Job Purpose:
To assist the Commercial Finance Manager to facilitate Annual Business Planning, Monthly Financial Forecasting and Performance Management reporting.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Business focal to consolidate information for timely preparation of business plan
- Assist the Commercial Finance Lead to ensure business plans are consistent and robust and that they are challenging but realistic and meet financial performance aspirations set by the management.
- Responsible for the opex budget upload to the ERP
- Assist monthly business performance information pack preparation and act as business focal to consolidate feedback on financial variance analysis, casual factors, scorecard and commentary.
- Helps in the review of MI Reports for various ManCom, IMT, Executive Committee & Board Meetings
- Perform monthly financial performance forecast to ensure alignment and achieving the desired financial targets and Operational Plan and Scorecard.
- Business focal to conduct OPEX analysis for Logistics & Operations Team, Finance & Corporate Services, HSSE, Business Development, HR, Compensation & Benefits & Top Executives (C’s)
- Handles Finance presentation during ManCom Meeting
Key Challenges:
- To provide effective and value-added finance analysis to the business in an ever challenging business target/strategies.
- Abilities to understand business needs and provide relevant and useful information on a timely basis
- Excellent interpersonal skills in working with business function heads
- Good knowledge and understanding of Isla reporting requirements
- Ability to understand impacts of business actions on financials and KPIs.
- Able to champion and roll out Management initiatives
- Able to provide timely and quality management analysis to the team for decision making
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in Accountancy, preferably a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
- At least 3 year working experience in Cost Accounting, Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Knowledge in Financial ERPs.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral English communication skills.
- Advance level in MS Office
- Critical thinker, analytical, and highly organized
- Able to work independently and prepares accurate and reliable reports