Financial Control Manager, Japan

International SOS (Tokyo, 日本) フォロー 26日前

Full-time Accounting Standards SOS Cash Flow Finance Regulatory Requirements

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Overall Purpose Of The Job

The Financial Control Manager will be responsible for the financial control of all legal entities under their control, ensuring the execution of all management and statutory financial accounting, secretarial governance, taxation, foreign exchange management, cash flow management and all related regulatory compliance:
• International SOS Japan Ltd (IJL);
• Any other LE as defined in the future.
The role will also require the management of good working relationships with all external stakeholders (auditors, tax consultants, banks, suppliers) and internal stakeholders (financial analysts, working capital) to ensure compliance with accounting standards and reporting requirements.
The Financial Control Manager will maintain and ensure that existing processes fulfill business requirements and objectives, and will identify any areas of improvement to promote positive changes to finance.
The position will require an excellent knowledge of accountancy standards, local regulatory requirements and good technical capability.

Responsibilities

•Ownership and execution of all financial control for the legal entities under your responsibility (described above), for both management and statutory accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulatory standards and reporting requirements, including but not limited to:
-Preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts;
-Annual consolidation packs for group audit;
-Statutory annual financial statements;
-Regulatory returns including C-Ttax / VAT returns, corporation tax and statistical submissions;
-Corporate secretarial governance and compliance;

•Support, review and ensure compliance in the finance functions performed by GSS in Kuala Lumpur, and particularly drive the efficiency of the AP payment process.
•Ownership and monthly control of the balance sheet, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and intercompany balances ensuring processes and compliance reviews in place to avoid risk of misstatement.
•Manage day to day relationships with the external auditors, banks and tax consultants.
•Ensure proper functioning of treasury relationships to ensure that cash holding and cash flow targets are achieved, including cash flow forecasting, reporting and management.
•Ensure transfer pricing documentation is in place and maintained for all legal entities.
•Manage the foreign exchange exposure of your legal entities, including both balance sheet and cash flow hedging ensuring that the results are correctly interpreted, analysed and reported.
•Ensure that the GAPP, GSS SOP and KPI are maintained, applied and respected by both the business and GSS.
•Closely monitor and well manage Working Capital KPI i.e. collection of AR, month end minimum cash requirements, CIT, DSO etc.
•Lead projects to improve existing business processes and increase efficiency, and to implement new finance systems and policies.
•Supervise, actively manage and develop his/her team and direct reports.
•Fulfill any ad hoc responsibilities as defined by your line managers.

Job Profile, Requirements

Required Skills and Knowledge
•Preferably a Qualified Accountant and ideally from an audit practice background
•Strong knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP required
•Good knowledge of local tax requirements;
•Be experienced in foreign exchange and cash flow management
•Person with drive for improvement and excellence
•Strong capability to adapt to necessary changes, and to lead changes
•Hands-on with day-to-day operations
•Be independent and firm, at the same time a team player

Required Competencies
•Deciding & Initiating Action: Makes prompt, clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks; Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people; Takes initiative, acts with confidence and works under own direction; Initiates and generates activity.
•Leading & Supervising: Provides others with a clear direction; Sets appropriate standards of behaviour; Delegates Work appropriately and fairly; Motivates and empowers others; Provides staff with development opportunities and coaching; Recruits staff of high caliber.
•Persuading & Influencing: Makes a strong personal impression on others; Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating; Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others; Makes effective use of political processes to influence and persuade others.
•Planning & Organising: Sets clearly defined objectives and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; Manages time effectively; Identifies and organises resources needed to accomplish tasks; Monitors performance against deadlines and milestones.

Required Work Experience
•Minimum 5 years full set commercial accounting experience in MNC environment. Audit experience in Big 4 Accounting firm is highly desired;
•Minimum 3 years of staff management experience leading an accounting function;
•Proficient in accounting systems such as Oracle/SUN (essential), COGNOS (preferred) and TM1 preferred);
•Prior work experience in a complex multi-national company within a fast paced service environment;
•Evidence of communicating with a variety of people at different levels;
•Proven analytical ability in identifying and delivering on areas for improvements to accounting and operational processes;
•Broad experience in dealing with external clients, suppliers and consultants.

Required Qualifications
•Bachelor Degree in Accounting or equivalent;
•US or JP CPA qualified is plus.

Required Languages
•Japanese – Business Level
•English – Business Level