Dexian Asia Pacific
Location
Chennai | India
Job description
DEXIAN IT Solutions (formally known as DISYS) provides technology services and staffing services for projects, globally. The Chennai office is a delivery center and shared services center.
The APAC Finance Manager will be responsible for 2 direct reports and the career path goes up and within the shared services structure. The APAC Finance Manager is not required to make business trips, but, opportunities can arise in future (optional) for regional meet-ups. The company has an on-going strategy for further automation and financial system development – and its important the APAC Finance Manager understands and supports these investments. The role is both advisory, operational and strategic. SUMMARY OF DUTIES: Manages a business partnership function (APAC) as well as an ability to work in a matrixed environment with Finance Globally. Establishes and maintains a proper control environment, including segregation of duties. Manages in-country finance operations and Trains staff. Reconciles accounts to ensure their accuracy, including monthly reconciliation of all bank accounts and periodic reconciliation of other accounts within 20 days of month end Responsible for creating accurate, entity-level financial statements and other reports pursuant to local accounting requirements. Creates legal entity-level financial transactions, including the posting of information to accounting software from source documents, including Billing (invoices to customers), cash receipts, Payroll and Accounts Payable (supplier invoices). In particular, takes great care in the recording overseeing of reconciliation of intercompany transactions in all participating entities’ ledgers. Responsible for creating accurate, entity-level financial statements and other reports pursuant to US GAAP and reporting those results to corporate. Reconcile difference between local and US GAAP financials. Forecasts cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment. Communicates to Treasury. Ensures that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements in APAC. Advises management on the liquidity aspects of its short- and long-range planning. Works with the International Finance Director to create and maintain an annual budget and periodic forecast updates. Assembles information for external auditors for the annual corporate audit and all local statutory filing requirements. Drives strategic level process improvements to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency. Creating bank transactions for the payment of supplier invoices in a timely manner, taking all reasonable discounts on supplier invoices. Works closely with APAC Managing Director & APAC Operations Manager for annual budgeting process. Overseas the following: Monitoring debt levels and compliance with debt covenants. Issuing invoices to customers, including intercompany invoices, on a timely, complete and accurate basis Collect sales taxes from customers and vendor transactions, preparing returns and remitting taxes to the government. Ensuring that receivables are collected promptly and regularly reporting receivables aging by client. Recording cash receipts and making bank deposits. Calculate and provide financial analysis of the financial statements, including variance reporting with explanations. Maintain an orderly accounting filing system. Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management. Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements. Process payroll in a timely manner. Provide clerical and administrative support to management as requested. QUALIFCATIONS / EXPERIENCES: Finance or Accounting University Degree. ACA/ACMA. Experience in supervising a team. Experience working in cross border / international teams. (Asia/EMEA or other locations). Customer communication / Service minded. Experience in delivering accurate P&L and financial reporting in. (Preferrable) Knowledge of costings, pricing for staffing services, IT Services, IT Solutions, Consulting or outsourcing / off-shoring. Experienced as a higher-level point of escalation. Be an expert Excel User. Experienced in contributing to client Bids/Pricing structures. Experienced in an operational and advisory capacity. Familiar with common accounting systems and ERP programs. WHY ARE WE SEARCHING? Our company now consists of 48 offices globally. In APAC region we are expanding our operations as our reputation grows an effective supplier of IT Solutions and Staffing Services. We are strengthening management roles to help facilitate our growth plans and replacing the outgoing APAC Finance Manager. WHAT IS THE REPORTING STRUCTURE? Passive reporting line to shared services CFO based in Chennai. Direct reporting line to APAC Operations Manager residing in Thailand. The Finance Manager will interact weekly with the APAC Managing Director on regional finance matters, reporting, forecasting and other financial related activity. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN PERSONALITY? We are looking for a person with experience of cross-border org. chart structures. We are looking for proactive advisor/operators that also see the benefit of Analysis and Forecasting. We require a person that organize him/herself well and can delegate effectively. We require person that sees benefit in on-going automation, continuous improvement and efficient cost management. DEXIAN has a significant presence in India (Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Noida). 3 offices in APAC (Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore). 35 offices across north America +more country locations. *We look forward to engaging with people that meet the requirements. *Interviews start within month of February, preferred start March/early April. **Interviews in February / early March**Job tags
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