Financial Controller - FMCG/Industrial/Chemicals

Budgets & Costing

- Develop budgets and financial plans for the company based on research and data reports

- Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to look for cost reduction opportunities

- Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies

- Create systems to prevent errors in data collection and calculations

- Ensure that overall revenue, expense & profits are in line with agreed budget.

- Lead, plan, process, and manage short/long term forecasts and annual budget.

- Costing file are prepared in line with company policies and are duly adhered to.

- Developing financial strategy, including risk minimization plans and opportunity forecasting

Cash flow management

Accounting & Auditing

- Ensuring proper accounting records are maintained aligned with Organizational Goals

- Maintains professional development, remains abreast of relevant accounting issues and financial policy and standards.

- Establishing a mechanism/checklist to ensure operations are under control and give requisite support to business heads.

- Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Counsel, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition

Debt management and collection

- Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations

- Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported

Coordinating audit processes.

- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting

Reports & Reconciliation

- Liaison with IT team for developing meaningful reports and automate the manual processes.

- Timely and accurate reporting of Monthly management accounts according to group policies.

- Reviewing the existing standard operating procedures and implementing new SOPs to strengthen internal controls.

- Completeness and accuracy of bank/cash reconciliations & ensuring no open items beyond 30 days.

- High-level financial reporting and analysis

- Report to the CFO with timely and accurate financial information

- Assist the CFO in presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders, and board members.

- Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with government regulations and legislation

- Managing financial transactions.

- Create monthly and annual reports to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts

Statutory Compliance & Tax

- Tax planning and ensuring statutory tax compliances

- Interface with the auditors, tax authorities, banks and regulatory agencies

- Preparing company tax and BAS statements

- Ensuring compliance with statutory law and financial regulations

- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting

- Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

- Cost Control, Cash Flow Management & Administration

- Supply chain management with a view to optimize working capital

- Imports and logistics supervision

- Receivables, Payables and Stocks control

- Plan, implement and manage CAPEX with payback analysis, OPEX budget and Cash flow forecast

- Improving efficiencies and reducing costs across the business

- Monitor and facilitate administration activities for the assigned company / division

- Ensure assessment and proper control on the Admin expenditure for the assigned company / division

People Development & Team Management

- Creating a productive, happy team

- Developing skill sets of team members and initiating external intervention if required

- Assume strategic leadership of entire finance function of the Company / Division