Finance Manager, Singapore

About the role

The Finance Manager leads the finance and accounting operations of the Singapore entities while supporting regional financial planning, reporting, compliance and strategic initiatives across Southeast Asia. The role works closely with shared service centers, external auditors, tax advisors and business leaders, and plays a key part in regional transformation and M&A integration, including acquired businesses and future integrations across APAC.

Key responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial close for all Singapore entities, including holding companies, and partner with Shared Service Centers on accurate, efficient and compliant transaction processing.
• Maintain strong internal controls and support SOX compliance.
• Manage annual statutory audits, oversee GST and corporate income tax preparation and submission, and lead transfer pricing documentation and intercompany compliance.
• Lead regional FP&A across Southeast Asia, coordinate annual budgeting and monthly early looks, and help build a Power BI platform for performance consolidation.
• Act as a finance business partner to commercial and operational leaders, and drive working capital improvements through inventory, receivables and cash flow.
• Take part in integration and transformation projects, lead finance workstreams for ERP implementations, shared service migrations and process improvements, and identify automation opportunities.
• Guide finance and shared service teams, develop standard operating procedures and strengthen financial governance.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline; CPA, CA, ACCA or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, preferably in a US-listed multinational manufacturing or industrial organization.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, Singapore statutory reporting, GST, corporate tax and transfer pricing.
• Experience managing statutory audits and FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Exposure to M&A integration or shared service transformation is desirable.

Required skills

• Experience with HFM, Power BI and Navision.
• Project management, change management, stakeholder management and business partnering.
• Ability to identify and evaluate AI use cases and outputs.