Financial Analyst

Job purpose
The position is in charge of the transactional processing for the Financial closing process and completing the value added/determination activities for the markets and the branches in the Asia Pacific Division. 

Critical results & key responsibilities
Key Metrics:
• Timely and accurate completion of the processing of all the sub processes under the Closing process, including ensuring compliance with US GAAP and our Global Finance Policy 
• Continuous process and quality improvement 

Key Responsibilities:
• Ensure that activities and transactions are processed in accordance with the defined Process Flows and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). 
• Closely work with all the markets to manage and deliver their expectations. Ensure that services are rendered to the markets as per pre-agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs). 
• Be an active team player of a strong team that excels in execution and delivery of the work for all the markets and branches within the APD region. 
• Complete the ‘judgmental’, ‘rules based’ and ‘value determination’ activities within the Closing process and ensure they are completed as per US GAAP and our Global Finance Policy. 

• Resolve issues satisfactorily and on a timely basis. 
• Serve as a key point-of contact for issues or matters for resolution. 
• Support any internal audit and all external/statutory audits 
• Be actively involved in the development of the process model, jointly with the Process owners/ project team and participate in the transformation sign off by the Affiliate Finance directors. 
• Participate/ lead the testing of the agreed design and deployment of the transformation of the services that would be processed in Shared Services


Job requirements
Education: 
• Bachelor Degree in Accounting & Finance or equivalent 
• CA/ CPA preferred 

Experience: 
• Minimum 5 years experience in Accounting with focus on Closing process in a multi country, within Apparel/ Retail industry. SAP environment preferred. 
• Audit experience in a CA/ CPA firm 

Functional Competencies: 
• Microsoft Office 
• SAP experience 
• US GAAP (preferred) 
• Good understanding of SOX requirements and internal controls 
• Multi country/ culture interaction experience (preferred) 


If interested, do email your resume to belinda@corporateheadhunters.com.sg