ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for supporting company CFO and CEO on general financial and business analysis.
- Work closely with the business teams by providing quality financial information on projects, clients, gross margins, time cost, job profitability, client profitability, team forecasts, budget, etc.;
- Provide support in reviewing project costing, financial analysis in a major pitch and monitoring the general health of the business;
- Monitor for regular job review to ensure that gross margins are within forecast and job status is updated;
- Compile and review various periodic analytical reports (e.g. Financial Income Statement, AOT/AOGM tracking, Billability% report, Pipeline analysis, etc.), interpret and communicate financial data including variance analysis vs. budget and best estimates and commentaries for the Management; hold discussion meeting with divisional heads regularly so as to make them aware of their updated divisional performance.
- Provide value add services by working closely with all business unit leaders, research teams, operation team and the Management to help make financial decisions and actionable insight;
- Ensure spending is kept in line with the budget/forecasts;
- To provide analytical support on major projects, credit terms and contractual agreements;
- Offer professional judgment on financial matters and advise on ways of improving business performance;
- Provide tax advisory to the business (such as applicable services tax and withholding tax from other countries, etc.)
COMPETENCIES
- Self-motivated and independent
- Good interpersonal skills and a team player
- Excellent analytical and numerical abilities, meticulous
- Excellent knowledge in M.Excel
BACKGROUND
Skills/Knowledge:
- Accounting standards and principles.
- Financial analysis capabilities
- Recent computing development especially in accounting software packages.
- Knowledge in market research products e.g.methodology, product type and client type etc. is an advantage.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills and able to communicate with people from different background and with different seniority.
- Basic grasp of the market research industry.
- Good computer skill especially in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Good presentation skill.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting/Finance or similar qualification
- Ideally with 2-5 years' post-qualification work experience with 3 or 4 years from an accounting/audit firm
