Group Finance Assistant Manager – Treasury And Planning

1. Treasury Management

• Monitor and manage the organization’s bank relationships and liquidity.

• Manage foreign currency exposure and foreign currency payments.

• Analyze financial scenarios and risks, and report to senior management.

• Forecast medium- and long-term funding requirements and hedging needs (if applicable).

• Perform weekly cash management.

• Manage debt facilities.

• Oversee interest rate risk and develop strategies to mitigate related risks.

• Manage foreign exchange risks and develop hedging strategies.

• Manage and supervise team members.

• Prepare management and board reports.

• Liaise with senior management across the organization.

• Support month-end closing activities as required.

2. Financial Planning & Analysis

• Perform financial forecasting, variance reporting, and operational metrics tracking.

• Build financial models for budgeting and rolling forecasts in Excel (including use of macros).

• Develop financial models for projects at contracting and development stages.

• Collaborate with shareholder representatives and financial analysts on modeling, analysis, and revisions.

• Oversee the monthly closing calendar to ensure timely variance analysis and forecast submissions.

• Supervise the group-level closing calendar and financial consolidation.

• Collaborate with departments and teams to ensure accurate reporting and analysis of business KPIs.

• Work with factories to analyze production, ERP process flow, standard costing, and efficiency KPIs.

• Coordinate with the accounting team to ensure accurate and compliant financial reporting.

• Recommend actions through analysis, interpretation, and comparison of financial data; study proposed operational or material changes.

3. Audit & Compliance

• Support and complete statutory, tax, and internal audits.

• Ensure robust accounting and reporting systems across the group, maintaining effective internal controls and providing strategic financial advice to management.

• Ensure full compliance with statutory accounting and ACRA requirements.

4. Projects & Reporting

• Support Group Finance in special projects such as ERP implementation, cost center reporting, etc.

• Prepare monthly project and system reports for regional review and analysis.

• Support the budgeting and rolling forecast processes.

• Manage administrative budgets and reports.

• Provide regional financial metrics and performance analysis.

• Work with QS on claims reconciliation and resolve discrepancies between submitted and approved amounts.

5. People Management

• Assign, supervise, and evaluate the work performance of team members.

• Execute and report all duties assigned by the Group Finance Controller or the Board of Management.

The preferred qualifications and skills include, but are not limited to:

• Proven experience managing a Treasury function.

• Strong understanding of treasury accounting, including FX, liquidity, cash flow, and financial instruments.

• Sound knowledge of accounting principles.

• Solid understanding of financial markets and debt instruments.

• Experience in managing banking relationships and covenants.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a larger team.

• High level of discretion and ability to handle sensitive information.

• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Excellent client relationship management and customer service skills.

• Strong teamwork, coordination, and communication skills.

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel and accounting software.

• Ability to work independently using BI/Tableau and other automated reporting tools for consolidated reports.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with data query and management tools (Access, SQL, Business Objects) is highly preferred.