Responosibilities:
As a member of the Executive
Management team, the ChiefFinancial Officer reports to the CEO and plays a key
role in the overall management of the company. The CFO has primary day-to-day
responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all
finance-related activities of the company. These include direct responsibility
for accounting, financing, forecasting, cost and profit analysis, staff
incentives, deal analysis and negotiations as well as investor
relationships.
Specifically,
these responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
A.
Supervision & Leadership (Personnel Leadership & Strategic
Leadership)
1. Organize, supervise, monitor and motivate finance
department staff members
2. Create and regularly update staff development
plans
3. Design, systematize and implement workflows and monitoring; check
and create statistics on their successful implementation
4. Check up on their
work and provide regular feedback both to them and to CEO
5. Provide
executive management with advice on the financial implications of business
activities
6. Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial
performance and business opportunities
7. Ensure regular evaluation and
review of short and long-term strategic financial objectives
8. Ensure that
the financial reporting system is able to effectively support the needs of key
management within a meaningful time frame
B. Financing
1. Work
with banks and financial institutions to maintain smooth flow of funding for
group operations and investments.
2. Help create and maintain corporate
profiles and other materials needed for interaction with investors, banks and
other financial institutions
C. Preparation of accounts and financial
statements
3. Maintain and regularly issue management accounts and
financial statements (internal and external) for all locations and group
companies
4. Contribute to analysis of financial statements and help identify
ways to cut costs and increase profitability
5. Maintain and regularly issue
group management accounts conforming with IFRS and meeting audit
requirements
D. Accounts receivable / Accounts payable
1. Monitor
receivables / payables with finance departments in all locations on an ongoing
basis
2. Make sure the status of each receivable / payable is known by
Finance and that none are falling through the cracks
3. Make sure proper
processes are applied when client payments are behind schedule (late fees,
escalation to management etc.)
4. Maintain standards for invoicing and
reporting as well as making sure those are sent out in a timely manner
5. In
certain cases, follow up receivables / payables directly with foreign clients /
suppliers when language barrier prevents local staff from doing this
E.
Cost accounting / calculation of salesperson bonuses (“incentives”)
1.
Train office finance managers in properly calculating the cost for individual
projects; review those cost calculations
2. Manage finance staff to ensure
interim and annual sales bonuses (“incentives”) are calculated correctly and
paid on time
3. Improve cost control through processes
F.
Logistics
1. Monitor and support logistics department to ensure smooth
operation of import/export activities
2. Supervise the purchase orders for
items to be imported from Germany, USA, etc.
3. Supervise preparation of
documents for import/export procedures (commercial invoices, packing lists,
etc.) and ensure these documents meet professional standards
4. Ensure that
stock quantities are correct and reporting systems are functional
5. Liaise
with clients & suppliers in Europe and the USA for various import/export
issues, especially when language barrier prevents this from being done by a
local employee
6. Organize office finance managers in supervising logistics
department for various inventory management issues (e.g. planning stock levels
for key products)
G. Planning
1. Proactively plan taxes to be paid
in advance of the payment (VAT, business tax, corporate income tax, etc.)
2.
Obtain CEO approval before finalizing tax payment plans and/or large
payments
3. Plan parent company management accounts and financial
statements
4. Create consolidated financial statements for the IT Group as a
whole
5. Regularly plan and report on group cash flow
Requeirmemts:
1. Foreigner
2. Fluent in
English and Chinese
3. Has 4-year financial management experiences in
mid-size companies in China