Corporate Finance Manager

• Accountable for period-end closing activities to ensure timely completion of Trial Balance, P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow.
• Deliver half year and full year operating and free cash flow targets by forecasting and tracking cash movements.
• Responsible to generate cash flow forecast (BATCASH) and ensure adequate cash availability to avoid business disruption
• Innovate cash collections and payments process flow and capitalise on technology to improve speed and accuracy.
• Liaise with external and internal auditors, tax agents, regulators and tax authority in respect of company's financial matters.
• Review journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets, intercompany transactions, corporate authority limits.
• In charge of managing bank signatories and local banking relationships with reference to directions from Group Treasury.
• Manage escalation from GBS, End Markets, cross-function and external stakeholders.
• Manage senior stakeholders including Financial Director, Senior Leadership Team and Area Directors.
• Ensure the team adheres to SOX controls, corporate authority limits, financial institutions' rulings and escalate findings.
• Stakeholders:

• End Market Corporate Finance Business Partner: informing about status and decisions to be made about cash flow forecasting trends, trade partner programmes, timing of trade collections, expenditures for tender committee.
• End Market functional SPOCs: coordinating and ensuring alignment and delivery of capital expenditure, excise payments, trial balance, month end closure.
• End Market Head of Finance and Finance Director: reporting and provide support on working capital and audit statuses
• Group Treasury: align cash usage, loan drawdowns from internal and external providers, timing of forex hedging contracts
• GBS Functional Managers and Banking teams: coordinating bank signatories, vendor management, online banking portals

• Candidates must possess at least Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and/or professional accounting qualification (ACCA/CPA/MIA etc).
• 8-10 years' of working experience with solid experiences across cash flow management and full set of accounts.
• Possess a good understanding of group accounting principles - ability to identify accounting issues
• Experience of working in an external audit industry a distinct advantage.
• Tax experience and experience in Shared Services Centre Environment is an added advantage.
• Exposure to MNC working environment and Consolidated Group Accounts will be an added advantage.
• Experience in using SAP system.
• Good English proficiency.
• Able to identify process and reporting improvements and proactively implement solutions.
• Have a collaborative and flexible style. Able to influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills to support key stakeholders.
• Maintains excellent working relationships with all stakeholders and is a team player.
• Has the ability to prioritise and manage own workload, is resilient and open to challenges.
• Able and willing to provide guidance to subordinates, strong leadership traits and capability.
• Calm under pressure, knows when to escalate, demonstrates a high degree of motivation and discipline. Demonstrates an organised and structured approach.

• Global Top Employer with 53,000 BAT people across more than 180 markets
• Brands sold in over 200 markets, made in 44 factories in 42 countries
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• Diversity leader in the Financial Times and International Women's Day Best Practice winner
• Seal Award winner - one of 50 most sustainable companies

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