Head of Finance Singapore/South Asia

at  ASENDIA SINGAPORE PTE LTD

Asendia empowers businesses to grow across borders with a range of international e-commerce and mail delivery services. Launched in 2012 by La Poste and Swiss Post, Asendia has the combined expertise of over 1500 employees across 4 continents. With operations across the world, we bring together a wealth of international and local expertise, and a network that delivers to over 200 countries and territories. Asendia’s heritage as a mail business is unrivalled, but today we are also at the forefront in providing e-commerce parcel solutions for e-tailers selling internationally. We provide a number of value-added services too, including returns, fulfilment and letters shops, and we have acquired a number of companies to enhance our services, including eShopWorld a global e-commerce software business.
Asendia is committed to providing equal opportunities. In accordance with the applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances, all qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status and family responsibilities, disability, or any other protected characteristics.

HEAD OF FINANCE SINGAPORE/SOUTH ASIA

We are looking for a Head of Finance for Asendia Singapore/South Asia. The position will be based in Singapore and reporting to the CEO of Singapore/South Asia. You are a strong business partner to the CEO to drive the business strategy for Asendia Singapore/South Asia, and you are involved in strategic financial plans to ensure the company’s healthy cash flow, profitability, and continued success. This is a critical position that requires meticulous execution and oversight of all financial and accounting responsibilities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal and external standards. You are also accountable for of the business’s budgeting, financial planning and analysis, pricing, and profitability management, as well as establishing efficiency and process improvements within your finance team.

ABOUT ASENDIA

Our mission is to excel in every interaction with our customers. Our values are trust, friendliness, ease of use and our commitment to sustainability.
Driving success, communicating information, and adjusting to change are essential competencies that drive our strategy in APAC.
Employees wellbeing and corporate social responsibility are at the heart of our core values. We wish to instil a strong culture of corporate social responsibility within every employee and hope to create a positive and productive environment where employees can thrive.
If this sounds like the kind of place you would like to work and the sort of role you are looking for, then get in touch, we are waiting to hear from you.
Please send your application in English to: apac.recruitment@asendia.com ; reference number “HDFINSG202405ASSG”.
All personal data collected will be used for recruitment related purposes and treated in strictest confidentiality. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed. All personal data supplied will be destroyed after completion of the recruitment process

• Manage all accounting and finance functions; develop and manage local financial and accounting policies to comply with GAAP, IFRS, tax requirement and other rules and regulations, as well as regulatory reporting.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and year-end accounts and statutory accounts and ensure compliance with Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (FRS) and IFRS accounting standards.
• Responsible for organising Annual General Meeting with Board of Directors of the legal entity; and preparation and presentation of financial updates in monthly business review meetings with the senior management and stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams such as regional office and head office, to provide financial guidance, conduct information analysis, and offer recommendations.
• Identify and mitigate key aspects of company’s financial risk that could negatively impact the company’s performance by conducting financial analysis on products, operation efficiency and expenses to provide insights for decision-making and identify risks and opportunities.
• Design/streamline F&A processes to ensure business efficiency by driving finance operations & process excellence within own team via technology transformation and automation.
• Lead and manage team to achieve excellent teamwork, team competencies and operations excellence.