Responsibilities

• Financial Stewardship & Business Performance
  • Own end‑to‑end financial stewardship for HAESL, ensuring strong governance and sustainable long‑term profitability
  • Lead business performance management including budgeting, forecasting and scenario analysis
  • Deliver profitability analysis to support strategic decision‑making and operational trade‑offs
  • Drive PBIT delivery while balancing short‑term performance with long‑term value creation
• Reporting, Dashboards & Systems
  • Strengthen finance dashboards and KPIs to enhance reporting quality and business insights
  • Lead enhancement of Finance dashboards and KPIs through SAP S/4 HANA implementation
  • Ensure robust, timely, and insightful management reporting to support business performance

• Operational Excellence & Controls
  • Ensure accurate and timely month‑end and year‑end financial close
  • Maintain strong internal controls and deliver positive audit outcomes
  • Ensure full compliance with regulatory, tax, and statutory requirements
  • Lead risk management and uphold strong financial governance standards

• Cost Management & Profitability
  • Drive cost control, margin management, and productivity improvements across the business
  • Lead OPEX and CAPEX Board submissions and approvals
  • Work with cross‑functional teams to embed sustainable workstreams to support long‑term profitability

• Cash Flow & Working Capital
  • Manage cash flow, working capital, and AR/AP effectiveness
  • Lead initiatives to optimize working capital and finance operating efficiency

• Stakeholder & Business Partnership
  • Act as a strong finance business partner to HAECO, Rolls‑Royce, and broader business teams
  • Build effective working relationships with audit, insurance providers, banks, and regulators
  • Support senior leadership with financial insights, governance, and decision support

• Training and Development
  • Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing finance team, fostering talent development, engagement, collaboration, and accountability.

Requirements

1. Job Requirements & Competencies 

• Able to demonstrate HAESL’s core values of “TEA & RICE” and “DISH” i.e. Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Commitment, Excellence, Diversity, Inclusion, Safety and Health
• Business Acumen:
  • Knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, trends, technology, customer behavior, competitive landscape and information affecting the company’s business
  • Aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace
• Customer Focus (Internal/external)
  • Able to develop effective relationships with customers, anticipate and meet customers’ requirements.
• Managing Vision & Purpose
  • Competent in communicating a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose.
• Organizational Agility
  • Knowledgeable about the company’s operational needs, future development and employees’ sentiment.
• Strategic Agility
  • Able to create competitive and break-through strategies and plans.
  • Future oriented and able to anticipate future consequences and trends accurately.
• Directing Others
  • Good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator

2. Qualification & Experience 

• Degree in Finance
• Professional accounting qualification
• 15 years of working experience
• Broad accounting and manufacturing / operational technical knowledge
• Senior finance leadership experience with strong business partnering and governance capability
• Proven ERP experience (SAP S/4 HANA preferred)
• Deep expertise in financial planning, performance management, and profitability optimization
• Strong knowledge of controls, risk, audit, and compliance (HK GAAP preferred)
• Track record of leading teams through change and continuous improvement