Assistant Manager / Manager (Finance)

The Assistant Manager / Manager (Finance) will oversee the financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely month-end and year-end financial closing. This role includes producing comprehensive financial and management reports. The Assistant Manager / Manager (Finance) will ensure compliance with company policies, corporate directives, and accounting standards. Additionally, the role involves managing the Accounts Receivable function and leading process automation initiatives and other finance-related projects. Primary Responsibilities: Manage the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, including preparing financial statements. Prepare and review journal entries, such as accruals, deferrals and reclassifications entries in the general ledger monthly. Maintain and ensure the accuracy of the general ledger and financial records. In charge of Cost Centre, Fund Code and Project Code creation in SAP ByD. Oversee accounting processes and tasks, including bank reconciliation, account reconciliation, and balance sheet schedules. Ensure compliance with corporate governance for Charities and Institutions of a Public Character (IPC) and meet all reporting requirements. Ensure the application of funding sources aligns with the terms of funding and sponsorship agreements. Managing different types of funds, ensuring proper accounting and tracking of each fund type. Coordinate with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) on grant revenue recognition. Perform project reconciliations with respective project team upon project completion. Handle grants audits, ensuring deadlines are met. Prepare quarterly GST filing. Lead and oversee the Accounts Receivable (AR) function to ensure accurate and timely invoice processing and AR collection. Collaborate with various departments to resolve operational issues, such as AR-related queries, aging reports, statements of accounts, and AR collection etc. Co-ordinate and liaise with external stakeholders such as external auditors, internal auditors, local tax, and government authorities. Review and enhance work processes and internal controls, making recommendations for improvement where necessary. Participate in and lead ad hoc projects as assigned. Secondary Responsibilities: Assist in minute writing for Audit Risk Committee meetings. Other ad hoc projects assigned. Qualifications Bachelor's or associate degree in accounting, or ACCA qualification. CPA candidate is preferred Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience Grant & project reconciliation experience is preferred SAP ByDesign knowledge is preferred but not mandatory Well versed in MS Office, especially MS Excel (V-lookup, Pivot table, etc.), Word and Power-point A self-starter who is able to plan, organise and take initiative to meet job objectives and deadlines independently Can-do attitude, driven and passionate about work Able to work independently and as a team #J-18808-Ljbffr