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Singapore

Singapore

• Formulate finance strategy and orchestrate finance and accounting analytics, reporting, compliance for APAC subsidiary of global development, construction and project management organization. Supervise accuracy and.
• Construct Operating Budget (OPEX) and accompanying variance analysis process for APAC entity.
• Collaborate with International Tax Team on defining intercompany transactions’ arm’s length transfer pricing alignment with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines.
• Addressed benefits and barriers to implementation of new Accounts Payable (AP) and Project Funding processes.
• Partnered with APAC Market Head and German Head Office on major solar power projects and liquidity management and cash flow planning.

Singapore

• Oversee internal accounting and finance controls across four entities for global cleaning technology enterprise. Lead four-person team that generates financial information, budgeting, modelling, forecasting, and.
• Introduced operational excellence improvements in cooperation with Country Finance Managers and Region’s Process function.
• Collected 75% of long-past due debt for subsidiary.
• Tested SAP leasing business system across three subsidiaries.
• Improved transparency of profit centre performance with SAP project to better allocate internal costs across Sales & Service.
• Controlled individual country tax compliance risk and reporting (GST/VAT/WHT/CIT), tax incentives and audits, as well as accounting for intra-company transactions’ transfer pricing.

• Rejuvenated Business Unit (BU) profitability through partnership with commercial team that tightened cost management and process efficiency through better information, reliable financial reporting, and trustworthy.
• Integrated Sales team into revenue forecasting process to strengthen forecast accuracy.
• Formulated BU Manager P&L reporting to allow better evaluation of regional performance metrics.
• Guided local Finance team project as subject matter expert (SME) on accounting.
• Incorporated operating expenses (OPEX) and profitability simulations into annual budgeting and monitoring process.

Singapore

• Spearheaded Region’s consolidated financial performance reporting, budgeting, forecasting, multiple country tax planning, financial compliance, working capital management, and internal control functions. Counselled BU.
• Review of financial system parameters resulted in slashed reporting process from four to 0.5 hours.
• As AP system administrator, led accounting automation of journal function to improve workflows.
• Audited subsidiary’s entertainment expense for management’s compliance risk assessment.
• Assisted post-acquisition integration of accounting process for M&A activity.
• Guided Philippine accounts on Shared Services Accounting.

Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Being the top 10 ACCA graduates in Singapore in year 2011.

Bachelor’S Degree, Applied Accounting, First Honours

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management