Senior Manager APAC Finance controller

Why this job matters

• Maintains the highest level of control regarding the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting, including statutory and tax filings.
• Provides stewardship of BT Global assets to ensure that they are properly secured and generate appropriate financial returns.
• Key stakeholder to promote and drive collaboration and innovation between Country Finance amongst APAC, the other Verticals and Regions, and GBS/GFSS.

What I'll be doing – your accountabilities

• Driving the business to ensure that business plans are stretching and delivered, and also ensuring that the reported results are a true and fair representation of the APAC business.
• Assisting the Finance Business Partner of the region ensuring that transparent business plans are created which results in predictable financial performance which has been underpinned by robust business analytics.
• Owner of the APAC balance sheet.
• Leader for finance systems and process across the APAC which means identifying and implementing finance transformation projects.
• Leader of the Budget and Outlook team for APAC Regional Operations. The aim of this is to ensure that the business has timely and accurate information to optimize financial performance. Continuously looking for opportunities to simplify and improve in this area.
• Responsible for managing the financial process around capital investments ensuring that capital is optimally used, supports the strategy and can be measured in-life against the original business plan. Post Investment Reviews should be conducted on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for managing the working capital of the APAC. This is to ensure that we optimize the use of cash. Plans must be made to improve time to receive cash particularly working closely with billing and collections.
• Responsible for managing the Treasury function of the APAC. Ensuring that the partner banks are well managed, that cash is efficiently used across the geography.
• Stakeholder management is an essential part of this role.

Skills required for the job

Essential skills & Experience:

 A broad background in financial planning, reporting, analysis, consolidations and systems

 Qualified accountant and Audit background with depth knowledge of BT finance systems and processes

 Shapes and designs finance transformation and regulatory changes for the geography

Soft Skills:

 Leadership

 A commercial thinker providing leadership and market insight

 Steward, lead and partner with the business, to ensure all business activities are carried out in accordance with, and in the spirit of, local legislative requirements, and enhance and protect BT for now and the future

 A strong leader who is able to challenge the status quo and influence across BT International & the wider industry in order to transform our customer relationships and experience

Experience you would be expected to have

• Financial Control Experience

• Experience working in a complex, matrix, commercial and international organisation

• Setting and executing on financial control strategy

Connected leaders behaviours

• Leading inclusively: I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

• Delivering for the customer: I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

• Owning outcomes: I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

• Commercially savvy: I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision making.

• Growth mindset: I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

• Building for then future: build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.