Finance Lead

Jensen Hughes is known throughout the world as the experts in fire protection engineering – a legacy of responsibility we have proudly upheld since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related security and risk-based fields – from accessibility consulting and risk analysis to process safety, forensic investigations, security risk consulting, emergency management, digital innovation and more.

Our engineers and consultants collaborate to solve complex safety and security challenges, ensuring our clients can protect what matters most. For over 80 years, we have helped mitigate risks that threaten lives, property and reputations. Through technology, expertise and industry-leading research, we remain dedicated to our purpose of making our world safe, secure and resilient.

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Why you should grow your career at Jensen Hughes

• You will work with market-leading clients and have the backing of a leading international firm.
• You'll have support from the leadership team and given flexibility to work where and when you want.
• Flexible working arrangements and Casual Friday.
• Regular monthly social activities and other celebratory occasions.
• Five weeks annual leave and Company paid parental leave.
• Career development and ongoing internal and external learning opportunities.
• Perks, benefits and reward platform - Perkbox.
• Great company culture and benefits.

Job Overview

We are looking for a Finance Lead in Seoul, Korea to support our growing business across Asia. The purpose of this role is to act as a true partner to the business and to provide strategic support to key parts of the business. The Project Finance Department oversees the financial performance of more than 20,000 projects on an annual basis acting as the business advisor to business operations, senior management, and executive leadership.

In this role, you will work across a range of different activities across Asia:

• Oversight and responsible for the month end close across multiple portfolios.
• Responsibility for intercompany reconciliation and reporting.
• End to end project administration including contract review, system set up, and ensuring accurate revenue recognition, billing, collections and project close out.
• Ownership of all project financial metrics including Revenue, Margin, Unbilled, AR, Backlog.
• Manage Month-End Close process for assigned projects including ensuring accuracy and compliance and driving results to reach department goals for Revenue, Margin, Unbilled & AR.
• Manage annual audit process for assigned projects.
• Partner with the Project Manager(s) in financial support of the projects.
• Review monthly results (Revenue, GM, Unbilled, AR, Backlog) with PMs, Operations Leadership, and Project Financial Managers providing high level analysis of performance.
• Lead the planning, documentation, and execution of department wide initiatives
• Drive process improvement identifying pain points or inefficiencies, determining solutions, and leading the testing and implementation of those solutions.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to provide appropriate finance support when necessary

Requirements And Qualifications

• Bilingual – English and Korean.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of relevant experience (revenue analyst, project accounting, auditor, etc.)
• Experience and understanding of revenue recognition principles.
• Experience in reviewing the performance of project financials.
• Experience in Finance processes within Asia.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint is preferred, but not required.
• Ability to read, interpret, and understand contract terms and conditions.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel.
• Someone who loves collaborating with all stakeholders.

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Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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Jensen Hughes will occasionally augment a recruiting search through agencies for certain positions when business conditions warrant. Jensen Hughes will not accept resumes, inquiries or proposals from recruiting agencies as an acceptable method to consider a candidate. 3rd party recruiting agencies must sign a standard Jensen Hughes agreement after being evaluated and accepted by a Human Resources or Talent Acquisition manager, or member of the talent acquisition team. Hiring managers and employees of Jensen Hughes are not authorized to accept resumes, engage in fee-based searches through recruiting firms or sign a search agreement. Please note this policy does not apply to “staffing firms” or firms that are involved with hiring temporary staff. Any recruiting agency interested in being considered may contact our recruiting team at jensenhughesrecruiting.com.