Singapore
A well rounded finance professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning financial controllership,management and statutory reporting, tax compliances , business partnering. Experience in working for Fortune 500 & FTSE 100 companies in Asia Pacific holding various regional roles . Participated in new-setup, significant system/process change such as SAP implementation , change management and numerous outsourcing projects,shared services management with fast-paced, dynamic multinational corporations such as Pearson,Thomson Reuters, IBM, 3Com & Hanson in diverse industries. In-depth experience in managing shared service organisations and effectively led teams through periods of significant organizational re-structures and transitions with great success. CORE COMPETENCIES • Statutory and Tax Compliances • Consolidation, Financial Reporting, KPI and Metrics/Dashboard Management, Budgeting and Forecasting • Financial Controllership /US GAAP, IFRS, Revenue & Lease Recognition • Corporate Governance, Risk Mitigation/Management and Regulatory Compliance • Treasury, working capital and cash flow management • Business Partnering, FP&A • Finance Transformation & ERP Integration Projects • Finance Shared Services
Finance Manager, Financial Control Asia (Feb 2014 to present) (Reporting to Finance Director-Asia) Head controllership responsibilities for 13 legal entities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Hong Kong and Korea. Managed revenue of more than SGD50M and 200 headcounts in the region with direct report ranging from 4 to 6 staffs and indirect staff of 24 in shared service. In charge of shared service functions outsourced to IBM in India, TMF in Thailand and Grant Thornton in Manila. Main responsibilities • Manage monthly close process, review and report operating income for reasonableness of all SBUs, cash flow, treasury, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general accounting and other transactional processing including functions outsourced to shared service providers. • Coordinate all regulatory compliance for the business in the region. Manage all corporate tax and indirect tax (VAT, WHT, other taxes) compliances, transfer pricing documentations, tax incentives, tax audit, statutory audit and corporate secretarial activity performed both in-house and outsourced as well as internal audit. • Review responses provided to tax audits/queries/assessments from tax authorities and address escalations/issues in meeting timeline. Business partnering and financial planning & analysis for business units. • Lead/Participate in strategic tax planning, legal entity rationalization projects, mergers/acquisitions/divestitures /liquidations of legal entities with corporate tax, Global Transfer Pricing & Treasury team in UK. • Work closely with existing business divisions on various new business model and projects implementation. Ensure accurate accounting for all migration transactions Execute and implement all global company policies that affect the regions.
Head controllership responsibilities for 18 legal entities in South East Asia region. Regions covered during tenure includes Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Managed revenue of more than SGD1 billion and headcount of 3,600 in the region with direct report ranging from 7 to 8 staff and indirect staff of 50 in shared service centre. In charge of internal shared service functions in India serving the SEA regions. Main responsibilities • Lead the team to ensure all management reporting, quarterly schedules, compliance activities such as statutory account, corporate tax, indirect tax, withholding tax, tax audits, corporate secretarial, SOX compliance, Canadian reporting, due diligence, external acquisitions, internal projects and internal tax reporting etc. are filed correctly and on time with good quality. • Liaise with tax agents, auditors and internal regional tax team for conclusion of statutory audit, corporate tax filing. In charge of resolving all operating and complex compliances issues involving mergers, acquisition, divestitures, tax incentives, due diligence and impairment assessment of many investments and transfer pricing issues. • Drive continuous process improvements for the regions. Involved in many significant acquisitions/disposal of business, tax incentives projects, integration and transformation as well as ERP implementation. • Engage key stake holders such as Regional and Corporate Tax team, Transfer Pricing team, Payroll, outsource partners, transactional accounting teams in Bangalore (AP, AR, GL, Fixed Assets); other key functions such as Integrations; transfer pricing; MIS to ensure flow of information to avoid/address potential issues. • Conduct regular review of operational transfer pricing calculations, related postings and settlement, participate in monitoring cash at hand in South Asia entities