RM Asia Group is a partner in the development of South East Asia, Asia and Africa, uniquely positioned to promote economic development. We operate in an expanding and dynamic international environment of general trading and service operations in emerging markets.
With operations in the UK, and dealer partnerships throughout Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, Guava International Limited supply vehicles, parts and technical support for Land Rover and Jaguar. Our passion and commitment is to ensure that our customers make the very most of the best and that we are there to advise and assist them.
We now seek to recruit an accomplished and progressive Finance and Administration Director to work with our Managing Director and senior management team, to build on our successes and to assist in positioning the business to fully exploit its opportunities.
You will be responsible for all financial matters of Guava International Ltd., and will work closely with the Managing Director, senior leadership and board of directors to develop and implement strategies across the organization. In addition, you will oversee all aspects of the accounting and finance functions of the business and be directly responsible for all administration, facility management and logistics.

Key responsibilities of the post:

Finance
• Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed.
• Oversee cash, investment, and asset management.
• Oversee financing strategies and activities, as well as banking relationships.
• Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.
Planning, Policy, and Business Relations
• Coordinate the development and monitoring of budgets.
• Develop financial business plans and forecasts.
• Participate in company policy development as a member of the senior management team.
• Engage the finance committee of the board of directors to develop short-, medium-, and long-term financial plans and projections.
• Represent the company to financial partners, including financial institutions, investors, suppliers, dealerships, auditors, public officials, etc.
• Remain up to date on best practices.
Business Development
• Support the MD in identifying financial products and services that assist in securing long term dealer relationships
• Responsible for initiating customized value-added services, with key commercial advantages, that differentiate services of Guava International Ltd., from other potential suppliers and that generate interest within the target market
• Seek and acquire feedback from the market about the value of services offered and contribute to the conceptualization and development of new value propositions.
Accounting, Tax and Administration
• Oversee the accounting department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems and function; supervise the company’s finance staff.
• Ensure maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting for the company, the board of directors and appropriate governmental agencies; oversee the preparation and communication of monthly and annual financial statements.

Logistics
• Oversee the activities of the Logistics section
• Ensuring effective and timely coordination of plans and programmes and cooperation with the GFS Aftersales organization

Information Technology and Business Systems
• Responsible for managing the company’s IT and business systems infra-structure, ensuring the business has the IT capabilities sufficient for its needs
• To ensure effective coordination between the company and Group IT, avoiding duplication of effort and optimizing areas for systems deployment and development

Ideal candidates will possess:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
ESSENTIAL:
• 5 to 10 years of senior management experience working within an organization with regional/international business.
• A thorough, practical, understanding of overall business disciplines and how real business needs can be addressed effectively with pragmatic solutions.
• An advanced level of written and verbal communication/presentation skills is essential.

COMPETENCIES:
• Leadership – Forward thinking and proactive with judgment, direction setting and achieving of targets. Able to lead management and operational teams, creating a climate in which team members have a desire for results and are able to realize their potential.
• Management – Able to identify direction for self and others, motivating and effectively managing staffing and resource requirements. Capacity to use judgment and evaluate situations in order to make decisions following through to appropriate action and results.
• Achieving Results – Results driven, able to make sound judgments over competing priorities, use initiative and actively assess the course of action to set and accomplish targets.
• Strategic Thinking – Able to identify a vision along with the plans which need to be implemented to meet the end goal, evaluating situations, decisions, issues in the short, medium and long term.
• Analytical Thinking – Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts and explore and evaluate them systematically.
• Flexibility – Adapts easily to change and responds flexibly to a changing and evolving environment, provides momentum when driving change and involves others when building plans for change.
• Resilience - Ability to work under pressure and manage personal effectiveness in face of challenge. Demonstrates an approach to work that is characterized by commitment, energy and motivation.
• Teamwork – Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse and multi-cultural workforce in a variety of locations, working cooperatively with others. The ability to build and contribute to a team as well as work independently within a given framework.

Guava International Limited
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of RM Asia Group, a global diversified business group with a strong automotive business division, headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.