Steve Liu

Head of Finance and Accounting, General Manager at Yusen Logistics (China) Co., Ltd
  • Claim this Profile
Contact Information
us****@****om
(386) 825-5501
Location
Changning District, Shanghai, China, CN
Languages
  • 英语 Professional working proficiency
  • 普通话 Native or bilingual proficiency

Topline Score

Topline score feature will be out soon.

Bio

Generated by
Topline AI

5.0

/5.0
/ Based on 2 ratings
  • (2)
  • (0)
  • (0)
  • (0)
  • (0)

Filter reviews by:

Jarrod Ward

Steve has been working in our Finance division since 2017, and he has brought a fresh perspective to our financial planning. Steve takes a no non-sense direct approach to financial analysis and his recommendations are always on point. Through his handling of the issues, our company has improved its internal rules and processes for the better. Really glad to have him on the team!

Roy Wu

Steve is an dedicated individual who always get the things done with good quality. He open for new challenges and always find a way to resolve. As an individual he is calm and approachable which make him a very considering people manager in terms of leadership style. He provided clear guidance to team member but also offer space for them to improve on their own. It's a pleasant experience working with him.

You need to have a working account to view this content.
You need to have a working account to view this content.

Experience

    • China
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of Finance and Accounting, General Manager
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Full responsibilities of Finance and Accounting Division in China which including Finance Share Service Center

    • Finance Deputy General Manager, Controller
      • Dec 2017 - Present

      Overall responsible for Yusen China treasury, AR and Credit Management, budgeting, analysis and administrative affairs in HQ office, with dot-lined reports from shared service center. My responsibility also covers 4 HQ teams’ management and staff development, which is specially taken care by 1 senior manager, 2 managers and 1 deputy manager who are direct reports.● Take full responsibility in company credit policy setup, implementation and enhancement to control overall risk● Setup annual AR KPI and drill down the KPI to all business units. Be responsible for annual AR performance especially for long term outstanding elimination to strengthen company cash position● Be responsible for a healthy and efficient cash position of company and ensure China legal entity are strong backbone to global cash pooling.● Ensure sound cash management policy, payment policy in place and well implemented in shared service center● Enhance SGA budgeting process and actual budget performance to achieve reasonable expense saving as well as proposal to Management for expense control● As part of Budget Committee, lead SGA budget process and release guidelines to all branches. Ensure Analysis team and share service center to work closely for budget data verification and consolidation per agreed schedule and propose to budget adjustment.● Working with Tokyo Headquarter to make visibility of business profitability and customer pipelines to actual financial result.● Be a good bridge between country and Asia Regional headquarter for overall performance of AR, Treasury and business results. Show less

    • Russian Federation
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Head of Finance and Human Resource
      • Nov 2015 - Dec 2017

      Headquartered in Moscow, FESCO is the largest intermodal transport operator in Russia, which provides services, including marine shipping, rail transportation and port handling via more than 70 sales offices located around the world. FESCO Logistic China is 100% owned by FESCO Transportation Group Head of Finance and Human Resources of FESCO Logistic China -Take full responsibility for the accounting, FP&A compliance, treasury, tax, in line with the group standard, IFRS and local statutory requirement. -Develop the business strategies for company expansion together with the China Management Team in alignment with Headquarter strategic plans. -As a member of China Management Team, lead the financial management of all operational aspects of targeted business growth strategy in China -Provide functional leadership to local finance teams to ensure Finance competencies, processes are always continuously at the required levels -Ensure effective business control and compliance processes in line with Group and legal requirements -Design, develop and implement company’s policies and regulations related to human resources functions in local offices across China -Recommend and manage the budget in relations to compensation, benefits and training -Ensure good labour contract management, payroll calculation and payment -Good management of recruiting process and termination process -Ensure the performance review process in place and run well Show less

    • Denmark
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Finance Manager
      • Sep 2012 - Jun 2015

      Maersk Line is the largest container shipping company in the world, operating in 125 countries and employing 25,000 employees. Overall responsibility for Accounting,reporting and Controlling for East China Cluster of Maersk Line/Safmarine segment and MCC Shanghai- management and development of team(4 staff members) -Provide business case analysis to facilitate decision making by Management Team -Establish good tax management to keep full compliance with tax regulations -Manage tax policy changes and advise management of proposed actions -Ensure monthly reports to Management on-time, high-quality -Ensure accuracy and drive timely plan/forecast cycles to central FP&A timeliness in East China Cluster including budget presentation -Oversee saving initiatives in SG&A cost, run bottom-up drive models and develop unit SG&A cost efficiency -Drive process simplification and productivity improvement -Supervise compliance with all internal and external regulations relevant to accounting and controlling -Lead the statutory audit and other reports of all legal entities -Provide finance service under SLA scheme to other segments in high quality -Oversee and ensure service quality in Shared Service Center being secured for customer experience -Work with Treasury team to manage positive cash flow and improve the efficiency -Corporate Secretariats in providing managing company licenses and executing timely annual renewal with government -Oversee government reporting and manage positive relationship Show less

