Job Description
Job Description
The Assistant Finance Manager will assist the Finance Manager in ensuring the proper accounting and financial reporting for operating expenses (OPEX), Inventory & fixed assets, including effective operations of the general ledger, financial closing, financial and statutory reporting, internal controls, business processes and systems.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Fixed Assets, Inventory, Content & Opex & Leasing reporting
- Assist to oversee a team of accountants & senior accountants from onshore and BPO offshore.
- Review and ensure balance sheet and profit & loss items are recognized in accordance with accounting standards and practices.
- Monitor inventory transactions and reconcile inventory accounts to the general ledger.
- Conduct periodic inventory count and prepares reconciliation to inventory systems and SAP.
- Collaborate with Product, Billing and IS teams on new product launch to ensure systems and processes are properly set up before its launch to ensure accurate revenue accounting.
- Perform UAT when necessary, for example on new product launches and system testing. This includes setting of test scenarios, performing user acceptance test and updating of standard operating procedures.
- To review cost, and coordinate with content business team on content channels renewals and subscribers reporting.
- To review daily operations relating to StarHub direct, operating expenses, leasing, inventory and fixed assets reporting.
- To review monthly, quarterly, and yearly variance analysis.
- To coordinate and review audit schedules and quarter reporting packs.
- To perform business accounting assessments, including but not limited to SFRS(I)16.
- To guide team and review on any new, modification or termination of leases.
- To support and coordinate in all internal and external audits matters.
- To provide accounting advice to and support internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with company's corporate accounting policies and financial accounting standards.
- Other ad-hoc task, if any.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in accountancy or equivalent with 3 years and above experience in audit and accounting.
- Strong working knowledge of IFRS accounting and its application.
- Applicants with working knowledge of IFRS 16 & inventory accounting is an added advantage.
- Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP system.
- Self-motivated, resourceful, inquisitive.
- A good team player with strong interpersonal skills with the confidence and maturity to effectively work with different levels in the organization.
- Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- Meticulous, self-motivated, inquisitive, and resourceful.
- Effective communication abilities.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in data visualization tools such as power BI, macros, etc is an added advantage.
