The Role: 

Record to Report (R2R) provides finance services i.e., Journal processing, Financial Group Reporting, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations and Compliance Reporting. This position is responsible for leading a service-oriented team and managing the R2R process to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting to the assigned countries across South East Asia (SEA).

Key Accountabilities Operational Activities:

•  Overseeing the R2R portfolio which specialized in Accounting & Reporting 

•  Taking ownership of completion of closing activities but not limited to governance of accuracy for all activities or transactions. 
•  Ensure the daily operational activities for R2R as whole are managed and delivered timely. 
•  Operation activities consisting of Journal processing, AARO reporting, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation and Compliance reporting are managed and delivered timely to the relevant Stakeholder aligned with corporate deadlines. 
•  Leading a team and monitor team processing to ensure accuracy, timely execution and in compliance with accounting principles. 
•  Take ownership of the end-to-end full process of the annual external audit. 
•  First contact point for Locations for any escalation for all R2R operational activities by providing a solution to location promptly to resolve the issues and making sure that services provided are meeting service levels and quality. 
•  Ensuring all team members are complying to the Desktop Task Procedure (DTP). 
•  Attending queries/requirement/recommendation from internal team/ Location/ Auditors on the operational activities in accordance to KPIs. 
•  Takes accountability for own and team performance by monitoring closely via Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) results and constantly provides solutions to improve the results. 
•  Lead operational meeting with team and ensure all required action items agreed with the internal team/ Locations / External Auditors within agreed deadline. 
•  Collaborate/Coordinate with the other functional teams to ensure that the integrated process carried out smoothly to provide constant and quality deliverables to locations. 
•  Report to Management promptly on the status of the operations and ensure prompt escalation to management if necessary. 
•  Ensuring that appropriate General Ledger processes, controls, policies and procedures are in place and comply with Company’s standards.

People Management:

• Ability to demonstrate good leadership and work independently with minimum supervision
• Team & People Management skill including resources management; staff engagement and monitoring.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and sustain effective relationships with functional teams and across BUs to deliver quality performance and implement best practices.
• Engage the stakeholder to resolve any operational issues

Process improvement:

• Constantly review, signoff and maintain accurate and up to date DTPs and reference materials.
• Identify opportunities and implement process improvements, simplifications and standardization.
• Identify business needs and contribute solutions to business problems.
• Any other duties as required that can generally be expected from Process Manager

Requirements:

• Masters / Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field from a renowned university/institution. 
• Professional qualification with a recognized global or international accounting body (CPA, ACCA etc) 
• 8 - 10 years in finance and accounting, financial planning and analysis including exposure to Asia finance operations preferably in one of the Big 4 accounting firms 
• Proficient in Finance & Accounting software, e.g. SAP (including BPC), PowerBI 
• Strong organization & multi-tasking skills, and an eye-for-detail. 
• Excellent knowledge of English (written, verbal). 
• Strong analytical and excel modelling skills, and familiarity with Financial Modelling and scenario analysis