Finance Manager

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**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Designation**

Finance Manager - Singapore

**About the company**

Spade Consulting is global corporate finance and strategic advisory firm headquartered in
Singapore working on strategic planning, corporate strategy, growth strategy, market research,
financial restructuring, investor relations and valuations. The focus of the firm is to help clients
grow their business by solving their core business issues powered by insights derived from a fact
- based, structured problem solving approach.
The mission of the company is to bring out the best for each business, through a flexible and
personalized client experience. The value proposition is that it helps clients implement the
recommended strategic course.

**Job Purpose**:
The incumbent is primarily responsible for executing accounting, reporting and planning related
activities including preparing accounting reports for payables and receivables, financial analysis
reports, assisting in coordinating and preparing business plans, managing tax and audit functions.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To implement & execute the accounting and reporting process as per the financial management

and accounting policies by:
i. Ensuring smooth flow of the accounting process
ii. Reviewing daily cash projections

iii. Reporting of outstanding balances
iv. Monitoring/ Accounting of Payments and receivables
v. Development of internal controls, checks and balances
- vi. Escalation and timely resolution of process deficiencies- To conduct financial analysis by:
i. Engaging in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational
improvement

ii. Interpreting the company's financial results to management and recommend
improvement activities

iii. Reviewing company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of
company throughput

iv. Compiling key business metrics and report on them to management
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v. Managing the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash

flow analysis
vi. Creating additional analyses and reports as requested by management
- To contribute to Annual Business Plan and Financial Analysis by:
i. Co-ordinating preparation of the Annual Business Plan
ii. Prepare profitability forecasts and perform sensitivity analysis

iii. Preparing Variance analysis and reporting
iv. Monthly consolidated management accounts
v. Analysing and reporting fleet costs

vi. Preparing presentations for monthly performance review
vii. Preparation of reports for senior management
- viii. Preparation of corporate financial proposals and reports for the board- To ensure compliance to relevant statutory regulations by:
i. Monitoring of statutory & regulatory compliances
ii. Root cause analysis, documentation & reporting of every non-compliance

iii. Co-ordination of all sub activities for audit execution
iv. Resolution and timely escalation of audit issues
- To ensure optimum funds management by:
i. Forecasting cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for
investment

ii. Ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital
investment requirements

iii. Using hedging to mitigate financial risks related to the interest rates on the company's
borrowings, as well as on its foreign exchange positions

iv. Maintaining banking relationships
v. Assist in financial evaluation and documentation for financing arrangements

vi. Recommending short term deposits to optimize surplus funds
- To contribute towards the development of corporate governance framework by:
i. Development of risk management framework
ii. Co-ordinating the identification of key risks from risk owners
iii. Preparation of individual risk register including mitigation plans
- To complete any other duties allocated by the management

**Education/Professional qualifications**:
**Experience**:

- Minimum 7 years of experience- Prior experience in working in Corporate Finance portfolio
- Leading a dedicated team of finance and accounts professionals.
- Project accounting knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of corporate accounting and taxation
- Preparation and analysis of financial statements - P&L, Balance Sheets
- Proficiency in cost accounting, cost budgeting and control
- Good knowledge of financial reporting and analysis
- Insights in terms of cash flow and funds
- Insights into business plan preparation

**Education / Qualifications**
- CA / CPA / ACCA / CFA / MBA (Finance)
- Good English, organizational and communication skills

**The Requisites**:

- Quality, Timeliness and responsiveness is the major quality needed.
- Learning attitude and aptitude with excel in number skills.
- Demonstrates an intellectual and professional leadership style that supports that attainment
- of respect and credibility by others.- Independent and resourceful. Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to es