Senior Manager, Reporting & Accounting

Key Responsibilities

• This role is to ensure the effective execution of the designed SSC Target Operating Model and actively involve in supporting the deliverables.
• Understand requirements and issues across the Businesses, identifying opportunities to help and drive consistency within Finance SSC.
• Accountability for ensuring accounting, tax and functional compliance with all regulatory requirements/ Group policies.
• Ensure all company policies are adhered to and that specific duties are carried out within set time limits whilst providing an excellent level of service to all stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of finance talents in the shared service center and deliver to business and finance SLA's.
• Provide support for various Reporting to Recording accounting functions including but not limited to reporting, recording, financial reporting and analysis.  
• To ensure departmental work is completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Maximize the quality of service provided to internal clients and minimize the number of complaints
• Ensure all finance & accounting processes are managed in line with respective local law and regulations in the region
• Develop and drive continuous process improvements, enhance efficiency and service quality; executing the strategic initiatives directed by the Group.
• Ensure your department complies with its overall delivery and quality performance metrics
• Inspire and motivate your department to achieve targets and strategy goals
• Communicate key strategy messages and performance metrics to your department
• Provide direct management of line managers in your department. 
• Ensure effective management of staff recruitment, development and performance by driving on-going career development and training plans to maintain and enhance service excellence
• Responsible for implementing adequate operational control and risk management under the Vistra risk control framework.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key business partners.
• Engage with your business partners for broader strategic planning.
• Ensure that appropriate People Development tools are utilised throughout your department consistently and fairly to ensure optimum performance of all colleagues concentrating on both technical and soft skill development
• Ensure that planning and prioritisation of work within the department is sufficient to maintain and improve performance metrics
• Ensure two-way communication structures are in place across the department and that messages are globally consistent.
• Ensure that inter-departmental relationships are developed

Attributes/Technical Skills

• Strong leadership, team player with analytical business acumen and can communicate at the senior executive level.
• Self-motivated, driven and open to new challenges
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Able to work under pressure in meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrable success in balancing the needs of the business with required quality of service
• Significant managerial background including a track record of managing large teams in a Shared Service Centre environment preferable
• Results-oriented and detail-minded person with ability to see the big picture.
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to deal with ambiguities, able to work within ill-defined boundaries and able to challenge status quo.

Relevant Experience

• At least 12 years of relevant experience, particular in service industry will be an advantage
• Experience in managing projects and process improvements.
• Work experience in a Shared Services Centre is an advantage

Education/Memberships

• Bachelor degree in accounting with professional accounting qualification
• Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. CPA, ACCA)

Computer Skills

• Proficiency in MS Office especially in Word and Excel

Languages

• Professional Fluency in written and oral English with a good command of Mandarin proficiency