Job Title: Senior Finance Manager
Changzhou, CN, 213031
Position Summary:
The Sr. Finance Manager is based in Changzhou and reports directly to the China Finance Controller. This role owns end-to-end financial management of three local manufacturing entities, covering financial control, finance reporting, tax governance and operational business partnering. The role will ensure full regulatory compliance, proactively mitigate financial and tax risks, develop teams and drive sustainable financial performance to support business objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Financial Reporting & Control
Oversee full-cycle financial reporting, month-end/year-end closing, annual budgeting, rolling forecasting and financial analysis, and ensure the accuracy, timeliness and integrity of all financial statements in compliance with accounting standards and corporate policies.
2. Manufacturing & Operational Finance
Partner with plant operation teams on end-to-end manufacturing financial management, including cost accounting, inventory control, production variance analysis and manufacturing expense governance, to drive operational efficiency and cost optimization.
3. Tax Compliance & Risk Management
Own full-scope tax management for the entity including routine tax filings, tax accounting and tax reconciliation; proactively identify, assess and mitigate tax risks.
4. Audit & Internal Compliance
Maintain and improve the internal control framework aligned with SOX requirements and corporate policies, support internal and external audit activities, track audit findings and drive implementation of corrective actions.
5. Stakeholder Collaboration & Ad-hoc Tasks
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and standardized financial practices, monitor core financial metrics and provide data-driven insights to senior management for decision-making, and complete ad-hoc projects and assignments as required.
Knowledge, Skills & Experiences
- Strong leadership capability, with proven experience in leading and developing teams.
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills; able to engage effectively with all organizational levels.
- Fluent in both written and spoken English and Chinese, capable of independently leading discussions and meetings with overseas headquarters and cross-regional teams.
- Hands-on, detail-oriented with strong analytical thinking and a big-picture perspective.
- Solid problem-solving, organizational and multi-tasking skills; able to work under pressure and deliver quality results against tight deadlines.
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting or a related field.
- CPA, CIMA, ACCA or MBA qualification is preferred.
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in senior finance roles (manager level and above).
- Direct hands-on finance experience in a manufacturing plant environment is required.
- Proven team management experience is required.
- Fluent English (written and spoken) is required.
- Familiarity with ERP systems (Navision, Visual) and experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) is a strong plus.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
- Experience in digitalizing financial process & systems via AI, RPA or other automation solutions is a strong plus.