Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager Our client is looking for a Finance Professional to lead finance, accounting, tax, planning, transformation initiatives, and regional finance support across Asia. Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic business partner to regional business leaders and finance teams, providing commercial insights beyond traditional finance and accounting functions.

• Drive and implement finance transformation initiatives aligned with the organization's regional and long-term strategic objectives.

• Establish, enhance, and standardize finance policies, governance frameworks, and internal controls to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

• Collaborate with global finance stakeholders to align financial strategies, programs, and policies with business requirements.

• Lead corporate finance activities including acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, divestments, business restructuring, and redeployment projects.

• Oversee finance operations encompassing accounting, treasury, controllership, and order management functions while ensuring effective risk management.

• Review and evaluate financial statements, management reports, and financial processes to ensure accuracy, compliance, and financial integrity.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting activities across the region.

• Manage year-end audits, impairment assessments, statutory reporting requirements, and external auditor engagements.

• Develop and implement tax strategies while ensuring compliance with corporate tax, GST/VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing, and other regulatory requirements.

• Oversee treasury functions including cash flow management, foreign exchange exposure, funding, debt management, capital allocation, and financial risk mitigation.

• Provide financial analysis and recommendations for investment decisions, including financial modelling, due diligence, industry evaluation, and investment frameworks.

• Drive continuous improvements in finance processes, controls, and systems to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

• Lead, mentor, and develop finance teams, strengthening finance capabilities across the region.

• Support strategic business initiatives and undertake additional value-added projects as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

• Minimum 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including tax, financial planning, and strategic finance leadership.

• At least 5 years of APAC regional experience within multinational organizations would be advantageous.

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, governance, internal controls, treasury, and tax regulations.

• Proven experience managing M&A, joint ventures, divestments, business restructuring, or transformation projects.

• Strong leadership and people management experience, with a track record of developing high-performing teams.

• Experience within the manufacturing, industrial, engineering, machinery, or related sectors would be highly advantageous.

• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.

• Strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical capabilities.

Office Location: Central, Singapore Interested candidates kindly forward your CV to [email protected] (Gwen Hu, Reg No: R22109984). You may email this great opportunity to someone who would be a great fit for this role. All information will be kept strictly confidential. We regret to inform that only successful applicants will be contacted. PeopleSearch Pte Ltd EA License No: 16S8057