Job Description

Company : Sime Darby Industrial Sdn Bhd
Job Responsibilities :
Functional Objectives ("Finance")
Best practice delivery of the following services to the business:

• Regulatory compliance & internal governance (accounting, tax legal, audit)

• Transaction support (A/R, A/P, Accounting, Treasury)

• Strategic commercial support (budgeting, reporting, major transaction advisory)

• Developing our people and culture

Department Objectives ("Financial Accounting")

• Ensure International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and finance related Group Policies & Authorities (GPA's) are complied with.

• Coordinate Sime Darby Australasia region period end close procedures (month-end, quarter-end, year-end).

• Manage the annual external audit process ensuring no misstatements and unqualified audit opinions.

• Preparation of the Group's annual statutory accounts.

• Work collaboratively with Finance business unit leaders to aid their decision-making.

• Maintain strong balance sheet reconciliation discipline to support a 'no-surprises' culture.

• Technology is embraced and improvement opportunities in finance processes and systems are identified and pursued.

• Support and improve the Finance user experience with our ERP system (AX).

• Personal development is prioritised. Development plans are encouraged and supported. Regular performance discussions take place.

Team Objectives

• Monthly consolidation & reporting to SDI/SDB - financial and non-financial data

• Technical accounting assessment, risk management and reporting

• Preparing annual Financial Statements for entities within the SDI Australasia Group

• Managing annual external audit process and coordinating requests

• Managing annual budget reporting in BPC and contributing to budget preparation in TM1

• Support financial reporting, compliance and operations for Terra CAT NZ Dealership subsidiaries

• Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliation in RecWise

• Completing of quarterly and annual ABS surveys

• Managing ad-hoc requests (e.g. SD queries, covenant reporting, ad-hoc reporting packages)

Role Specific Deliverables and Responsibilities
Monthly and Quarterly Group Reporting and preparations

• Upload of selected entity level data for Group reporting via Business Planning and Consolidation Package ("BPC" - Group Reporting Package) reporting, including, validation clearing and consolidating result in BPC

• Support financial close and reporting and audit for Terra CAT NZ Dealership subsidiaries as required

• Support the management of requests and information across business units for monthly, quarterly and annual disclosures to SDB and for ad-hoc requests

• Compiling and reporting detailed quarterly schedules, ensuring accurate and compliant representation of data from business units

Finance transformation (automation) and subject matter expert

• Assist in the preparation of statutory financial statements

• Assist in forecast and budget reporting in BPC

• Support the preparation of monthly SDIA regional management reporting

• Completion of allocated balance sheet reconciliations

• Regulatory reporting requirements such as ABS Surveys, ASIC queries, etc

• Support the team's management of the external audit process

• Ad-hoc support as required by SDIA Corporate Finance Manager, General Manager - SDIA and business units as part of financial risk management, and delivering to SDI/SDB or other stakeholders

Job Requirements :

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Accounting or Commerce

• CA or CPA Qualified

• Minimum one/two years' accounting experience in a large corporate finance function or in Big 4

• Working knowledge of consolidation and accounting policies

• Experience in financial analysis, model building, reporting and Procurement processes

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, with a minimum of intermediate level of capability, particularly in excel

Skills Required