Associate Director - Accounting & Tax

This is a team managment position, leading a team size of 50 people, where reuqires you strong capability in performance managment, remote managment as well as strong commercial sense with client engagement skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set goals, objectives and strategies for the department and its business development
• Review Key Performance Indexes for the Department and set action points for teams to follow up
• Work with management team to ensure efficient and effective cooperation across different divisions
• Supervise and coach Managers
• Lead projects which require highly skilled resources, e.g. US GAAP reporting/conversion, due diligence work based on agreed procedures, etc.
• Maintain relationship with clients’ management (i.e. decision maker)
• Review deliverables to key clients
• Develop new business opportunities in line with company objectives
• Analyze market opportunities and develop market share statistics for business development
• Identify opportunities for cross-selling
• Prepare proposals for new/existing clients
• Monitor and control the billing, debt recovery and credit control actions in the Department
• Provide authorized signatory for payment instruction, and ad hoc assistance for Finance Division
• Work with HR on recruitment activities, performance review and employee relations matters
• Work with Operations team on contineous improvement projects and initiatives
• Attend conference and seminars for networking and development purposes

Key Requirements:

• Degree holder with full recognized accounting qualification
• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience in CPA firms or multinationals, preferably experience in Big 4 or professional service firms
• Excellent client servicing and interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyze customer specific demands and translate into customer specific solutions
• Excellent leadership skills and people management skills
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese

About the Organization:

This is a global leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world.