Regional Financial Controller

Job Description

Plan, direct and control regional finance operations for APLL taking fiscal

management responsibility for the region through leadership of financial record

keeping, reporting and financial analysis; lead process and technology

improvement targeted at improving and safeguarding financial results for the

region.

Responsibilities

Financial Policies and Process Leadership

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of global and regional financial
  
  

policies, guidelines, and protocols to ensure the robust finance and accounting

standards for APLL and compliance with regulations and best practices

• Draft standards to meet regional requirements to improve quality as well as
  
  

contribute to improving and implementing operation cycles, processes and

workflows as well as the implementation of global policies and procedures

• Oversee the implementation of processes and standards across countries to
  
  

ensure robust, efficient and cost-effective regional Finance Operations

Finance Operations

• Coordinate and oversee the budgeting process across countries, providing
  
  

guidance and advisory to respective leadership teams on all budgetary matters

• Maintain oversight of regional financial accounting operations and processes
  
  

by monitoring and reviewing key metrics periodically

• Oversee the periodic regional financial closing and reporting to senior
  
  

leadership on balance sheet and P&L statements

• Hold country and regional Finance teams accountable for quality of Finance
  
  

data being reported

• Hold country teams accountable for working with Operations teams in ensuring
  
  

collections meet established targets to ensure financial sustainability of APLL's

operations

• Review key financial health metrics regionally and for each country to assess
  
  

gaps and work with respective leadership to address gaps and maintain financial

sustainability of the business

• Conduct deep dive and root cause analysis on critical and recurring regional
  
  

Finance operations issues to discuss, identify and implement solutions that

improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Finance processes and controls

• Maintain oversight of internal and statutory audit processes across countries,
  
  

holding respective leads accountable for audit findings and action against them,

and ensuring robust controls to prevent future audit issues

• Oversee and sign off on payments for various purposes in line with authorised
  
  

approval limits

• Take decisions on exceptional finance matters and issues in the region,
  
  

working with respective country teams to resolve problems and challenges

Technology Management

• Review existing Finance systems across the region to understand gaps and
  
  

opportunity areas and need for improving integration between these systems

• Seek feedback from country Finance teams as well as key stakeholder
  
  

functions like Commercial and Operations, on Finance systems and key gaps

that need to be addressed

• Support the development and implementation of a technology roadmap from a
  
  

Finance systems perspective, coordinating implementation of new systems and

systems enhancements from a regional perspective to support, enable and

enhance Finance operations and processes

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a business partner to Regional Vice Presidents and regional director,
  
  

advising them strategic matters pertaining to budgets and operational matters

from a financial perspective

• Review and discuss the potential opportunities with Commercial and Operation
  
  

Lead in the region, assess customers’ credit worthiness and make proper

decision from Finance perspective.

• Oversees all the legal entities and the CIT rate of each, make sure we are well
  
  

planned to enjoy the most favorable tax rate; work with country finance and tax

manager to ensure the tax compliance.

• Maintain relationships with customers to work on addressing finance issues,
  
  

ensuring timely collections etc.

Team & People Management

• Oversee the resourcing for regional finance teams, ensuring the teams have
  
  

adequate capacity to deliver finance operations

• Review and take steps to ensure regional finance teams have the right skills
  
  

and capabilities to deliver the teams' mandates and serve APLL efficiently and

effectively

• Oversee robust career planning and pathing, and succession planning to
  
  

ensure effective career development for team members, and adequate pipeline

of talent for succession to key positions

• Build a culture of high performance
  
  

Qualifications

General Experience

• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in financial reporting, audit,
  
  

internal controls, finance systems and processes.

• Good understanding of GAAP or IFRS accounting principles, combined with
  
  

proven work experience.

Managerial Experience

• Coaching people – acts as a leader, as a mentor, supports others in
  
  

professional development. Allocates time and effort to discuss development

requirements and provides feedback regarding performance and capability.

• Experience from supply chain or logistics industries is preferred.

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