Our client is an European Chemcial company with a long history. It is a middle sized company with both trading and manufacturing operations. They provide good culture and staff benefits to their employees.

Financial reporting and controlling
- Responsibility to ensure completion of group financial reporting according to pre-defined timetable and quality as group standards or requirements;
- Design and implement finance policies, programs and systems to control the financial transactions, including accounting, financial analysis and financial reporting of business results.
- Oversees the implementation and monitoring of internal controls to ensure that the financial activities meet organization's short and long-term business objectives and comply with regulations, principles and standards. Activities may include: financial analysis and planning; reporting; taxation; insurance; credit control; accounts payable and receivable; inventory and costs control; and budgeting and forecasting.
- Ensure adherence to Group Internal Controls and lead internal audits so that the entity is compliant to Adequate status or above.
- Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department’s goals and objectives.
- Manage the relationships with the internal auditors, external auditors/ tax consultants, local governmental offices.
- Responsible for working capital control and cash management.

Financial budget, rolling forecast and business analysis reporting
- Manage the preparation of the annual budgets together with sites management team.
- Responsibility to ensure efficient and quality assured monthly rolling forecast.
- Deliver on time financial analysis report to track business performance and provide valuable insight to address the deviation to budget or forecast. Partner with other functions and be a role model to understand and drive incremental results for sites.
- Formulate long- and short-term plans, budgets and other business planning activities in close collaboration with the site management team.
Business Partner
- Provides financial support, consultation, and guidance to department heads.
- Work with business and operation leader to drive working capital excellence.
- Work closely with the Operational Management Teams to support decision making and Continuous Improvement activities with full finance responsibility for all sites business decisions and projects.
- Support management for finance professional related consulting to maximize company benefits.
- Proactively work with other sites to develop and implement best practices and consistency of application.
Team management
- Lead, direct, evaluate and develop a team of financial professionals
- Proactively work with other sites to develop and implement best practices and consistency of application