting or finance or relevant discipline, and/or Accounting qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA etc)
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years in a managerial role within multinational companies and/or in overseeing operations across Southeast Asian countries
- Extensive knowledge about financial and management accounting. US GAAP and/or IFRS exposure will be important.
- In-depth understanding of SEA countries’ Financial Reporting Standards and other relevant regulations as well as experience in dealing with statutory tax and audit requirements
- Handson experience in dealing with SEA country direct, indirect tax, transfer price compliance subjects, statutory auditors, and regulatory agencies
- Experience in working with shared services/BPO to driving end to end value-stream process improvements
- Effective interpersonal, influential, collaboration and presentation skills
- Strong data analytical and reporting skills
- Proven people and team development and leadership skills
- Strong technical experience preferably in SAP FI modules with deep process knowledge across various finance and accounting value streams (R2R, P2P, EE, OTC, Fixed Assets, Inventory/intercompany)
- Experience in internal/SOX control framework implementation and improvement
- Proven records in process improvements and ability to establish process excellence / best practices
- Strong ability to partner with sales and commercial teams and business in the areas of accounts receivable/DSO management, credit risk control, and collections
- Strong partnership ability in supporting business area initiatives providing sound accounting and compliance advice to commercial and cross functional business partners
