Assistant Finance Manager
Job Summary
This role manages the financial and commercial aspects of projects, including budgeting, cost tracking, and reporting. The position works closely with project teams to ensure financial health across regional construction projects. Successful candidates must be willing to undertake frequent overseas travel and long-term assignments.
Responsibilities
- Manage project budgets and cost tracking
- Prepare project financial and tax reports
- Coordinate variation orders and claims
- Monitor cost variances and forecasting
Required Skills
- Accounting or Finance degree
- 3-5 years relevant experience
- Construction industry knowledge
- ERP systems proficiency
- Willingness to travel overseas
Job Details
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee project cost control and ensure accurate cost coding in accordance with the Bill of Quantities and approved project budgets.
- Monitor budget against actual expenditure, forecast final project costs and analyse cost variances.
- Coordinate with Quantity Surveyors and project teams on variation order costing, claims and cost recovery.
- Prepare and review monthly project commercial and cost reports.
- Prepare consolidated project costing reports, including intercompany eliminations.
- Analyse tax implications relating to construction projects, including corporate income tax, SST, VAT, GST, withholding tax and cost deductibility.
- Advise management on the tax impact of project variations, claims and project structures.
- Strengthen project cost controls, tax awareness and internal control processes.
- Perform other duties or special assignments as required by senior management.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, CPA or MIA would be an advantage.
- Minimum 3–5 years of relevant accounting, audit or project finance experience.
- Experience in the construction industry, particularly in project costing or project finance, would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of project management principles and practices.
- Familiar with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and ERP systems.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proactive, responsible, detail-oriented and able to work independently.
- Able to collaborate effectively within a team environment.
- Willing and able to travel overseas frequently and undertake long-term overseas assignments.