Manager, Controlling

“To be the most loved everyday food and groceries destination!” - that’s our mission at foodpanda (small ‘f’).

foodpanda is the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, outside of China. Operating in more than 400 cities across 11 markets, we continue to expand and grow in our core food delivery business, as well as in new verticals like grocery deliveries, with a strong tech infrastructure at our core. From our restaurants-partners, cloud kitchens and cloud grocery stores — foodpanda is just one tap away, getting everything you need into your hands quickly and conveniently!

We are looking for enthusiastic problem solvers to join us in scaling our platform, to digitalise businesses in Asia, uplift rider livelihoods and build a hyper-convenient platform for our customers. If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodpanda. Our diverse and high-performing team comprises people from more than 60 nationalities, and we welcome all experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.

We’re looking for a highly motivated controller. Our ideal candidate is confident in his/her technical skills, has a great attitude, thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to join a dynamic team centered around innovation. The successful candidate will have full ownership of the financial numbers and processes of business in Singapore, the role is based in Singapore and reports to the Director, Finance (Singapore).

What you’ll find at our table:

• Oversee the full set of accounts and take responsibility for month-end closing, closely partnering with the GL shared service team to ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Business partnering with local business stakeholders and FP&A counterparts to solve accounting issues effectively, review our financial numbers (PnL, balance sheet and cash flow) thoroughly and highlight any significant variances/potential risk areas to the management
• Focus on continuous process improvement, drive for the adoption of best practices and operational excellence for Singapore across different teams that will have significant financial impacts
• Ensure proper documentation on the processes to strengthen internal controls
• Assist with any new systems or process implementations
• Perform internal audits and manage quarterly and year-end external audits and liaise closely with external advisors to ensure that our regulatory reporting is completed on time
• Ensure processes are compliant with group accounting policies, internal controls, tax and other statutory requirements. Identify new internal accounting controls that we should implement to mitigate the risk of non compliance
• Ensure compliance with group accounting policies, audit, tax, and other statutory requirements
• Understand the company’s financial goals and offer data-driven, well informed recommendations to the Director, Finance
• Stay up to date with new accounting regulations and IFRS and update the team/ revise internal processes as necessary

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related subject
• A minimum of 7-8 years of direct experience in an accounting, auditing, or finance role, preferably with people management exposure, is required
• Big 4 Audit experiences will be an advantage
• Proficient in business English, both written and verbal, with strong analytical skills
• Background in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial start-up/technology environment will be a plus
• Familiarity with SAP Hana will be an advantage
• Practical knowledge of IFRS and CPA qualifications will be a plus
• Ability to work well under pressure, detail-oriented and strong problem-solving skills

What we offer:

• A dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Challenging and fulfilling steep learning curve
• Vibrant, dynamic & international workplace
• Periodic fun & engaging company events & team activities
• Tasty Thursdays
• Birthday Leave
• Work Anniversar(ies) Leave
• Opportunity to be a value-adding contributor to this fast-growing global company