Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all accounting, reporting and analysis activity for ANZ
- Advise general manager and commercial leaders on financial and operational issues
- Set finance strategy to optimize business processes by assessing business needs and developing, proposing and implementing solutions
- Direct tax, reporting, banking, treasury, internal/external audits and compliance activities
- Act as liaison to Corporate functions and Business Unit leaders in headquarters' office in Irvine
- Partner with APAC Controller and FP&A head on implementation of best practices and leveraging the Business Service Center in Kuala Lumpur
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Advanced degree and/or professional certification (CMA, CA, CPA) a plus
- 10+ years progressive experience in leadership and people management positions
- Healthcare or regulated industry and/or international experience Preferred
Additional Skills:
- Entrepreneurial spirit; thrives in high-energy, fast-paced environments
- Excellent knowledge of financial accounting and accounting standards
- Experience working in a medium size global business
- Resourceful independent critical thinker with effective business consultancy skills
- Strong communicator skilled at messaging through data-driven insights
- Expert understanding of accounting and financial processes and curiosity to look beyond existing methodologies and own discipline to define and resolve complex problems
- Transparent leader with a high level of integrity and track record of building trust-based relationships internally and externally
- Adaptable change agent who activates team to drive Finance transformation
- Proficiency in financial systems and tools and ability to leverage technologies
- Recruit, retain and develop a bench of agile talent, incl. high potential employees