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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai City, China

• Lead financial reporting and analysis, internal control and compliance of Great China, including 18 branches in Mainland and 2 companies in HK and TW, report to Great China CFO directly;• Leading the Business KPI report team of MSC Great China;• Global SAP Roll-out project Super Key User, support and coach new global agencies to implement SAP;• Core team member of Great China SAP Roll-out Project, manage and coordinate the SAP implementation in 15 branches and 2 companies in Great China;• Setup and lead the management of Cash pooling in China and the regional Financing;• Supervise and ensure timely and accurate completion of corporate monthly, quarterly and annual closing and reporting; • Manage the month-end/year-end closing process in conjunction with Geneva HQ finance teams and other inter-companies across the globe; • Supervise the preparation and analysis of monthly management and statutory financial reports in both IFRS and PRC GAAP; • Analysis monthly cash-flow forecast and arrange the Great China Financial funding to ensure adequate cash liquidity to meet business needs; • Organize and monitor the yearly financial budget and planning of Great China, regularly and timely report to Management Director; • Alignment with global key controls in China, improve and develop practical and effective controls over financial statements; • Liaison with external auditors for annual statutory audit and other ad hoc tax/financial audits, to ensure China entities get a clean report on financial accounts or whatever area audited; • People management-Build and lead a financial reporting and analysis team including cash pool management, taxation, internal audit and financial reporting and analysis; • Business flow reconstruction, improve process efficiency and smooth the impact of process changes on Great China operation; • Foresee and control the potential financial, tax and business risks in Great China.

Shanghai

 Financial Analysis and internal control standards setup Analysis real estates’ KPI and projection for new projects; Draft internal control standards and helping project company following the standards; Responsible for the tax planning of the real estate projects. Rotation in Group Internal Auditing Team Execute internal auditing in subsidiary of Industry Group and draft report; Improve the general management standards of the subsidiary; Accounting and Reporting Review the daily bookkeeping and prepare the monthly financial reports and management reports; Analysis the financial KPI and budgeting vs. actual numbers.  Financing for agriculture and real estate project. Design financing models based on different projects and banks’ proposals; Negotiate and bargain with bank representatives.

Shanghai

 Customer ERP/BI Implementation Support  Setup KPI for Finance, Sales, manufacturing, Inventory module; Design Forecast, Budgeting, Planning Report Templates; Design Rolling Forecast for Sale and Marketing dept of customers; Design BBSC (Business Balance Scorecards), Dashboards; Setup Budget, Rolling Forecast vs. Actual Data Comparison Reports Design GL review report  Setup AR aging report based on Customers, Product category; Draft G&A Expenses report and setup views based on different analysis requirements Design Inventory Control and Review report Communicate and explain the preset KPIs with customers’ CFO Setup Financial and Inventory Warning Indicators in Dashboard Design reports to review detailed sales and expenses transactions  Corporate with Consultants & Developers from IBM, Microsoft SQL Integrated with IBM Cognos, Clarity System, SQL DB, SQL Analysis Provide BI Solutions based on Cognos, Clarity, SQL Server Drafted training materials and guides for the BI solutions providedAchievements Successfully launching of BI solutions for more than 20 customers, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automobile, insurance, chemical industry, NGO and etc.  Provided Solutions based on Multiple Platform Including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server Corporate with Consultants of Platinum HRM to implement HR Analysis for customersProject Experience: Help Customer to setup the whole food products and categories financial and inventory control reports. Tracing the financial performances of each product by regions and factories, helping customers to analysis the actual gross margin, wastage costs and other KPIs vs. budgeted data.  Set dashboard to control the inventory safety stock and inventory turnovers.  Drill through the actual data to check whether the variances were caused by the raw materials prices or other reasons like strikes or high wastages.

Shanghai

 Set clear business direction, work priorities and team goals for Consulting team Set Annual Plan with GM for consulting and training projects. Set Financial Budgeting for different departments based on Annual Plan with Business Development Managers.  Projection for Consulting Projects and Training programs. Cost control and continuous review for each ongoing projects Internal Control and Supervise the works of Cashier and Accountant. Monitor the cash flow of each project and whole company, work with bank on financing and reduce the financial cost.  Monthly and yearly review of Sales Revenue and Gross Margin based on different teams and departments. Analyze approved implemented project to verify the difference between the actual operation performance and the original business plan monthly Communicate with the BD department to adjust the forecast of cash flow Consulting/Training Project Support, Including Marketing strategy, HR strategy, Organization structure.  Recruit and Coach New TA (Training Assistant). Achievements Support BD Manager to Deliver Marketing and HR Training Program Successfully deliver 10+ programs for FMCG/Retailer and Pharmaceutical Industry. Including Walmart, Hualian, Carrefour, Tesco, Unilever, Bright, Mengniu, BBK(步步高), Coca-cola, Wrigley, Peking University MBA Program, HKUST IMBA Program.  Setup the new financial system, including internal control, projection and budgeting process Review all the services contracts and sales contracts, control financial risks, no bad debts during the whole financial year.

Suzhou, China

Job Rotation in Financial Accounting Dept., including: Record AP transactions and prepare monthly AP analysis report Record Fixed Assets transactions and prepare monthly FA balance report Responsible for Cashier and Bank Payment jobs, check all bank accounts balance and supervise the whole cash flow of the company. Supervise the Quarterly and Yearly operation and review of Internal Control system. Support and advise Financial controller and GM to optimize the general operation and control the financial risks based on the data from Internal control system. Supervise the Development Projects Budgeting and Costing process, and report to Project managers Set Financial Budgeting and AOP for Financial dept. with financial controller and integrated the whole budgeting reports from other dept. Knowledge Management Committee Member

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba, 3.62

Mba, Exchange Students

Activities and Societies: Marketing Project for a Online Booking Company. Setup new marketing strategies for the firm by working.

Bsc (Hons); Bsc, Applied Accounting; Accounting, Upper Second Level

Honored Bachelor Degree. Co-program of ACCA. After completing 10 courses of ACCA and finishing the writing and submission of the essay.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, Gpa 3.6

Master Of Professional Accountant, Accounting And Finance