Assistant Manager Finance at Plaza Premium Group

Responsibilities

Financial Accounting and Others

• Primary responsible for all integrity of the financial records for the country, local accounting, tax and finance related regularity requirement and meeting local reporting due date eg: local audited accounting, annual corporate tax filing etc.
• Work with HQ-Finance, GSC-Finance and local management to ensure integrity of the financial records.
• Working in direct and close relationship with the Accounting, and Global Procurement team in Head Office and/or Global Services Centre (GSC), direct the work of local finance & accounting and procurement function, appointed external accounting firm (where applicable), local external auditor, and ensuring these work is done and completed timely and to quality.
• Responsible for ensuring all local finance and accounting statutory requirements are met in timely manner eg: local audited accounts, corporate tax filing, etc. Keep updated on the local statutory requirements and accounting standards.
• Monitoring daily financial accounting related matters and working closely with the local team to enhance the process flow.
• Constantly review and guide the local team in coordinating daily routine relating to accounting and procurement matters and coordinating with GSC/HQ Finance on daily task handling.
• Evaluate the Balance Sheets and Notes to the accounts, and raise the abnormalities to the Business partners, and immediate finance leader.
• Raise the AR aging and coordinate with the Credit Controller on the action plan.
• Financial Controls: Constantly review and ensure the entire local business and processes have adequate financial controls in place and where they are not, raise it with respective stakeholders including country PIC to ensure they take action to implement adequate controls. Where material or needed, escalate these matter directly to Internal Audit and CFO.
• Perform cost review to ensure resources of the business are well utilized and cost are well managed in partnership with local PIC and management.
• Liaise with HQ Finance, and is the local relationship owner for these local relationships: banks, locally appointed external accounting firm, local external auditor, tax authority, legal, and corporate secretarial firm.

Management Accounting and Business Partnering

• As finance business partner, work with the country PIC and management to drive the financial performance of the business.
• Prepare monthly management reports and perform variance analysis and commentary for the presentation to HQ and Regional Finance Team, and monitor the financial performance of the business; anticipate and communicate and influence stakeholders to action
• Consolidate financial data, business KPIs, and review and analyse monthly financial reports for all outlets within the country. Work with HQ-Finance, and local management to ensure integrity of the financial numbers.
• Work with local management and Country PIC to prepare the annual budget, financial projections, CAPEX analysis, DCF analysis to support business development requirements
• Maintain good relationship with local PIC and management team support them in meeting with airport authorities and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance/accountancy/Banking or equivalent, with professional qualification in ACCA or CPA(K) with a sharp analytical mind
• At least 5-7 year(s) of working experience in the related field and position is required for this position, preferably in Hospitality or international audit firms
• Member of professional body.
• Sound knowledge in financial reporting / statutory requirements
• Mature, articulate, well-organized, responsible, detail-minded and self-motivated
• Leadership, managerial and supervisory, and good interpersonal skills is mandatory
• Able to work under pressure and independently
• Conversant in English and Competent in Excel and other standards office software