Linda Wang

Financial Controller

Shanghai, China

About

Experience

  • Financial Controller – National Sales at Schneider Electric
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    1. Report to China CFO | CNY24B Revenue 2. Finance business partner to drive China Commercial BU P&L. 1) Formulate effective financial policies and control procedures to manage the financial resources. 2) Handle growing needs of business by improving management reporting and improving communications with operating departments. 3) Develop comprehensive financial analysis and planning models which enable the business to better understand and manage its growing earnings. 4) Manage the target setting and follow up process.

  • Financial Controller at Future Electronics
    Jan 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    1. Report to China MD (Canadian) / Asia Sr Finance Director based in Singapore | US$1B Revenue | Supervise a team of 30 subordinates. 2. Finance overall management for Greater China In charge of all aspects of financial management, including accounting, treasury, tax planning including HNTE project, FP&A, as well as development of internal control and procedures in Greater China. 3. Admin & Facility management, Indirect purchasing 4. Achievements: 1) Restructured China finance department. Transfer all finance jobs from HK to Shanghai, reduced 6 HC. 2) Reduced Shenzhen Office Rent by 30% and saved CNY20m for 5 yrs.

  • Philips Lighting (Shanghai, China · On-site)
    • Financial Controller in Finance Service Center
      Oct 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      1. Report to Global FSC Director (Dutch/Indian) | 9 Legal Entities | US$800M Revenue 2. Supervise an accounting team with 15 direct reports and 30 BPO contractors, including AR/AP/GL/Tax/Internal Control/Financial Reporting. 3. Responsible for internal control / SOX. Develop, deploy and safeguard compliance to accounting policies & directives and ensure subsequent internal controls are set up. 4. Project management and accounting processes improvements, standardization, automation, digitalization, roboticization and outsourcing. 5. Achievements: 1) Reduced headcount from 60+ to 15, and outsourced accounting jobs to BPO. 2) Reduced FSC department cost by 20%. 3) Employee engagement survey score is 26 (global overall company score is 18).

    • Finance Business Partner
      Feb 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

      1. Report to Lighting BU CFO Greater China | One Business Unit in GRC | US$200M Revenue 2. Finance business partner with BU Head, in charge of BU full P&L. 3. Achievements: 1) Standardized rebate rules 2) Cleared long aging AR. 3) Reduced variable selling expenses by 8%.

  • Tetra Pak (On-site)
    • Factory controller
      Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

      1. Reported to Factory General Manager | US$700M Revenue | 400+ Employees 2. Partnered with General Manager and factory management team to drive cost reduction and efficiency improvement with 6 Sigma approach. 3. Finance lead for processes pertaining to the budget, forecast, planning and analysis. 4. Achievements: 1) Reduced variable cost by 6% through share-ride after overtime, share-stationery, internal trainer program, etc. 2) Reduced raw material waste cost by 0.2% by lean projects.

    • Finance manager
      Apr 2010 - Sep 2014 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      1. Reported to Factory General Manager | US$100M Revenue | 200+ Employees 2. Led finance department, supervised, and mentored staff to be responsible for all aspects of financial jobs with 6 direct reports. 3. Achievements: 1) Iron Will Award in the Year 2010, 2012 2) Promoted from finance supervisor to finance manager in half an year 3) Led SAP implementation project 4) Post-acquisition integration process Improved the financial audit score from 2.5 to 4.8 out of 5 by E&Y auditors. Restructured finance department, aligned processes and procedures, and enhanced internal control environment over the entire company.

  • Finance Supervisor at Cummins Inc.
    Jun 2007 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    1. Reported to Finance Manager | US$20M | 120 Employees 2. As the compliance manager, in charge of internal control and SOX. Guest internal auditor. 3. Coached shared service center accountants to take up accounting jobs and led month end closing; Provided statutory and management reports according to US / PRC GAAP. 4. Responsible for the manufacturing costing jobs, credit control and analysis of return on new investment of production line. 5. Budget preparation and budgetary control, financial forecast, and planning.