Experience

Arcadier

• Singapore
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Financial Controller

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  Responsibilities • Managing financial activities inter alia guiding accounting staff and analyzing transactions and determining financial actions as well as providing financial analysis and making recommendations to management • Creating and instituting improvements to financial reporting processes • Ensuring cash adequacy for operational needs and forecasting cashflow requirements • Implementing clear financial processes for financial prudence and controls • Providing technical support and giving advice to management • Reviewing and creating optimal tax structures for group operations • Application, monitoring as well as meeting KPIs targets for various government grants such as PSG, MRA, etc • Create and review legal documents including sales contracts, partnership contracts, consulting contracts, etc • Management of various internal and external stakeholders including fellow management team members, shareholders, investors, employees, and business partners • In charge of human resource function including searching and screening candidates, salary recommendations and reviews, payroll administration (in SG and AUS), administrator for HRMS • Creating and maintaining HR policies in line with changing regulations and requirements • Sourcing, reviewing and recommending insurance coverage in line with business risks and requirements Achievements • Successfully completed multiple fund-raising exercises • Successfully signed an MOU with the Cross River State Government for the creation and operations of the cocoa marketplace • Assisted in the successful signing of an MOU with the UNOPS for the creation and operations of the Defeat NCD marketplace • Successfully implemented company-wide HR management system and accounting system (both cloud-based) and streamlining workflow between the two systems Show less



Mastercard

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Leader, Accounting and Reporting

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2016

  Responsibilities • Ensuring accounts are closed for all APMEA countries by D3 in accordance to both local and US GAAP • Reviewing and consulting with Corp office on uncommon accounting entries, eg. acquisition and disposal of investments • Reviewing and analyzing reports using both Oracle and Hyperion systems • Preparing quarterly financial reports for presentation to leadership team Achievements • Successfully integrated financial closing to shared services team located in US • Successfully integrated acquired entities to the MasterCard financial systems Show less



Sherwin-Williams

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Finance Director

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2013

  Responsible for all financial related matters for 4 plants located in China and SEA (2 plants in China, Malaysia and Vietnam) and various blending facilities located across the region. Including but not limited to financial analysis and reporting to various stakeholders, preparing annual budgeting and monthly forecasting, treasury, legal and regulatory compliance (tax, audit, contracts, etc)Functional overlay manager to 20+ finance professionals in regionAchievements:• Implemented Financial Shared Services in Asia• Closing and disposal of sites and entities• Post-acquisition activities - net worth adjustments, financial discovery and integration Show less

• Oracle Business Lead

  • Dec 2009 - Mar 2011

  Achievement: successfully implemented full Oracle ERP system in all Asia sites, namely 4 manufacturing plants located in China, Vietnam and Malaysia.Responsibilities:• Understand needs and requirements of stakeholders (both management and users). These include implementation of standard costing, reviewing accounting entries, understanding reporting structures, understanding process flows etc.• Understand requirements and coordinate inter-departments, inter-divisions discussions including process gathering, training and testing.• Working with both internal and external IT resources to ensure requirements of users and management are met• Ensuring successful cutover of each implementation (managing budget, data cleansing and cutover, reasonableness of cutover timeline, etc) Show less

• Snr Finance Manager

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

  • In charge of the financial reporting matters relating to South Asian entities located in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Philippines, including monthly management reporting and yearly statutory reporting.• Other financial matters including preparation and monitoring of budgets; review and analyze the performance of South Asian entities.• Working with various divisions to provide solutions to meet customers’ requirements in terms of pricing and invoicing.• Liaising with auditors, tax agents and other corporate advisors.• Liaising with corporate legal department on legal matters (eg. legal documents such as non-disclosure agreements, corporate changes, etc).• Meeting with various country managers/general managers to discuss and assist in new business proposals for submission to Corporate. Show less



Inchem Holdings International

• Asia

• Group Finance Manager

  • May 2001 - Jul 2008

  • In charge of Group’s financial accounting matters including the preparation of consolidated accounts for management reporting and statutory purposes, preparation and monitoring of Group budget, etc • Review, analyse and prepare management reports on the performance of various subsidiaries • Ensuring all aspects of work are in compliance with the relevant Acts, legal and corporate governance requirements • Liaising with auditors, tax agents and other corporate advisors of the Group • Sourcing and negotiating with bankers for better credit facilities • Reviewing human resource policies • Meeting with business unit managers to discuss and assist in new business proposals for submission to the Board Show less