    • Maritime
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Finance Manager
      • Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

      Safmarine (Part of the A.P. Moller -Maersk Group) shipping carrier merged with Maersk Line Led Accounting and Reporting team serving Asia Region and Great China business units , who located in 1 Safmarine Head Office and 9 Rep Office in coastal cities of Mainland China. The key scope of Accounting and Reporting team could be described as, -Made sure all tax related issues well resolved, providing professional advice to business -Monthly reporting and P&L analysis for management, providing timely forecast -Drove annual budget communicated, prepared and signed off -Prepared the statutory report of all legal entities to ensure the alignment with local statutory requirement -Monitored and managed cash flow well -Assisted CFO to drive risk management and improved internal control process continuously -Supported business case analysis facilitating decisions of Management -Conducted Corporate Secretariats in providing legal comments, managed company licenses and executed annual checking with government -Kept good relationship with local authorities Project participated: Safmarine Cluster focal coordinating agreed Finance tasks offshored to Global Service Center (GSC), supporting structure change and setting up new Accounting and Reporting team, providing hyper-care to GSC to ensure service level maintained for good customer experience Show less

    • Denmark
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Deputy Manager of Business Support Analysis
      • Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

      Damco (Part of the A. P Moller - Maersk Group) Danish $ 3 billion logistics and freight forwarding companyThe Main responsibilities:*Supported the head of North Asia business support in providing analysis on financial results and business key performance*Drove process improvement jointly with BPO, PNP, OTC, RTP and clusters to ensure business related financial process is in good order and enhancement of cluster data quality*Prepared independently the regional PnL of and Air and prepared business report of the two products in aspect of route and customer profitability and business highlights*Coordinated and executed static budget and rolling budget process. Prepared static and rolling budget PnL and detailed analysis in high quality*Prepared the presentation of regional Ocean and Air financial results for internal management meeting*Provided analysis and forecasting of regional Ocean and Air adminstrative cost(DFC) Show less

    • Chief Accountant for Revenue and cost control
      • Jun 2006 - Nov 2009

      Damco (Part of the A. P Moller - Maersk Group) Danish $ 3 billion logistics and freight forwarding company.Overall responsible for the revenue and cost control of the four products - Forwarding Ocean, Air, Supply Chain Management and Warehouse. The main tasks and activities:*Ensure correct revenue recognition and invoice issurance according to APMM GAAP*Setup job costing mechanism in team and ensured accurate accrual for both revenue and cost at month end*Optimized the cost control process in team and strengthened checking points with BU in payment*Drove PnL reports of four products to branch management team and provided deviation analysis between actual and budgetProject participated:*Rollout SAP and sub project of new invoicing process as branch focal in 2008 Show less

    • Executive of Pricing and Business Development
      • Nov 2003 - May 2006

      Damco (Part of the A. P Moller - Maersk Group) Danish $ 3 billion logistics and freight forwarding company*Developed container business opportunites to support Maersk Sealand target routes and provided pricing of Maersk Logistics's LCL to Maersk Sealand inside sales*Managed well proper carrier portfolio (including 3rd party carriers) to maximize Damco own branding in developing end to end service*Maintained good relationship with carriers and constantly pursuit more negotiation power to reduce freight cost*Built pricing and timely quotation system for sales and customer service*Participated actively global tenders and offered best solutions to support tender process*Kept close contact with overseas counter-parties for service and pricing*Collected market information and carriers update and proposed Maersk Logistics products to BDV head*Customer visit with sales jointly for better understanding customer's need Show less

    • Accountant
      • Jun 2001 - Oct 2003

      Damco (Part of the A. P Moller - Maersk Group) Danish $ 3 billion logistics and freight forwarding companyAccountant for Air and FNG departments, main tasks are:*Prepared monthly PnL reports to branch manager and China head office*Made sure correct cost/payment and managed well accounts payable*Conducted credit control and managed well the accounts receivable per customer level*Proposed internal accounting procedure improvement and risk control process enhancement to Accounting Manager Show less

    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Accountant
      • Jul 2000 - Jun 2001

      *Assisted in price control and cost checking *Assisted accounts payable management in finance HQ *Prepared monthly sales report and supported analysis *Assisted internal audit and prepare vouchers as per sample audit list *Assisted general ledger and tax declaration *Assisted in price control and cost checking *Assisted accounts payable management in finance HQ *Prepared monthly sales report and supported analysis *Assisted internal audit and prepare vouchers as per sample audit list *Assisted general ledger and tax declaration

Education

  • University of Canberra
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration
    2012 - 2014
  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
    Bachelor's degree, International Finance
    1996 - 2000
  • CPA Australia Program
    Associated Membership
    2016 -

Community

You need to have a working account to view this content. Click here to join now