SUMMARY
The Financial Controller – JV will be responsible for ensuring strong financial control, accurate and timely financial reporting, effective planning and forecasting, and compliance with applicable accounting standards, policies, and governance requirements.
The role will act as a key finance partner to the CFO and management team, providing financial insights, maintaining a robust control environment, supporting business decision-making, and ensuring high standards of financial governance across the JV.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Reporting & Consolidation
- Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing and reporting processes.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and complete financial statements in accordance with IFRS and applicable local requirements.
- Manage financial consolidation and reporting across the relevant JV entities/business units.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations, provisions, accruals, and other significant accounting estimates.
- Ensure the integrity and consistency of financial data reported to management, shareholders, and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate statutory financial reporting requirements and support external and internal audits.
FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.
- Prepare financial forecasts, scenario analyses, and management reporting.
- Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior year and clearly explain key variances.
- Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs.
- Provide forward-looking financial analysis and recommendations to management.
- Support the CFO and business leaders in financial planning and strategic decision-making.
Business & Performance Controlling
- Partner with business and operational teams to understand performance drivers and identify improvement opportunities.
- Monitor revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, working capital, and cash performance.
- Challenge business assumptions and ensure financial discipline in commercial and operational decisions.
- Support profitability analysis by business line, project, customer, product, or other relevant dimensions.
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and ensure appropriate actions are communicated and followed up.
Governance, Risk Management & Internal Controls
- Maintain and continuously strengthen the JV's financial governance and internal control environment.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, delegated authorities, approval matrices, and relevant JV/shareholder requirements.
- Identify financial, operational, and compliance risks and coordinate appropriate mitigation actions.
- Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and effective financial controls across key processes.
- Support internal and external audits and ensure timely closure of audit findings.
- Promote a strong culture of accountability, compliance, and financial discipline.
Accounting & IFRS
- Ensure accounting treatments are compliant with IFRS and relevant statutory requirements.
- Provide technical accounting guidance on complex transactions and business matters.
- Review key accounting judgments and ensure appropriate documentation and supporting evidence.
- Maintain high-quality accounting records and ensure consistency between management and statutory reporting.
ERP, Systems & Process Improvement
- Ensure effective utilization of ERP and financial systems.
- Maintain strong financial data quality and reporting integrity.
- Identify opportunities to automate and streamline finance processes.
- Support ERP enhancements, system implementations, and finance transformation initiatives where required.
- Drive standardization and continuous improvement across finance processes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Professional certification such as CPA, SOCPA, CMA, or equivalent is strongly preferred.
- Strong practical knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting requirements.
- Strong experience in financial controlling, accounting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Experience with financial consolidation and multi-entity reporting.
- Strong understanding of governance, internal controls, compliance, and risk management.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
- Experience working in a JV, multinational, industrial, manufacturing, project-based, or similar complex business environment would be an advantage.
Knowledge/skills:
- Strong financial and analytical capabilities.
- Excellent understanding of accounting, controlling, and FP&A principles.
- Ability to translate financial information into clear business insights and recommendations.
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining a broader business perspective.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- High level of integrity, ownership, and accountability.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills, including interaction with senior management, auditors, shareholders, and business functions.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; strong SAP/ERP capabilities.
