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 gwengh.hu@peoplesearch.jobs (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