Finance Business Partner

Purpose of the role:

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.

Must - Experience in APAC ( Philippines & Singapore region is a must for this role.

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 tracki

  ng 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; ( MUST)

• 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.