Finance Lead – FP&A & Accounting

Modern Hippi Singapore; Cebu City; Remote; PHP 1,339,000 - 2,009,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Hippi Singapore is seeking an Finance Lead – FP&A & Accounting to manage day-to-day finance for a coffee brand start-up. The role covers budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, inventory analysis, and preparation of reconciled records for year-end reporting.

You will work closely with founders, explain margins, and drive actions to improve profitability. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in accounting/finance with hands-on QBO skills, strong P&L and balance sheet knowledge, and ecommerce

Qualifications

• 5+ years in accounting/finance with FP&A or controller roles.
• Hands-on accounting, investigate and correct books.
• Experience with ecommerce/retail/FMCG preferred.
• Strong Excel/Sheets analytics.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets, monthly forecasts, cash flow projections, scenario planning, and performance variance analysis to support decision-making.
• Maintain accurate books of accounts, reconcile transactions daily, and ensure timely month-end and year-end closings.
• Process payroll, manage CPF/SDL and statutory obligations, ensure regulatory compliance.
• Prepare monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow statements, and KPI dashboards with actionable insights.
• Manage supplier invoices, invoicing, payments, collections, and cash-flow optimisation.
• Reconcile weekly inventory movements and analyse sales across Shopify, Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Amazon and other channels.
• Monitor product costs, landed costs, margins, and operating expenses to improve profitability.
• Maintain financial records across QuickBooks and OneDrive with proper documentation.
• Establish robust controls, improve processes, and ensure data integrity across systems.
• Support annual reporting and statutory filings with authorities in Singapore.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash flow

Excel/Sheets

Inventory

Financial analysis

QuickBooks Online

Tools

Shopify

Microsoft OneDrive

Job description

The Finance Lead – FP&A & Accounting will manage the day-to-day finance function for a coffee brand start-up, working closely with the founders. The role requires responsibility for financial planning, accounting, management reporting, cash flow, inventory and profitability analysis, financial controls, and preparation of clean and fully reconciled records for year-end reporting. The right person should be equally comfortable going into QuickBooks to investigate a transaction and sitting with the founders to explain why margins moved, where cash is going, and what action should be taken next.

Key responsibilities

Prepare annual budgets, monthly forecasts, cash flow projections, scenario planning, and performance variance analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making

Maintain accurate books of accounts, record and reconcile all financial transactions daily, and ensure timely month-end and year-end closing

Process payroll accurately, manage CPF/SDL and other statutory obligations, and ensure timely compliance with all regulatory requirements

Prepare monthly Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow statements, and management reports, including KPI dashboards, profitability analysis, and actionable financial insights

Manage supplier invoices, customer invoicing, payment processing, collections, expense classification, and cash flow optimisation

Reconcile weekly inventory movements, monitor inventory valuation, and analyse sales performance across Shopify, Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, Amazon and other sales channels

Monitor product costs, landed costs, gross margins, operating expenses, and identify opportunities to improve profitability and cost efficiency

Maintain disciplined financial records across QuickBooks and Microsoft OneDrive, ensuring every financial transaction is supported by appropriate documentation

Establish and maintain robust financial controls, improve accounting processes, recommend automation opportunities, and ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial data across systems

Prepare fully reconciled financial records for annual reporting and support statutory filings with ACRA, IRAS, and other Singapore regulatory authorities

About you

5+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, ideally including Finance Manager, Financial Controller, FP&A Manager or equivalent responsibility

Strong hands-on accounting knowledge with ability to investigate and correct the books

Strong FP&A capability, including budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning

Advanced working knowledge of QuickBooks Online

Strong understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, working capital and management reporting

Experience with inventory, COGS, landed-cost and product-margin accounting

Experience with ecommerce, retail, FMCG or consumer-product businesses strongly preferred

Experience reconciling ecommerce marketplaces and payment platforms is highly advantageous

Strong Excel / Google Sheets analytical capability

Tell us about a role where you independently owned the monthly close and management reporting process. What reports did you prepare, what issues did you typically identify, and how did you explain the results to management?

Describe your hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online, including reconciliations, Chart of Accounts, month-end close, and any process improvements or automations you introduced.

Give an example of how you used financial data to influence a business decision — for example around cash flow, product profitability, inventory, costs, or budgeting. What did you identify and what action followed?

What is your expected monthly net payout in PHP for this full-time remote contractor role?