Job Description

DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint a Finance Manager to oversee finance and office operations for our office in Singapore.

Reporting into the local Cluster Head, with dotted line into the Head of International / International Development Director and group finance function, you will manage all aspects of the Singapore finance function to ensure all local statutory, taxation and regulatory compliance requirements are met. You will also act as a trusted business advisor to the business, working closely with the partners to drive profitable growth in the region, ensure budgets are achieved and where applicable actions plans are in place to address any variances.

Role Responsibility

Business Partnering

• Responsible for preparation of annual budget, work closely with the local business and central finance team
• Review results on a monthly basis, and work with Group Finance team to explain any variances and identify and implement remedial action
• Support the Partners with tenders and other financial modelling
• Assist with ad-hoc projects as and when required

Financial control and reporting

• Prepare statutory financial year-end accounts for DACB Singapore entity
• Reconcile local and group accounts, ensuring all differences are known and understood
• Work with local tax advisors and central tax team to prepare local tax returns and ensure these are submitted on time
• Comply with local regulatory requirements and file any necessary paperwork on time
• Document and share with Group Finance all local regulatory requirements and necessary filings
• Manage cashflow to ensure there are sufficient funds available to make payments
• Prepare general ledger accounting journals (payroll, prepayments, accruals, provisions and adjustments)
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet control account reconciliations
• Support Group Finance to run the central Cost Allocation Model on an annual basis to comply with transfer pricing regulations in the region.

Finance operations

• Ensure personal ability to perform all key finance tasks, and work with UK Finance Operations Team to ensure that:

• all matters and rates are set up accurately and deal with any general queries on matters.
• all payments, disbursements and invoices are logged accurately and timely.
• all bills are raised promptly and conduct regular reviews of unbilled time

• Work with the UK Finance Operations team to ensure billing queries are resolved
• Update hours and billing targets in the system as and when required
• Liaise with UK Finance Operations team to ensure cash is collected and allocated promptly
• Control and monitor the work in progress (WIP) generated by the office/cluster/region, to ensure accurate time recording and the fulfilment of the individual and collective revenue and billing targets

Stakeholder management

• Manage relationships with local banks
• Manage the statutory year-end audit and/or other audits that may take place

Tasks to be performed by UK Finance Operations Team

• Set-up matters and rates on the systems
• Raise and amend bills / credit notes and deal with billing queries
• Raise payments, disbursements, expense claims and purchase invoices
• Post cash and allocate to bills
• Set up and process bank payments
• Prepare bank reconciliations

Office Management

Reporting into the Singapore Cluster Head, with a dotted line into the Head of International / International Development Director, responsible for supervision and management of all aspects of property and facilities management to ensure that all local requirements are met, with support from local secretarial / administrator support.

Property - Singapore

• Responsible for compliance with all lease obligations and timely payment of all liabilities, health & safety and other regulatory requirements in relation to the Singapore office

Facilities Management

• Supervision of local administrative support to supervise / oversee:

• provision of all services to our offices (including cleaning, archiving & destruction, security) with support from UK Procurement and PG&R teams
• all planned preventative maintenance (including contracts) to all plant and machinery
• all local IT, and management of day-to-day IT issues
• local business continuity plans, liaising with UK PG&R and IT teams

HR & People

• Supervising local administrative support, and working with UK HR and the local Cluster Head:

• ensure the local entity maintains compliance with all local employment regulations
• ensure an appropriate set of policies and procedures are in place to manage local HR requirements / issues
• support implementation of relevant DACB Group HR initiatives (e.g. Flex Forward)

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience of finance management within the Singapore market
• Finance experience gained in a law firm or professional services environment would be an advantage
• A self-starter with a hands-on approach and the ability to work under minimal supervision
• Strong finance and analytical skills, including experience of providing monthly management accounts and value adding commentary
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting discussions with senior business managers
• Experience of working with and manipulating large amounts of data and preparing summaries for wider use
• Strong and confident communication skills, both orally and in writing, with the ability to interact with senior members of the business and build strong working relationships with stakeholders
• Organised and able to handle multiple demands and deadlines simultaneously
• Ability to convey complex financial and accounting concepts in a clear and straightforward manner
• The ability to work collaboratively with the business and challenge where appropriate

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK\'s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK\'s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the \'Leading Individual\' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the \'Excellence in Business Development\' and \'Excellence in Technology & Innovation\' categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the \'Crisis Management Team of the Year\' award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the \'Business Development Innovation Award\' at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as \'Cyber Law Firm of the Year\' at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit .

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don\'t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you\'re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies - the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at

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