SAP B1
WOAN JEN CHIN
Finance Business Partner | Regional Senior Accountant
Summary
Professional financial expert prepared for regional accounting responsibilities. Known for strong focus on collaboration, achieving results, and adapting to changing needs. Skilled in financial analysis, budgeting, compliance, and reporting. Reliable team player with strategic mindset and keen problem-solving abilities.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Finance Business Partner
Milestone Systems Pte Ltd
03.2017 - Current
- Commission specialist in oversee sales commission processes, supporting the sales commission process, coordinate with sales team in target setting, accounts owners' changes and sanity check for the sales commission quarterly payout.
- Support in budgeting and forecasting processes, looking at regions past years performance, revenue trends and seasonality trends to optimize financial planning.
- Deliver financial analysis to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency across the APAC region.
- Ensure monthly, quarterly and yearly rolling forecasts meet the budget target - collaborate with Sales Directors and VP for group submission.
- Ensure data integrity provided from Group and system.
- Ensure Salesforce accounts are set up from group or update according to Sales team's request.
- Sanity check and ensure correctness in quarterly commission calculations.
- Collaborated with Group to improve procedures and policies on sales commission for local region's needs.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, global guidelines, and regulatory requirements and advance planning for on-time reporting.
- Strengthened financial reporting processes, optimizing data accuracy, compliance, and timely submission of financial statements (i.e., correct accruals, correct cost periods, etc.).
- Facilitate collaboration between global teams and local directors to enhance communication and alignment.
- Manage outsourcing service providers to ensure seamless financial operations and service delivery.
- Supervised outsourcing service providers, ensuring timely execution of monthly payments, payroll processing, and financial closing reports with accurate accruals and cost periods.
- Enhance and establish finance operations processes to drive efficiency and accuracy.
- Support global initiatives, including corporate bank account migration and Concur travel system implementation.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to implement risk prevention measures and strengthen internal controls.
- Established and enhanced finance operations processes, including reporting, claim submissions with clear deadlines, and day-to-day financial activities, ensuring operational efficiency.
- Cost center management, including tracking expenses recorded under the right cost owners.
- Participate in any ad-hoc projects/initiatives led by group finance or global sales organization.
- Best Departmental Employee in Milestone, 2019: Being recognized for the support and value given in enhancing the claims process, ensuring on time and accuracy of reimbursement from the global team.
- Sales commission excellent for Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia, India, on-going: Work with Group Commission team and regional Sales Director, Director of Finance to improve the commission process from target setting to collaborate with HR team in commission pay-out and any special arrangement at taken into consideration.
- Ensured completeness and accuracy of commission calculation, with minimum off-cycle payment as target.
- Focused on matters related to sales commissions (missing invoices being handled on time with Group Commission team and HR team).
- Corporate bank migration, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia, 1 year: Worked with Group Accountant in liaising with directors and corporate secretary for the required documents and information.
- Ensured completeness and accuracy of documents.
- Accounting System migration, Singapore, China, 1 year: Worked with IT specialist and SAP consultant in setting up the appropriate accounts code, profit/costs centers, financial model and template in the system.
- Organized and ensured completeness in stock taken, to transfer the present value of stock value.
- Functional currency conversion, Singapore, 8 months: Worked with IT specialist in measuring the correct currency rate for both balance sheet and profit & loss.
- Functioned as a Project manager for the regional company and its subsidiary's functional currency change.
Freelance Accountant/Auditor
Cheng Co Advisory (S) Pte Ltd
02.2015 - 10.2016
- Assisted in compiling financial reports and tax computations, providing clarity and accuracy in financial documentation.
- Conducted audits to ensure compliance and accuracy in financial records.
Accountant (GL)
Bauer Technologies Far East Pte Ltd
07.2009 - 01.2015
- Set up the financial modelling for the company and improved on-time financial reporting by restructuring internal procedures and enhancing documentation processes.
- Change of report's functional currency from SGD to EUR.
- Involved in system migration to SAP B1.
- Liaising with the banker for LC documentation's submission and foreign currency exchange.
