Finance Control Role

• Description:

• Position Summary:
• We are seeking a Finance Control & Compliance professional to join our Finance Team.

Reporting to the Vice President, Finance, this role plays a critical part in ensuring adherence to financial controls, statutory compliance, and corporate governance across the APAC region.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in internal controls, taxation (direct and indirect), secretarial compliance, and regulatory frameworks.

This position requires strong analytical skills, a high degree of integrity, and the ability to collaborate across functions and geographies.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for finance.
• Manage and monitor the Risk Control Matrix (RCM), ensuring timely updates and implementation of mitigation plans.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of direct and indirect tax returns and remittances.
• Manage statutory contributions and compliance such as EPF, CPF, Gratuity, and Professional Tax across applicable jurisdictions.
• Coordinate with Company Secretary to ensure adherence to corporate and secretarial laws.
• Collaborate with external legal advisors and audit firms for various statutory, regulatory, and internal audit requirements.
• Continuously monitor the regulatory environment and communicate potential risks and compliance gaps.

Demonstrated Competencies:

• Accountability & Integrity We keep the promises we make, especially when it is hard to do so.

This creates trust and supports strong relationships.

• Taking responsibility for ones actions and outcomes, ensuring commitments are met, and learning from mistakes.
• Honest and having strong moral principles.
• Critical Thinking The ability to analyze facts, generate and organize ideas, defend opinions, make comparisons, draw inferences, evaluate arguments, and solve problems.
• Enthusiasm & Positive Attitude We find the good in everything that happens to us, and that propels our lives forward.
• Finding the good in every person enables us to attract terrific people, opportunities, and wealth.
• Demonstrating a positive yet realistic attitude, energetic engagement, and a willingness to go the extra mile.
• It involves showing genuine interest, maintaining motivation, and inspiring others with ones passion for work or projects.
• Influence The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something without authority; persuasion.
• Process Management Ability to develop, monitor, and optimize workflows while maintaining thorough documentation training, auditing, compliance, and communication.
• Teamwork The combined action of a group, especially when effective and efficient.
• Collaborative and adaptable.
• Able to work across teams and flex with evolving priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• CA/CMA with 2-3 Years OR M.Com/B.Com with 7-10 Years of experience in Audit, Internal Control, Direct and Indirect Taxation.
• Strong Technical documentation and Communication skills.
• Proven ability to work with external consultants, legal teams, auditors, and cross-functional internal teams.
• Hands-on experience in managing IT, GST, and Professional Tax compliance.

Preferred Qualifications:

Working knowledge of ERP (preferably NetSuite).

Experience handling multi-country compliance within the APAC region is an advantage.