- General
- China - Shanghai
Finance Manager
Location: :Shanghai, China
Reporting to: China General Manager
This role acts as core finance business partner to sales, procurement, logistics and warehouse teams. You will oversee full P&L management, annual budget & rolling forecast, project profitability analysis, cost system building, integrated finance-business digitalization, sales contract financial review, full-cycle treasury & accounts receivable control, tax compliance and export tax rebate, bank relationship maintenance.
Budget & Business Target Management, Business Solution & Decision Support
- Collaborate with all business lines to develop short & long-term budgets under diversified trading models, conduct opportunity & risk assessment, and establish standardized budget tracking & monthly review mechanism to deliver corporate annual KPIs.
- Participate in full lifecycle of all trading projects, provide financial calculation and risk evaluation, co-optimize business solutions and resolve emergent operational issues to hit group profitability targets.
Project Profitability Management, Cost Control & System Establishment
- Lead end-to-end project cost and gross margin analysis, define profit KPIs and propose optimized pricing strategies, carry out continuous performance tracking & post-project review to steadily lift overall project margin.
- Monitor supplier and logistics execution throughout the process, build quantitative cost analysis models and vendor evaluation system, identify cost-saving & efficiency-improving opportunities, and realize refined supply chain cost management (including transportation cost optimization, logistics model iteration).
Finance-Business Integrated System Development & Process Optimization
- Take full ownership of integrated finance & business system construction; lead requirement research, cross-department process mapping, system logic design and financial control node setup, coordinate sales, procurement, warehouse and finance teams to complete system implementation.
- Automate manual workflows, unify cross-department data standards, build closed-loop business-finance risk control framework, accelerate financial data output and improve the accuracy of budget & forecast to support data-driven management decisions.
Financial Review of All Sales Contracts
Independently conduct financial approval for all sales contracts; thoroughly verify settlement terms, credit periods, cross-border payment rules, tax clauses and profit clauses, standardize front-end business cooperation specifications to lay solid foundation for subsequent fund settlement, accounting booking and accounts receivable collection.
Treasury Management, Project Tracking & Receivables Control
- Fully coordinate corporate-wide capital operation, sort out standardized capital inflow & outflow workflows, closely track project execution milestones together with business teams and monitor capital circulation.
- Align treasury arrangement with budget plan to maximize capital utilization efficiency, optimize cross-border FX & payment management, maintain long-term stable bank partnerships and guarantee healthy group cash flow.
Tax Compliance & Export Tax Rebate Administration
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Team Leadership & Internal Culture Building
- Lead a finance team of around 10 people, allocate daily work, optimize team workflow and performance appraisal.
- Build an open, positive and collaborative team atmosphere, strengthen cross-functional communication with all business departments and improve overall group operation efficiency.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Accounting / Finance; CPA, CMA, ACCA or equivalent accounting qualification is preferred.
- Minimum 8 years end-to-end comprehensive finance experience, with at least 3 years formal Finance Manager experience involving direct team supervision
- Deep hands-on experience in international trading and supply chain sectors, with proven practical exposure to export tax rebate, cross-border FX settlement, logistics cost optimization and full-cycle vendor management.
- Established solid banking relationship resources, with successful track records in treasury operation, cross-border capital arrangement and cash flow risk mitigation.
- Extensive Finance BP practical experience, capable of full-cycle annual budget & rolling forecast, project profitability analysis, cost model development and integrated finance-business digital system rollout.
- Mandatory fluent business English for daily internal communication and regular financial reporting to overseas headquarters.
- Proficient in mainstream ERP platforms, Power BI and advanced Excel for financial modeling & data analysis.
- Positive, open and collaborative mindset; skilled at building harmonious team culture and facilitating cross-department alignment
- Quick to onboard and able to resolve complex finance & business challenges under tight deadlines and work pressure.
INFORMATION & APPLICATION
If you are interested in and qualified for this position, please feel free to get in touch via sarah.zhang@talent-fishers.com and share your resume for the “Finance Manager” job application.
Suitable candidates will be contacted within one month upon application.
