Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the company's finance and accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and timely month-end and year-end closing by the finance team.
• Review financial statements, management reports, cash flow reports, and other financial information to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning process, including business performance reporting.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for Japan Headquarters, ensuring timely and accurate submission in accordance with Group reporting requirements.
• Prepare financial analysis, management reports, KPIs, and business insights to support the Director's strategic and operational decision-making.
• Monitor financial performance, identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and recommend improvements to enhance profitability and operational efficiency.
• Manage and coordinate internal and external audit activities, ensuring audit readiness, timely completion of audits, and implementation of audit recommendations where applicable.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements, and maintain effective internal controls and finance policies.
• Liaise with auditors, tax agents, banks, government authorities, and other external stakeholders.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team while driving continuous process improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant finance and accounting experience, with supervisory or managerial experience.
• Prior experience in the logistics, warehouse automation, or IT industry
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and internal controls.
• Experience overseeing month-end and year-end closing, audit coordination, and statutory compliance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) will be an added advantage.
• HR and payroll experience will be an added advantage.