Job Title
Assistant Finance Manager / Finance Manager
Job Description Summary
This is a hands-on Assistant Finance Manager / Finance Manager role responsible for managing and supporting financial closing, reporting, cost and accounts payable, tax, treasury, and compliance matters. The incumbent will ensure activities are completed accurately, on time, and in line with Group policies, statutory requirements, internal control standards, and business needs, with the level of ownership calibrated according to appointment level and experience.
Job Description
About the Role
Controllership & Compliance
Manage and/or support the financial closing process in compliance with US GAAP, FRS, and Group reporting requirements.
Ensure accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
Oversee, manage, and/or support month-end closing activities to ensure accurate and timely revenue and cost recognition.
Analyze P&L variances month‑over‑month, perform Balance Sheet reconciliations, and advise on appropriate corrective actions and accounting treatments.
Review unbilled, deferred revenue, and cost positions with the Business, in conjunction with the Controllership and FP&A teams, to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Manage and/or support intercompany accounting, reconciliations, eliminations, settlements, and global recharge arrangements, ensuring transactions are appropriately supported, recorded, and aligned with Group policies.
Manage and/or support inventory system management, accounting, and reconciliation.
Support and maintain internal controls and compliance frameworks in accordance with corporate and financial policies.
Support and maintain SOX processes across the organization, ensuring compliance and timely remediation of control gaps.
Ensure timely preparation, review, and retention of audit‑ready control evidence.
Cost & Accounts Payable
Manage and/or support end-to-end cost and accounts payable activities, ensuring supplier invoices, employee claims, accruals, and related cost entries are complete, accurate, appropriately approved, and recorded in the correct accounting period and cost centre.
Ensure timely and accurate goods receipt note (GRN) processing by working with requestors, procurement, warehouse, operations, and project teams to confirm that goods or services have been received before invoice processing and payment.
Review and monitor purchase order, GRN, and supplier invoice matching, including three-way match controls where applicable, and ensure deviations are supported by appropriate approvals and documentation.
Investigate, track, and drive timely resolution of AP match exceptions, including quantity, price, tax, currency, duplicate invoice, missing PO, and missing or incorrect GRN discrepancies, with clear ownership and escalation of aged or recurring items.
Review unmatched receipts, uninvoiced receipts, blocked invoices, open purchase orders, and AP ageing; ensure valid accruals are recorded, stale items are cleared, and month-end cut-off is properly supported.
Perform and/or review supplier statement reconciliations, resolve vendor account discrepancies, and maintain accurate vendor balances and supporting documentation.
Ensure invoices released for payment comply with payment terms, delegated authority, segregation-of-duties requirements, tax rules, and Group payment controls, while supporting timely and accurate payment runs.
Analyse cost and AP trends, recurring exceptions, process bottlenecks, and control gaps, and partner with procurement and business stakeholders to implement sustainable corrective actions and process improvements.
Tax, Transfer Pricing & Treasury
Manage and/or support transfer pricing documentation, intercompany recharge governance, and related audit queries, ensuring appropriate documentation of pricing methodologies, service arrangements, and supporting evidence.
Review global recharges and cross-border intercompany transactions to ensure proper…