Junior Finance Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Close & Reporting
  
  • Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial reporting.
• • Assist with preparation and review of financial information for Group reporting.
• • Respond to queries from Group Finance and support timely resolution of reporting issues.
• Tax & Statutory Compliance
  
  • Review monthly tax filings and supporting schedules to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• • Coordinate with local finance teams and external advisors on statutory compliance requirements.
• • Track compliance deliverables and support timely resolution of any outstanding matters.
• P&L & Opex Analysis
  
  • Support P&L and Opex analysis, including review of actuals against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• • Investigate significant variances and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to understand key drivers.
• • Assist in preparing management reporting and commentary.
• Balance Sheet & Reconciliations
  
  • Review balance sheet reconciliations and identify aged, unusual, or unreconciled items.
• • Coordinate with local finance teams to drive balance sheet clean-up and resolution of open items.
• • Monitor the quality and completeness of account reconciliations.
• Intercompany Accounting
  
  • Monitor intercompany balances and reconciliations across entities.
• • Follow up with local finance teams on discrepancies and ensure timely resolution of differences.
• • Support the investigation and clearance of aged intercompany balances.
• Stakeholder & Local Finance Coordination
  
  • Coordinate with local finance teams on accounting, reporting, compliance, and control matters.
• • Act as a point of contact for resolving finance-related queries and ensuring timely follow-up.
• • Maintain effective communication with key stakeholders across the organization.
• Audit & Controls
  
  • Coordinate internal and external audit requests and provide required supporting documentation.
• • Track audit findings and ensure timely closure of open items.
• • Support finance controls, process documentation, and compliance activities.
• Process Improvement & Transition
  
  • Support process improvement, standardization, automation, and transition initiatives within Finance.
• • Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, controls, and accounting processes.
• • Support knowledge transfer and stabilization of transitioned processes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Chartered accountant with 3-4 years of relevant experience in accounting, financial reporting, controllership, audit, or FP&A.
• Good understanding of month-end closing, P&L, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Exposure to tax, statutory compliance, intercompany accounting, and audit processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel; experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, or similar is an advantage.
• Ability to work across multiple entities and manage competing deadlines.