Finance Director, South Asia & South East Asia

About the role

FMC, a global agricultural solutions company, is looking for a Finance Director for its South Asia and South East Asia (S&SEA) sub-region, covering ASEAN, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The role leads both the ASEAN and Pakistan finance teams and sits in Singapore, reporting directly to the Asia Finance Director. It combines controllership, budgeting and forecasting with financial business partnering to the S&SEA leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Review budgets, forecasts, pricing, monthly actual reporting, indirect and direct tax submissions and audits, and partner financially with the S&SEA leadership.
• Handle US, APAC and local profit and loss and balance sheet reporting, using direct staff and centralized services owned by other finance leaders globally.
• Lead the ASEAN and Pakistan finance teams and supervise the monthly close process.
• Develop the S&SEA budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts, explaining variances against budget, forecast and prior year and driving improvements.
• Provide insight into strategic decisions to improve cost efficiency and resource allocation.
• Prepare statutory accounts and tax filings, support SOX, internal and tax audits, and manage working capital.
• Build strong relationships with the S&SEA sub-region leader, regional and global finance teams, commercial directors and external government bodies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of diversified finance management experience covering controllership and FP&A.
• People leader experience and demonstrated leadership ability.
• Experience across the financial reporting cycle, including annual budget, forecasts and cost management; standard costing preferred.
• Fluent English and ability to work in a matrix organization.

Required skills

• Strong financial acumen, analytics and presentation skills.
• Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• ERP system experience.