Carmen Yap

Strategic Financial Planning & Advisory

• Advising on, planning, and implementing budgetary controls, accounting policies, and financial systems
• Preparing or reporting on profit forecasts, budgets, and financial planning strategies
• Advising management on financial aspects of operations including productivity, inventory management, and product development
• Conducted risk management analysis for potential business investments.

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Preparing financial statements for presentation to stakeholders including management, shareholders, and statutory bodies
• Overseeing the preparation and submission of tax returns, while managing correspondence and dispute resolution processes with tax authorities on behalf of the organization

Audit & Assurance

• Conducting audits of financial accounts and bookkeeping records to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Performing financial investigations related to fraud, insolvency, or bankruptcy
• Certifying internal financial processes and reports to ensure integrity, accuracy, and transparency
• Managed relationships with banking institutions, investors, and other external partners.

Cost Control & Systems Development

• Designing and maintaining cost accounting systems to determine unit costs for products and services
• Devising financial controls and systems for accurate financial monitoring and efficiency

• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration, sharing insights from financial analysis with key stakeholders to drive business growth.
• Led end-to-end budgeting and forecasting processes across multiple regional entities, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and financial targets
• Delivered timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc management reports, including regional consolidated financials and performance dashboards
• Conducted in-depth financial analysis and presented insights on profitability, cost trends, and variance drivers to regional leadership for decision-making
• Oversaw revenue and cost recognition processes, ensuring proper client billing, supplier invoicing, and accruals in compliance with accounting standards
• Produced granular profitability analyses by product line, market segment, and key customer accounts to support commercial strategy
• Managed regional G&A expenditure controls and headcount reporting, including oversight of recruitment, travel, and telecom expenses
• Provided mentorship and guidance to FP&A analysts across various sub-locations, fostering a collaborative and high-performance finance team culture
• Contributed to long-term financial strategy by evaluating potential investments, acquisitions, and divestitures based on rigorous financial analysis.
• Fostered a culture of continuous improvement within the finance team by leading training sessions on best practices in FP&A processes and tools.
• Influenced strategic decisions by conducting industry trend analyses and presenting findings to senior leadership.

• Manage and prepare the monthly management accounts, including review and analysis, journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations, and other month end reporting requirements
• Support and manage the overall accounting functions to ensure compliance with accounting standards
• Perform review for completeness and correctness of balance sheet and P&L review and provide Commentary and analysis the fluctuation on the monthly Management Report and others relevant information
• Prepare of Group Consolidation Financial Statement
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting
• Prepare the monthly group's financial reporting deck for the management meeting
• Responsible for handling tax compliance work such as tax estimation, tax filing, tax queries, tax audit and tax payment
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and streamline financial processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy

• Handle and managing full set of accounts including AR, Fixed Asset, GL and management report
• Ensuring all month-end reconciliation are performed, prepayment and accrual and journal are properly prepared and posted on time
• Preparing monthly management accounts, which includes analyzing finance operations
• Managing all internal and external audits and ensuring that any audit issues are resolved within the specified timeline
• Assist in preparing ad-hoc reports as at when required
• Involve in accounting customization and system migration process

• Company Overview: (Star Radio Group)
• Maintain daily, weekly and monthly cash flow
• Keep track of daily cash inflow from receivable
• Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, ensuring timely and accurate payments and collections
• Maintain the general ledger, including posting journal entries, reconciling accounts, and ensuring accuracy of financial data
• Prepare and analyze financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statement
• Participate in special projects or initiatives as assigned by senior management
• (Star Radio Group)

• Monitoring accounts receivables on daily or monthly AR bank in reconciliation and implement virtual bank accounts to minimize operational bank in issues
• Compile closing inventory for monthly stock inventory and verify and perform reconciliation on monthly wastage analysis report
• Prepare and update prepayments, reconciliation of point collection and maintain accurate GL
• Prepare relevant internal/statutory/regulatory reports, balance sheet reconciliations/schedule
• Maintain fixed assets schedule include FA tagging, transfer and disposal by outlets
• Coach and mentoring team members when necessary
• Undertake any ad-hoc tasks assigned

• Handling day to day accounting works i.e
• Cash book, Party ledgers, Banking transactions, Bills Payable & receivables etc
• Preparing monthly, quarterly and annually Profit & loss statement, Balance sheet for management purposes
• Liaise with auditor and tax agent
• Handles assigned work requests in efficient, timely manner
• Maintains communications with appropriate agency to ensure that assigned work is handled in a positive, timely and efficient manner

• Execute work and present its findings for clients and their stakeholders
• Build relationships and communicates effectively with clients
• Involve in tax computation for company and prepare income tax returns for different industries
• Involve in personal tax computation for Sole Proprietor and Partnership