As a FINANCE ASSOCIATE MANAGER,you will be responsible for handling the following:
1. Strategic Management and Direction
- Supports the Finance Executives in the formulation, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the overall/top-line objectives, goals, strategies, measures, and initiatives of the Finance Department in his/her specific mall assignment.
- Supports the Operations Management Group in enhancing Finance related processes, implementing and rollout of innovative and relevant Finance strategies as well as evaluating such initiatives that support business growth and transformation in his/her specific mall assignment.
- Conducts research and analysis on financial information to assist his/her specific mall assignment make well-informed decisions, writing reports, and monitoring financial movements.
2. Application of Skills and Capabilities
- Consolidates and analyzes financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts, etc) taking into account his/her specific mall assignment's goals and financial standing.
- Provides creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve the financial performance of his/her specific mall assignment.
- Assembles and summarizes data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks and health of his/her specific mall assignment.
- Develops financial models, conducts benchmarking and process analysis considering financial risks and opportunities.
- Conducts business and financial studies on past, future, and comparative performance and develops forecast models for his/her specific mall assignment.
- Tracks and determines financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with the forecasts of his/her specific mall assignment.
- Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data variances.
- Evaluate and analyze financial data and reports to identify causes of accounting and finance-related problems and develop sound recommendations for the improvement of policies and processes.
3. Supervision (May be required to handle Senior Finance Associate or Finance Associate)
- Performs coaching, mentoring, and development of subordinates.
- Oversees and ensures that all new hires of his/her department undergo onboarding programs and orientations.
- Provides and supports career development planning and opportunities of his/her subordinates.
- Conducts meaningful and timely performance management and development process for his/her subordinates that will encourage employee contribution and collaboration including goal setting, feedback, and performance development planning.
- Provides effective and timely performance feedback through employee recognition, rewards, and disciplinary action.
- Imparts his/her inputs and other requirements needed in the department.
- Trains, develop, and motivates his/her staff to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and high performance in the Company.
- Delegates the responsibility, authority, or data gathering/processing to the most appropriate or qualified member of the team.
4. Building Integrity & Credibility/ Positive Image Enhancement
- Serves as a link between Executive Management, Operations Management, potential business partners, and/or government representatives by handling clarifications, questions, interpreting policies and procedures to help resolve finance-related problems and issues.
5. Performs other management-mandated functions.
Qualifications for this position include:
- Graduate of BS Accountancy and/or equivalent
- Minimum of three (3) years proven extensive work experience as a Finance Specialist in retail and property management industries
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications specifically MS Word, Powerpoint, MS Excel, and MS Visio as well as other specialized software like SAP or Oracle
- Above Average proficiency level n oral and written communication skills including negotiation, presentation, facilitation, and training all levels of the organization
- Deals with complex problems and tasks wherein decisions or tasks are planned, delegated, coordinated, or implemented or any combination of these.
- With average proficiency level in people management and leadership
- Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance, and information analysis
- Well informed in current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws, finance, and business environments
