Financial Manager

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Headquartered in Singapore, The EtonHouse International Education Group has 120 schools across 11 countries. We run pre-schools as well as K-12 international schools. Together, these schools provide internationally recognized programmes and high-quality education to over 20,000 students globally. The group also runs enrichment programmes and cutting-edge ed-tech programmes to scale the provision of high-quality education in pre-schools.

Over the last 27 years, EtonHouse has been at the forefront of international education in the Asia Pacific region and has won numerous awards. In 2019, our founder, Mrs. Ng Gim Choo won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Education category. In addition, EtonHouse was recently selected to be in the inaugural cohort of the Scale-Up SG programme, which is an Enterprise Singapore programme selecting high-growth potential local companies which can be groomed into future global champions.

With children at the heart of what we do and the vision to make good quality education accessible to every child in Singapore, EtonHouse launched the EtonHouse Community Fund (ECF) in 2015. As an independent IPC charity, ECF continuously runs initiatives to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children.

**EtonHouse Vision**

Shaping the future through education

**EtonHouse Mission**

Developing confident and capable global citizens

**Be a part of the EtonHouse family**

We welcome passionate and dedicated professionals who share our belief in the power of education. Together, we can make a meaningful difference to children and society through education.

DESIGNATION : Financial Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES
Management Reporting and Financial Operations
- Lead and manage Finance team for full spectrum day-to-day financial operations and overall financial and accounting aspect of the assigned business units.
- Responsible for timely month/year end closing, review of monthly schedules.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly, and yearly and/or special reports and/or financial planning analysis as required.
- Assist with the development and refinement of the financial policies, systems and processes.

Annual Group Consolidation
- Lead the group consolidation process for audit purposes, including preparation of consolidated financial statements.
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and audit requirements.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders, external auditors and manage audit timelines.

Audit and Compliance Review
- Coordinate and lead the annual audit process for the Singapore entities, liaise with external auditors.
- Guide junior team members to complete the audit within the stipulated timeline.
- Assist with the annual review of the Finance and Accounting policies and procedures to evaluate the efficiency of controls, policies and procedures.

Other related duties
- Provide direction, guidance and mentoring to the Finance team, including critically evaluating existing work processes and performance with the aim of rationalization and improving efficiency.
- Any ad-hoc duties and projects as assigned from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree in Accountancy or ACCA qualification with 5-8 years of relevant experience and at least 3 years of experience with an audit firm.
- Good knowledge of external audit, internal controls and corporate governance.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel functions and ERP systems, preferably Dynamics 365 Business Central.
- Proficient in speaking Mandarin and writing Chinese, preferably experienced in dealing with Chinese counterparts.
- Mature with good attention to details, able to work independently and meet reporting deadlines.
- A good team player, someone who is hands-on, meticulous and independent.
- Strong communication skills to drive business partnering and must be able to influence business stakeholders.