Finance Manager
Monitor a company’s financial health and develop strategies to help meet financial goals.
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- What's it like to be a Finance Manager?
- How to become a Finance Manager
- Latest Finance Manager jobs
- Top skills and experience for Finance Managers
- Finance Manager role reviews
What's it like to be a Finance Manager?
Finance Managers monitor a company’s finances. They also perform data analysis and advise senior managers on ideas to maximise profits. A Finance Manager often works as part of a team and assists in making decisions that are deemed crucial. Finance Managers function according to the organisation or industry they belong to. A Financial Manager could be a controller, treasurer, credit manager, cash manager, risk management specialist, or insurance manager.
Tasks and duties
- Preparing financial statements, business activity reports, and forecasts.
- Keeping track of financial details to ensure that all legal requisites are accomplished.
- Overseeing employees who do financial reporting and budgeting.
- Reviewing company financial reports and seeking ways to reduce costs.
- Analysing market trends to find opportunities for expansion.
How to become a Finance Manager
To become a Finance Manager, you typically need to complete a relevant degree. This will provide you with skills in reporting, managing, advising, analysing, and research.
- Complete a bachelor degree in finance, accounting, economics, or business administration.
- Consider completing a masters degree, preferably in business administration, finance or economics. This usually takes two years to finish. Many employers seek candidates with a master's degree.
- Gain extensive work experience related to business or finance. Financial Managers often have many years of experience as a Loan Officer, an Accountant, an Auditor, or a Financial Analyst.
- Take a professional certification such as Chartered Financial Analyst or Certified Public Accountant. These certifications will help you in your finance career. These certifications often require at least a year to prepare for and pass related examinations.
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Find out how your salary compares with the average salary for Finance Managers.Latest Finance Manager jobs on Jobstreet
Be one of the first to discover these recently listed jobs, or browse all Finance Manager jobs on Jobstreet right now.Accounts/Finance Manager
BARENA GROUP SDN. BHD.
Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Full Time
Accounting3h ago
Finance Manager / Assistant Manager
LINBAQ HOLDING SDN BHD
Johor Bahru, Johor
Full Time
Accounting8h ago
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Finance Manager employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Accounting
Financial Reporting
Cash Flows
Forecasting
Financial Statements
Budgeting
Internal Controls
Financial Analysis
Financial Operations
Accounting Standards
Financial Management
Management Reporting
Accounts Payable
Taxation
Financial Performance
Accounting Software
Balance Sheet
Financial Data
Treasury
Accounts Receivable
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Latest Finance Manager reviews
Nov 2022
As part of the key management role, management skill and appropriate PR is very important.
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Science (Applied Accounting)
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationInformation & Communication Technology
The good thingsExplore to the edge industry, Data Centre. Working with some talented people around the APAC region.
The challengesBusiness is rapidly growth, facing some challenges of change management.
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Nov 2022
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Reviewer's QualificationMaster of Professional Accounting (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Studies)
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationManufacturing, Transport & Logistics
The good thingsYou need to able multi-tasking in order continue sustain in your position. Accept any new and additional task/changelings and overcome it. Please remember ask ourselves the proposal whether it is fast...
The challengesAdditional responsible which all in same deadline. New superior created new format of reporting while the existing still need to maintain. Very focus on cost reduction include freeze hiring and cover ...
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