Sales OPEX Finance Director

HP PPS ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the region is seeking a Finance Lead to oversee complex financial functions, manage vendor relationships, and drive strategic financial initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong educational background in finance and significant experience in leading finance operations. This role is crucial in influencing the financial direction and policy development within the organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant management experience in finance or a related field.
• Strong skills in financial management and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Leads planning and implementation of finance initiatives across the organization.
• Advises executive management on strategic financial direction.
• Oversees relationships with external vendors.

Skills

Accounting

Financial Analysis

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Financial Modeling

Strategic Thinking

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance

Tools

SAP Applications

Job description

This role is responsible for leading the Commercial Organiszation OPEX, Investmetns, and TMO finance function for a complex business. The role drives the planning, implementation, and communication of finance initiatives, oversees external vendor relationships, and plays a key role in business-wide program implementation. The role develops and maintains financial policies, ensuring strategic alignment, and serves as a key advisor to executive management.

Responsibilities
• Leads the finance function for a complex business, and for a major finance function .
• Develops and leads planning, design, implementation, communication, and delivery of the organization's finance initiatives within area of accountability across the organization.
• Allocates financial and human capital for programs and projects and ensures timely and effective delivery of financial programs.
• Drives process improvement and policy development projects that have a significant impact on the function's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Oversees and manages extensive external vendor relationships, ensuring smooth collaboration and optimized services.
• Leads implementation of business-wide programs and products, playing a pivotal role in their integration and deployment across the organization.
• Develops and maintains policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company for all financial and tracking metrics.
• Oversees operational success, aligns strategies, integrates activities with major organizational functions, and owns numerous measurable goals.
• Serves as a key advisor to executive management in influencing the strategic direction of the business, while also developing organizational policies and authorizing their implementation.
• Performs talent management responsibilities including recruitment, performance management, coaching and career development.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 15+ years of job-related and/or management experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
• Certified Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis Professional (FP&A)
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Knowledge & Skills
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Automation
• Corporate Finance
• Data Analysis
• Economics
• Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Planning
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Internal Controls
• Investments
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Process Improvement
• Profit And Loss (P&L) Management
• SAP Applications
• Variance Analysis

Cross-Org Skills
• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope
• Impacts multiple functions and may act as a lead to peers on cross-functional project teams working to establish and execute business goals.

Complexity
• Contributes to the development of company objectives and achieves goals through subordinate high-level individual contributors and managers.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.