Senior Financial Controller

Scope:

The internal company title ( Associate Director of Finance -US).This position plays a vital role in supporting the business in influencing the company’s future strategy. It is a position for a business minded and versatile finance leader who is willing to roll up their sleeves and help on more hands-on projects. This role will be key in generating and driving financial changes which contribute to a continued scalable and profitable business. The candidate must fundamentally enjoy building and motivating a team hands-on, while working with global counterparts, and the ongoing process of always pursuing excellence.

Responsibilities:

• The key aspects of the role include (but not limited to) proactively working with business leaders, country management, as well as Regional and Corporate CFO teams:
• Provide accounting and financial systems support and reporting oversight to the US operations
• Drive business financial performance through financial analyses to provide strategic insights to support investment and management decisions
• Oversee, maintain and continually improve budgeting, forecasting, and historical reporting of financials on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis, including variance analysis, management reporting, business performance reviews, KPIs, dashboards, ad hoc analyses and financial modelling
• Manage US accounting operations including A/R, A/P, billing, revenue recognition, inventory, cost and project accounting
• Maximize the return on the firm’s financial assets by establishing and managing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems to mitigate financial and legal risk
• Support and work closely with global counterparts, including Financial Controllers and Finance and Accounting Teams
• Competent and enthusiastic leadership and development of the US accounting and finance personnel
• Daily awareness of A/R, A/P, cash position and any significant financial items; communicate same to firm’s leadership
• Support US payroll operations for employees and sub-contractors, including tax and regulatory reporting requirements
• Understanding of an effective and efficient internal control environment with proven ability to implement the necessary processes to ensure quality control over the firm’s financial transactions and reporting.
• Keep current on all relevant federal, state, and local compliance and reporting requirements and prepare all requisite regulatory reports and filings.
• Prior experience leading accounting/general ledger ERP system conversions.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive work experience in a combination of accounting, financial planning and analysis, and data analysis roles.
• Comfortable performing routine transaction and reporting functions, fluency with general ledger functions.
• Experience converting accounting / ERP / EMR systems, specifically cloud based applications like Netsuite / Oracle / MS Dynamics 365 .
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting / finance required, Master’s degree preferred.
• CPA, CMA or CFA preferred
• Candidate with exposure in strategy, financial analysis would be an advantage
• Highly proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI and other reporting applications
• Strategic and tactical leader and team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills in a global, multi-cultural organization
• Strong analytical skills with sound business acumen; detail-oriented with ability to multitask and work with tight deadlines
• Fluent in spoken and written in English. Cantonese and Mandarin language competencies would be an advantage

At Plaza Premium Group, we believe in enabling everyone to succeed. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented and passionate people from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are proud of each other and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment and promotion opportunities are available based on merit alone to all applicants and team members from all walks of life and experience without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, or military and veteran status.