Area Controller

Purpose of the position

The Area Controller serves as a Business Partner of the GSD Management Team to control the business in the SEA countries, and support Principal Hub in Singapore, in particular the management of sales, gross margins, inventories, foreign currency and credit risks. The Area Controller will also assist Regional Controller MEA in any financing business partnering activities for the APAC and Middle East region.

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Review monthly actual results, and co-ordinate with the Finance Shared Services team to ensure accurate recognition of revenue/cost in the book. .
• Review the vendors’ invoices in Basware to ensure coding & cost centre charge in order 
• Coordination of the forecasting process of all business sales volumes, gross margins, logistic costs and inventories for the Principal company, SEA & Australia (based on quotation pipeline and orderbook) in close cooperation with the Principal Controller, Supply Chain Controller and Region Controller
• Performing detailed analysis with findings & comments for monthly financial & business metrics of assigned countries against targets and historical performance trends..
• Assist to ensure internal control in place, corporate governance & compliance to Group policy and local regulation.
• Management of the intercompany cost recharging model, providing instructions to Finance Shared Services Team and local controllers and control of quarterly intercompany reconciliations in cooperation with Corporate Tax
• Forecasting and analysing of the financial and business metrics of any adjacent GSD SaaS and EaaS businesses and reporting insights to the business teams
• Support the Region Controller and Regional Management Team with finance business partner activities for APAC/ME areas as and when assigned.

What you’ll need to succeed

Education

• University degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

Experience

• More than two years experience in a controller or FP&A role in an international B2B environment, preferably in after-sales and/or logistics

Competencies

• Customer-focused and result-driven
• Business acumen and commercial affinity
• Strong (data-)analytical and problem-solving skills
• Solid knowledge of finance and control (cost accounting, IFRS and performance management)
• Knowhow of risk management, internal controls and process compliance
• Communication and presentation skills
• Ability to build rapport cross-functionally and comfortable to work in “virtual” teams
• Prefer candidate with China working experience and the local Accounting standard & Compliance
• Fluent in both written and spoken English and Chinese
• Potential to grow into a more senior or leadership role

You will be part of

We offer you an opportunity to put your skills and experience into work and make an impact in our global organisation. You will work together with great colleagues from various backgrounds inspired by shared, ambitious goals. We value collaboration in our open and inclusive culture. With us, you will have the opportunity to develop yourself professionally. Join us to make a difference - and have fun while doing it.

Interested to join?

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