Job Objective:

Controls by diligent steering and oversight of the various entities and group teams together comprising BSM from a financial perspective.

Key Accountabilities:

 Financial Reporting Review

• Monitors, controls and reviews the budget and forecasts of the assigned entities and functions (group teams), ensuring the needful is done to ensure budgets are not exceeded and forecasts are realistic and achieved. Produces monthly and quarterly financial statements. Conducts the budget monitoring against actual monthly results, ensures the development of the respective management reports and flags issues of consideration and proposes solutions for improvement.
• Receives, reviews, analyses and monitors periodical management reports from assigned entities and functions for their operations regarding all operational areas under his responsibility and coordinates as necessary.
• Produces consolidated reports with all the required information and analytics.

Working Capital Monitoring

• Reviews the periodic accounts receivables and accounts payables reports of the assigned entities, raises issues and proposes appropriate action plans

Cost Control / Capital Expenditure

• Exerts cost control for the assigned entities and group teams as per the agreed budgets and policies.
• Conducts evaluation for the assigned entities and group teams’ capital expenditures requests.

Tax and Accounting

• Monitors conformity of the assigned entities to international and local accounting principles, processes and legislation, in order to safeguard the company’s compliance with all statutory, financial and tax requirements and thus, manage and minimise any potential related legal risk. Supervises the preparation of statutory financial statements by the assigned entities in accordance with statutory and shareholders’ requirements.

Treasury Activities

• Identifies investment opportunities and hedging for the optimal utilisation of the assigned entities’ assets, cash flow and available funds, in order to enable the decisions makers to enhance the investment benefits returns with the minimum risk exposure with emphasis of foreign exchange exposure. Coordinates the provision of periodical analytical reports concerning the cash liquidity and foreign exchange status.

CFO office communication and support

• The Controller is the first point of contact for all CFO matters, especially financial and accounting, and keeps in close contact with the entities and functions management for any assistance and support may be required.

Other assignments

• The Controller engages in other ad-hoc tasks as per CFO’s instructions as such as tax and financial reporting projects, IT infrastructure development, supply chain management issues, performance management, feasibility studies, investments appraisals etc.

Requirements:

Education & Qualifications

• Relevant degree from an accredited University or College

Work Experience

• 3 years of experience for qualified accountants
• 5 years of experience in a related field for non-qualified accountants
• Knowledge in Maritime industry

 Job-Specific Skills

• Fluency in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good analytical mind, a good eye for the details and able to understand business requirements
• Knowledge of the local/regional maritime market conditions
• Proactive, positive, and persistent in achieving result
• Good interpersonal and communications skills for relationship management with internal/external customer
• Very good negotiation abilities
• Self-motivated, innovative, and keen on learn and develop
• Able to work independently

We offer a competitive remuneration package to the right candidate. Interested candidates, please send your CV and application letter with information about your notice period, and current and expected salary to HR Department, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Hong Kong) Limited Partnership, 26/F K Wah Center, 191 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong or fax to 2960-1530 or apply through the "Apply Now" function.   

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Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement is a global ship management group with a diverse fleet of oil and gas tankers, bulk carriers, containers and specialized vessels. To meet our rapid growth, we are recruiting high caliber professionals to fill key positions in our Hong Kong office.

We value strong domain expertise, team work, interpersonal skills, affiliation for technology and passion for learning. In addition, the ability to render the highest quality of service and to meet stringent regulatory and best practices within the framework of our values – integrity, loyalty and professionalism – is essential.