Overview

The Senior Finance Business Partner plays a key role in supporting the leadership in the delivery of accurate and objective management reports. He/ she will own end-to-end the Accounting, Legal and Management reporting; Budgeting and Forecasting; Cash Forecasting; financial system improvement processes and perform, oversee and lead a range of financial management responsibilities, aligned to business needs including business cases review, short-term and long-term forecasting, variance & scenario analysis, new business opportunities planning, financial and operational KPIs setting & tracking, development design and enrichment of management reports, champions data integrity & unification, value adding analysis & decision support, targets achievement cadence with leaders & department heads, efficiency improvement activities & cost controlling, drives optimal allocation of capital, reporting and financial performance monitoring in accordance with Group policies, procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Support the Corporate Finance & Management team with timely, accurate and well-structured management reports & ad-hoc analysis.
• Adherence to reporting calendar and good quality of management reports.
• Prepare monthly management packs & rolling forecast reports. Timely Submission of Management Reports to Group.
• Ensure that the accounting is done in accordance with IFRS. Accounting books are reconciled and reflecting the accurate state of business.
• Properly accounted and IFRS compliant Financial Statements.
• Lead monthly performance reviews with Executive Leaders.
• Agreed actions are tracked and executed. Good cadence of results achievement (<10% variance target).
• Interpret data and provide concise and to the point explanations and analysis on trends & variances.
• Enriched commentary, powerful analysis drive decisions.
• Well-spoken commercial thinker with an analytical mindset is key to meeting the requirements of this role
• Qualitative metrics.
• Change agent and Team player driving efficient flow of information and Interfaces across Organization.
• Facilitate and lead Budgeting and planning activities.
• Support business growth; geographical expansion; greenfield projects setup; pipeline conversion for key prospects; Order Intake & backlog reporting.
• Management of key data interfaces with HR (Manpower); ERP; Procurement systems.
• Data integrity and one source of truth.
• Understand key business drivers on a project/prospect level and drive key actions with stakeholders ensuring targeted profitability and conversion is achieved.
• Early warning system in place; information & actions flow to key stakeholders.
• Setting of financial and operational KPIs at individual; Project; Operating Unit; Business Unit level and monthly / quarterly tracking & reporting.
• Enriched layered system of KPIs are set and tracked.
• Design templates, forms, dashboards, reporting packs. Ensure uniformity of data & methodologies.
• Best practice reports design & data visualization.
• Drive cost reduction and efficiency improvement efforts across projects; departments; OU Overheads; OPEX & CAPEX (utilization; yield; Actual vs “As Bid” etc.).
• Continuous optimization of project execution and performance metrics.
• Support ERP & systems design and implementation efforts.
• Good level of adoption of MIS and automation tools.
• Challenge Business Cases, assumptions and projections.
• Reliability of approves Business Cases.
• Develop and manage reports for “One-off” exceptional income and expenditure items.
• Develop complex reporting, forecasting, trend & result analysis.
• Ensure appropriateness of key assumptions included in financial short and long-term plans & budgets.
• Prepare projects “Forecast at completion” and challenge assumptions.

Communication 

General:

• Works broadly with leadership and various Group Finance Function stakeholders and leads end-to-end Accounting, Legal & Management reporting; Budgeting and Forecasting; Planning processes
• Ensures Policies and SOPs are adhered to
• Works independently under Sr. Director Finance guidance

Internal:

• Contact with Operating Unit leadership; department heads
• Contact with Corporate Finance Function employees; FIN operations, Treasury, FP&A teams and with other Functions

External:

• Contact with Operating Unit leadership; department heads 
• Contact with Corporate Finance Function employees; FIN operations, Treasury, FP&A teams and with other Functions

Qualifications

Competencies

Essential:

• Accounting under IFRS
• Analysing, interpreting, planning. 
• Commercial mindset.
• Adhering to principles & values.
• Leading by example and Working as a team.

Desirable:

• Supporting & cooperating
• Interacting & presenting
• Creating & conceptualising
• Relating & networking
• Persuading and influencing

Skills:

• Self-driven and well-versed leader, confident in a fast-paced high risk/high reward environment
• Adaptable to any changes in priorities, able to handle pressure and meet deadlines
• Well organized, reliable and a very good collaborator at all levels
• Able to simplify, standardize and provide “to the point” advise to stakeholders
• Well versed in intricacies of accounting principles and standards under IFRS & Best practice
• Guru of Excel, PowerPoint, Reporting & Planning software’s, ERP, dashboards & automation
• Possesses good Commercial and Business mindset and is entrepreneurial
• Excellent stakeholder management with proven ability to strategically lead accounting, financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting processes in a large and complex organisation 
• Highly developed numeracy, analytical and conceptual skills including demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new concepts and information and deliver positive, innovative solutions
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build successful relationships and influence, negotiate and achieve consensus at senior levels, including effective communication at all levels and those with varying levels of financial literacy. 
• Able to interpret key project & business drivers; drive financial performance and manage stakeholders; drive business growth and efficiency improvement agenda
• Management of working capital & Capital allocation

Knowledge:

• Understands the framework of doing business in Asia
• Knowledge of fast paced environment & fast growth companies

Education/ Qualifications:

• Business or Management degree, plus accounting designation are a must
• Full fluency in spoken and written English
• Management, leadership & relevant Accounting, FP&A courses

Experience:

• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in a Corporate Finance, Commercial / Business Finance roles, out of which minimum 5 years at managerial level. 
• Relevant experience – industry agnostic (Technology & Finance Services is a plus)
• Has the blend of BIG 4; Industry experience ideally in a few Industries & Private / Listed companies