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Financial Controller/ Finance Manager
Job description
Reports to: Group Managing Director (Singapore)
Location: Singapore — on-site (local presence essential)
Direct reports: Singapore finance team (c. 6)
Role purpose
Own the financial integrity, control and statutory compliance of KHI's Singapore operations. This is the senior finance presence on the ground — the person who checks, controls payments and holds the numbers together — while partnering with retail, e-commerce and distribution, leading the local team, managing external stakeholder reporting, and collaborating with the Malaysia team on group process alignment.
Key responsibilities
Financial & payment control
- Own internal controls and the payment authorisation process; act as the final review and control point for outgoing payments
- Enforce segregation of duties, approval limits and documentation standards
- Thorough review of transactions, reconciliations and journals before sign-off
Statutory, tax & audit (Singapore)
- Own SG statutory compliance across all entities — retail, distribution and investment holding companies — including ACRA filings, GST, IRAS corporate tax and annual statutory declarations
- Maintain full sets and reporting for the investment holding companies
- Manage the annual external audit as primary liaison; deliver a clean, timely close
Management reporting & planning
- Own monthly management accounts, P&L, balance sheet, divisional and retail reporting
- Lead forecasting, budgeting and cash-flow reporting; ensure quality and timeliness
External & stakeholder reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting to external stakeholders — including landlords, brand principals and franchisors, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies — and own the integrity of related obligations such as gross-turnover and royalty reporting
Treasury & banking (local)
- Manage local banking relationships, cash management and fixed deposits; support FX execution and banker's guarantees; oversee working capital
Business partnering
- Partner retail operations, e-commerce/marketplace and distribution; oversee inventory, margin and cost; provide commercial support and challenge with strong interdepartmental communication
Process improvement & finance transformation
- Identify, lead and embed process improvements across the finance function
- Standardise and document workflows; strengthen controls through better process design
- Leverage the ERP (NetSuite) and automation to improve efficiency, accuracy and turnaround, in line with group standardisation and digitalisation goals
Team leadership
- Lead, supervise, review and develop the SG finance team; build capability and succession to reduce key-person risk
Regional collaboration
- Work with the Malaysia finance team to standardise processes and reporting; align NetSuite workflows; support group reporting and intercompany
Ad hoc
- Support corporate exercises, special projects and other ad hoc activities as directed by the Group MD
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting/Finance; CA (Singapore), ACCA or CPA
- 7-10 years' finance experience including a controller / senior finance role, ideally in retail, distribution or FMCG with multi-entity operations
- Strong technical grounding: SFRS, GST, corporate tax, month-end close, consolidation
- Hands-on ERP experience — NetSuite preferred
- Excellent communicator across departments and with external stakeholders (landlords, brand principals, banks, auditors); detail-oriented; a natural checker with a payment-control mindset
- Integrity, ownership, and composure under pressure
Behavioural competencies — LEAD PRISM+
Assessed against KHI's LEAD PRISM+ managerial behavioural framework. Expected standard: Meets Expectations or above. People Leadership, Responsibility & Ownership and Integrity & Company Pride are non-negotiable for this role.
- People Leadership — leads and develops the SG finance team; builds trust, coaches and empowers, strengthens succession and reduces key-person risk.
- Responsibility & Ownership — takes full ownership of the SG finance function; anticipates risks, follows through on commitments, delivers with minimal supervision.
- Integrity & Company Pride — sets the ethical tone; upholds controls and company values even under pressure; represents KHI professionally with landlords, brand principals, banks and auditors.
- Commercial Thinking — balances cost and growth; translates financial data into sound commercial decisions; supports margin and cost discipline across retail, e-commerce and distribution.
- Adaptability & Change Leadership — leads the team positively through the regional transition, NetSuite standardisation and process change; resilient and forward-looking.
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Company information
- Company
- Mothercare Singapore
- Location
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Singapore
Singapore - Posted
- 1 month ago
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