Senior Director, GBS Finance APAC

This role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the GBS Finance operations for the APAC region, AMEI region (through GCC) and Global Business Units (serviced out of GCC). The role will be responsible to develop a high performance team that focuses on operational excellence, strong controls, and delivering superior customer experience..

For APAC, we have two centres - one in Kuala Lumpur and the other in Shanghai. For AMEI and GBUs, the work is delivered through our GCC partner from Pune. Collectively the team size is 300+ FTE and growing.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

• Deliver and uplift the current KPIs focusing on operational excellence aligned to the overall business strategy.  
• Evolve the Finance tower to a best in class unit that will be able to scale and continuously grow to deliver high quality services as the organization expands.  
• Develop a collaborative culture with various parties and stakeholders both within Finance and outside of Finance, to effectively, efficiently deliver seamless services.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement leveraging on analytical data to measure performance, develop plans and execute performance improvement to drive down transaction cost, reduce cycle time, and improve responsiveness to customer needs.
• Constantly review and assess opportunities to grow and increase scope of services to help the overall organization achieve further efficiency.    
• Contribute to and provide operational inputs to the Finance technology roadmap and leverage on technology advancement to drive up operational efficiency.  
• Ensures compliance with internal controls and monitors operational and compliance risks; and develops mitigation strategies.

Are you a MATCH?

• You are a chartered accountant with 15+ years of Finance shared services experience. 

• Currently leading the delivery of a Finance shared service / GBS of a mature medium to large multinational organization

• Demonstrated experience in impacting the quality and success of a finance shared service/analytics business

• Experience in leading or supporting ERP changes

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels

• Ability to lead virtual, global teams

• Armed with a track record in transformation and change management, you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and enjoy the challenges of deploying best practices on a global/ regional platform. 

• Able to build and nurture productive relationships at senior level and engage and manage high performing teams

• Strong knowledge of business principles including but not limited to, financial management, project management, strategy, operational planning and administration

• Six-sigma certification preferred

About Air Liquide
 

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.