About the Role

We invite applications from driven finance professionals ready to step into a Finance Manager role, as well as experienced Finance Managers seeking to deepen their expertise across the full spectrum of finance and controlling within an engineering and project-driven environment, to join our Finance team in Singapore.

This individual contributor role is ideal for a finance professional who thrives in an industrial engineering or construction environment and brings a strong foundation in both financial and operational finance. You will be responsible for a broad scope including financial reporting, project accounting, budgeting and forecasting, risk management, regulatory compliance, taxation, and internal controls.

What Sets You Apart

You are a hands-on finance professional who takes full ownership of financial outcomes and delivers clarity through well-structured, reliable work. You communicate effectively across functions, apply strong commercial and operational understanding, and maintain a high standard of compliance and control. With a calm and focused approach under pressure, you are continuously improving processes, anticipating financial implications, and turning complexity into practical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting & Controlling

• Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely financial statements and monthly management report packages, ensuring integrity and compliance with internal and external requirements.
• Prepare divisional business performance dashboards ensuring commentaries provide meaningful insight for business decisions.
• Review financial analytical and trend reports, ensuring that the analysis provides financial transparency for group performance review.
• Support the month-end close process, stepping in on journal entries or intercompany reconciliations only when necessary to ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reports.

2. Budgeting, Forecasting & Analysis

• Support preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and capital expenditure plans.
• Consolidate stakeholder inputs, challenge assumptions, and ensure reliable financial projections.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions.

3. Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Work cross-functionally with operations, sales, and project teams to assess financial impact of business activities.
• Oversee project controlling activities, prepare accurate POC templates, and support cost center reporting for stakeholders in Singapore and overseas.
• Oversee the application and administration of bankers' guarantees, ensuring alignment with commercial and contractual terms.
• Guide the senior accountant in the preparation and submission of Letter of Credit (LC) documents for timely and accurate negotiation with banks.
• Translate financial data into insights to guide decisions across functions and geographies.

4. Taxation, Audit & Statutory Compliance

• Oversee GST submissions, withholding tax returns, and support year-end tax computations.
• Liaise with external auditors, tax consultants, and company secretaries to fulfill statutory obligations.
• Contribute to transfer pricing documentation and participate in MES audit.

5. Credit Control & Working Capital

• Review receivables aging and lead the senior accountant in debt recovery efforts with sales and project management team.
• Review cash flow planning and optimize working capital management to support business continuity and planned investment needs.
• Monitor and manage cash positions across currencies; recommend actions to mitigate foreign exchange exposure through effective treasury planning.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure that capex, procurement, and customer payment cycles are aligned to support liquidity and cash efficiency.

6. Internal Controls & Risk Management

• Establish and maintain strong internal controls, support internal audits and SOX compliance reviews.
• Identify operational risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and uphold governance standards.

7. Projects & Process Improvements

• Lead or participate in finance-related initiatives to improve accuracy, efficiency, data quality and information transparency.
• Support intercompany alignment and manage documentation of intercompany agreements.

What You Bring

• Degree in Accounting or Finance from a reputable university, or professional certification (e.g., ACCA, CPA Australia).
• 6 to 8 years of managerial experience in a multinational environment in project-based sectors , ideally in marine & offshore engineering or industrial equipment and process technology, or construction or manufacturing.
• Experience in both financial reporting and project controlling, planning & analysis, with exposure to tax, audit, and project cost management.
• Solid working knowledge of Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (SFRS), with hands-on experience in preparing statutory financial statements in compliance with local requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply new accounting standards, and readiness to lead or support their implementation (e.g. revenue recognition, leasing, insurance contracts).
• Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., SAP, MS Dynamics) and Excel/Power BI.