Assistant Business Controller

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Controller in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely financial reporting across the Southeast Asia Region.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process across the Southeast Asia Region.
• Review and validate accounting and reporting activities performed by Business Services.
• Ensure financial information submitted to management is accurate, complete, and timely.
• Investigate reporting deviations, inconsistencies, and unusual transactions.
• Perform balance sheet reviews and follow up outstanding issues with relevant stakeholders.
• Support efforts to simplify and improve the closing process.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, dashboards, and management reporting packages.
• Prepare financial and operational analyses to support management decision-making.
• Analyze business trends, profitability, margins, costs, and performance indicators.
• Support monthly forecasting and annual planning activities.
• Challenge assumptions through data analysis and help improve forecast accuracy.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and warning signals through proactive analysis.
• Support business case evaluations and ad hoc financial studies.
• Support the Business Controller in maintaining compliance with Group requirements and local statutory regulations.
• Assist in monitoring internal controls and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Support internal and external audits through preparation of documentation and follow-up actions.
• Escalate potential control weaknesses or compliance concerns when identified.
• Identify process inefficiencies and drive improvements across Finance and Operations.
• Lead automation initiatives that reduce manual work and improve reporting quality.
• Develop and maintain process documentation and best practices.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and digitalization.
• Work closely with Country Managers, Department Managers, Business Services, and regional stakeholders.
• Provide financial data and analysis that support informed business decisions.
• Lead selected regional finance and business improvement projects.
• Share knowledge and provide coaching on systems, reporting processes, and data quality topics.
• Actively contribute to the development of finance processes and business control capabilities within the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in Financial Analysis, FP&A, Audit, Accounting, or Finance Operations in trading or manufacturing business.
• Good understanding of financial statements, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
• Experience supporting monthly closing and management reporting processes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify trends, deviations, and business risks.
• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Experience working with consolidation systems.
• Experience with reporting and data visualization tools such as Power BI is an advantage.
• Experience with CRM systems and master data management is an advantage.
• Demonstrated interest in process improvement, automation, and digitalization initiatives.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Good command of English, both written and spoken