Bain & Company, Inc.

ABOUT US 

Bain & Company is one of the world's leading global business consulting firms, helping the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We have once again topped #1 on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list (US and UK). Since the rankings debuted in 2009, we've ranked among the top four companies in the US every single year and have now earned the #1 spot a record six times.

In 2021, Bain & Company opened the APAC Global Business Services Center in Kuala Lumpur, to provide the best-in-class internal support, efficiently and professionally, to both leadership and consulting teams in Bain offices across Asia Pacific region.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for an experienced candidate to drive day-to-day operations and provide leverage to transform our finance processes. This role’s responsibilities will cover 6 countries across SE Asia, touching on all core areas of financial accounting plus managing/supporting ad hoc projects. To be successful, the individual should be able to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment, comfortable working with various internal and external stakeholders. The right candidate will look to embed themselves into our diverse and experienced finance team, creating operational efficiencies.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

End-to-end Finance support for Client Projects

• Pricing and Contracting 
  • Support the SE Asia AR team in the review of pricing and commercial terms (e.g. supporting requests for proposals, MSAs, pricing negotiations, case team pricing and developing letters of engagement) 

• Pipeline & Revenue/AR Management 
  • Ensure timely pipeline management and accurate recognition of revenue
  • Assist case management with pricing and price realization questions
  • Engaging regularly with the staffing team to align on team allocations
  • Prepare invoices, ensure accurate recording, and manage collections
  • Monitor pending AR and follow up as needed
  • Work closely with other Bain offices on revenue transfers
  • Support with month-end revenue close and revenue transfer calculations
  • Other ad hoc support as required

Processes and Improvements

• Critically review current processes, suggest improvements, and collaboratively implement improvements
• Undertake and support ad hoc projects, working alongside the team to implement changes while managing stakeholders

ABOUT YOU

• A Bachelor's degree in accounting with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant post-qualification experience (background in audit & assurance preferred)
• Track record of delivering work on time and zero defect; experience in a multi-geography/currency context preferred
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal), ability to effectively communicate accounting information, policies, and/or procedures
• Ability to analyze financial data and think critically
• Strong systems proficiency in Excel to synthesize data
• Ability to understand concepts and data flows while offering opinions and ideas for improvement
• Ability to learn financial systems and reporting tools (e.g., SAP, Workday, Tableau)
• Meticulous and capable of working on multiple projects independently and as a team
• Flexible and adaptable to change with a passion for results
• An ethical individual who acts with high levels of integrity at all times