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Finance Business Partner

AT ELC Beauty
ELC Beauty

Finance Business Partner

Kuala Lipis, Malaysia

Provide finance and accounting services to OneSource for APAC OneSource Service Center including development of annual budget and long range plan (P&L and CAPEX), and monthly estimate; monthly accounting close, expense monitoring, and accruals; facilitate and coordinate procurement, intercompany invoicing/rebilling and internal allocation processes. Provide reporting, analysis, and insights to OneSource management for action, development, and implementation of tools/applications in support of continuous improvements; automate, improve, and make processes efficient. Also includes direct interaction with senior executives and senior finance executives.

This position is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and may require travel to NY.

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  • Responsible for developing and owning the Long Range Plans, Annual Budgets, and Monthly Forecasts for the OneSource APAC Service Center in Malaysia, including partnering with the OneSource APAC Site Lead and service delivery leaders in the development of their plans and monthly forecasts and ensure they are aligned with Company and OneSource strategic and organizational initiatives
    • Lead scenario planning and analysis modeling to help scale the OneSource business in APAC while identifying its financial opportunities and implications including efficiency savings, capacity generation and key metrics of service delivery areas in relation to service delivery volumes
    • Assess investment and cost savings opportunities aligned with overall strategy and financial targets and assist in the formulation of solutions for closing any budgetary gaps
    • Present findings to management and OneSource APAC leaders
  • Responsible for execution of transactions for APAC OneSource Service Center
    • Develop and manage intercompany billings and internal allocation of OneSource APAC Service Center expenses to internal customers for annual plan and actual usage with related analytical support
    • Execute intercompany rebill process in accordance with transfer price requirements
    • Manage adjustment activity related to Employees (employee cost, bonus, and equity) in conjunction with Human Resources
    • Facilitate and manage procurement process including shopping carts, PO tracking, invoice payment with appropriate coding
    • Manage transactions related to other expense areas including but not limited to professional services, occupancy, and the management of CAPEX (approval process and related accounting)
  • Responsible for the monthly accounting close, estimate process and productivity reporting with detailed analysis and reporting financial results for monthly presentation to management adhering to deadlines, process and required deliverables for APAC OneSource Service Center
    • Develop, coordinate, and fully understand the annual budget and multi-year plan for APAC OneSource Service Center departmental costs
    • Partner with business leads to understand spend activities, shifts in timing and comprehensive reporting
    • Facilitate, execute monthly estimate interacting with business leads to understand spend activities, shifts in timing and comprehensive reporting
    • Manage closing processes including expense monitoring, accrual requirements, reconciliations providing for journal entries and adjustments as required
    • Prepare analysis of results and comprehensive reporting for Monthly Performance Review compared to budget and estimate with insightful variance explanations for executive management
    • Perform and prepare Balance Sheet account reconciliations, account analysis, and other related documents/schedules
  • Partner with the OneSource APAC Site Lead and Malaysia Affiliate Finance to plan, forecast, and execute upon occupancy needs and headcount capacity within Malaysia Shared Center driven by expansion of services and resource projections
  • Support intake of new services / customers to be delivered out of APAC OneSource Service Center by developing appropriate customer pricing utilizing the OneSource Rate Card and partnering with corresponding customers' Finance Business Partners to ensure proper funding is identified, available, and transferred to the OneSource in support of customer service delivery; ensure development of customer invoicing and internal cost allocation / rebillings of OneSource expenses to internal customers
  • Ensure governance and compliance for standards of accounting and internal control including adherence and enforcement of US GAAP, corporate policies, and SOX compliance
  • In conjunction with team members, provide for continuous improvement in processes ensuring proper controls and realization of efficiencies
  • Provide inputs in support of statutory and tax requirements
  • Liaison with internal and external auditors as required
  • Research and resolve inquiries
  • Adhere to deadlines and processes
  • Special projects and ad-hoc analysis as requested

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA/Masters a plus
  • 7+ years of Finance or Accounting, with process reengineering and project management experience
  • Excellent analytical capabilities to translate data into Executive level insights and metrics
  • Ability to work/analyze/build efficient analyses and reports creating flexibility and agility
  • Experience in leading, aligning, and engaging on team vision
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills required, including direct interaction with Senior Management
  • Ability to work under pressure of tight deadlines and multitask
  • Flexibility to adapt to the changing needs and direction of Senior Management
  • Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SAP, Hyperion (Smart View), Hyperion Financial System (CPM) skills a must
  • Excellent organization, writing and listening skills
  • Ability to build and cultivate relationships creating a collaborative environment

Job: Finance & Accounting
Primary Location: Asia Pacific-MY-14-Wilayah Persekutuan
Job Type: Standard
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1st (Day) Shift
Job Number: 247237

Client-provided location(s): Malaysia
Job ID: ELC_Beauty-247237
Employment Type: Full Time