Focus Global is dedicated to bringing the world’s top global brands to Southeast Asian homes. We take pride in being a true marketing company by employing extensive marketing tools and by investing and experimenting in new technology to help us regularly rethink and re-imagine the consumer retail experience. We promote a culture of growth, creativity, and excellence through our brands and through our people.
About the Role:
The Management Accounting Associate provides support to the business unit leaders and management in making critical business decisions by preparing, analyzing, and presenting key financial data and metrics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in creating monthly, annual, or long-term cost projections and trend analysis and expenditures.
- Collect and analyze data on operational costs and make recommendations on the company’s processes and policies to help reduce cost and maximize profit
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as the Logistics team and the Marketing & Product Management team to formulate the most accurate importation costs for the trading business
- Regular analysis and reporting to drive product and business decisions
- Perform month-end accounting activities such as reconciliations and journal entries
What We’re Looking For:
- Candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, Mathematics or other related degrees
- CPA License is an advantage
- Ideally have at least one year of experience in management accounting or cost accounting
- An excellent communicator: We speak quickly and act quickly. Concise, easily understood, and thorough;
- Effective both in written format (emails, messages) and in person
- A quick learner and very open to feedback
- Love adopting new technology and software tools (e.g. Google Suite, Slack, Asana, Xero, etc)
- Proactive: Takes initiative and follows up of your own accord; Never lets an item drop
- Organized: Loves documentation; Extremely organized with files
- Analytical and Data-Driven: Metrics-driven and performs second-level thinking (analyzing trends, root cause, etc.)
- Continuously improving processes: Has initiative to suggest, plan, and execute process improvements
- Team Player: Does not hesitate to jump in to help team members whenever needed; Enthusiastic and energizing to be around