- Managed budget oversight and cash flow analysis, leading to improved financial stability.
Accountant (AR/GL)
ETLA Ltd
01.2008 - 06.2009
Accounts Manager
Advance Interactive Technologies Pte Ltd
05.2007 - 12.2007
Accounts Executive
Sumitomo Electric Interconnect Products (M) Sdn Bhd
06.2005 - 04.2007
Audit Assistant
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
12.2004 - 06.2005
Senior Associate
SQ Morison
03.2003 - 05.2004
Audit Assistant
H.Y.Lim & Co.
03.2001 - 02.2003
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Information Systems
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, Western Australia 07.1999 - 12.2000
Associate Advance Diploma - Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems
Metropolitan College
Subang, Malaysia 02.1998 - 06.1999
Certificate - Commerce, SPM, LCCI (Intermediate), MCC
Foon Yew High School
Johor Bahru, Johor 01.1992 - 11.1997
Skills
Financial reporting
Projects Achievements
- Best Departmental Employee in Milestone, 2019, Being recognized for the support and value given in enhancing the claims process, ensuring on time and accuracy of reimbursement from the global team.
- Sales commission excellence for Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia, India, Work with Group Commission team and regional Sales Director, Director of Finance to improve the commission process from target setting to collaborate with HR team in commission pay-out and any special arrangement taken into consideration. Ensured completeness and accuracy of commission calculation, with minimum off-cycle payment as target. Focused on matters related to sales commissions (missing invoices being handled on time with Group Commission team and HR team).
- Corporate bank migration, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia, 1 year, Worked with Group Accountant in liaising with directors and corporate secretary for the required documents and information. Ensured completeness and accuracy of documents.
- Accounting System migration, Singapore, China, 1 year, Worked with IT specialist and SAP consultant in setting up the appropriate accounts code, profit/costs centers, financial model and template in the system. Organized and ensured completeness in stock taken, to transfer the present value of stock value.
- Functional currency conversion, Singapore, 8 months, Worked with IT specialist in measuring the correct currency rate for both balance sheet and profit & loss. Functioned as a Project manager for the regional company and its subsidiary's functional currency change.
Education Certifications
- Dale Carnegie
- Disagree Agreeably, 11/01/21, Communicate with Different Personality Style, 11/01/21, Communicate Effectively, 11/01/21
- Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems, 07/01/99, 12/31/00
- Metropolitan College, Subang, Malaysia
- Associate Advance Diploma in Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems, 02/01/98, 06/30/99
- Foon Yew High School, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
- Certificate in Commerce, SPM, LCCI (Intermediate), MCC, 01/01/92, Consolation in State's Chinese Essay's Writing competition, 1997
Software
Power BI Desktop
Salesforce
Microsoft 365
Advance Excel
PowerPoint
Think-Cells
Certification
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA, Singapore)
Timeline
Finance Business Partner
Milestone Systems Pte Ltd
03.2017 - Current
Freelance Accountant/Auditor
Cheng Co Advisory (S) Pte Ltd
02.2015 - 10.2016
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA, Singapore)
07-2013
Accountant (GL)
Bauer Technologies Far East Pte Ltd
07.2009 - 01.2015
Accountant (AR/GL)
ETLA Ltd
01.2008 - 06.2009
Accounts Manager
Advance Interactive Technologies Pte Ltd
05.2007 - 12.2007
Malaysia Institute of Accountant (MIA)
07-2005
Accounts Executive
Sumitomo Electric Interconnect Products (M) Sdn Bhd
06.2005 - 04.2007
Audit Assistant
Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
12.2004 - 06.2005
CPA Australia (Australia)
04-2004
Senior Associate
SQ Morison
03.2003 - 05.2004
Audit Assistant
H.Y.Lim & Co.
03.2001 - 02.2003
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Information Systems
Curtin University of Technology
07.1999 - 12.2000
Associate Advance Diploma - Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems
Metropolitan College
02.1998 - 06.1999
Certificate - Commerce, SPM, LCCI (Intermediate), MCC
Foon Yew High School
01.1992 - 11.1997
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