Barnes Aerospace Singapore, with legal entity name - Windsor Airmotive Asia Pte Ltd in the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), is a leading provider of Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services and spare parts for many of the worlds major turbine engine manufacturers, airline operators, and third-party providers. The Barnes Aerospace Singapore OEM Division is a world-class provider for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), specializing in precision stamped assemblies and tight tolerance machining, serving a robust global customer base throughout the aerospace industry. To learn more about Barnes Aerospace, please visit www.onebarnes.com.

Barnes Aerospace is seeking a high-calibre, driven and commercially astute Finance Director to lead the finance function for its Singapore MRO, Singapore OEM and Malaysia operations. This role serves as the senior finance leader for the region and a key member of the site leadership teams. The Finance Director will act as a strategic business partner to the Singapore Managing Director and three General Managers, providing financial leadership, insight, and challenge to drive profitable growth, operational excellence, and strong financial governance. This role will ensure robust financial management, compliance, performance optimization, and alignment with corporate strategy. If you are a disciplined and collaborative leader with strong business acumen, a continuous improvement mindset, and the ability to influence at senior levels in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this is an outstanding opportunity to make a significant impact.

Core Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Singapore MD and site General Managers.
• Contribute to the development and execution of business strategy, ensuring strong financial alignment with operational and commercial objectives
• Provide insightful financial analysis, modelling and decision support to drive growth, margin improvement and capital efficiency.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, capital investments, and strategic initiatives to support sustainable expansion.

Financial Leadership & Performance Management

• Lead all financial planning & analysis activities including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long-term strategic plans, and scenario modelling.
• Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP and corporate requirements.
• Drive performance management through KPI development, variance analysis, and clear financial visibility across all sites.
• Promote financial acumen across the leadership teams to ensure disciplined, data-driven decision-making.

Controllership & Governance

• Own the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes.
• Ensure integrity of financial statements, internal controls, and compliance with corporate governance standards.
• Oversee tax, treasury, statutory reporting, and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain and continuously improve robust financial systems, standard costing processes, and internal controls.
• Partner closely with HQ Finance team to ensure alignment with global policies and reporting standards.
• Lead external audit relationships and ensure successful statutory account preparation.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Identify and drive initiatives to improve operating efficiencies, working capital performance, and profitability.
• Support Lean and continuous improvement initiatives across operations.
• Monitor inventory management, standard costing, and productivity metrics to enhance operational transparency and performance.
• Leverage financial data analytics and system automation to improve reporting quality and efficiency.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing regional finance team.
• Foster a culture aligned with Barnes Aerospace values: Velocity, Integrity and Teamwork.
• Provide clear objectives, coaching, and performance feedback to build capability and bench strength within the team.
• Promote strong cross-functional collaboration between Finance, Operations, Commercial and Supply Chain teams.

Qualifications:

• Significant senior finance leadership experience within a multinational manufacturing environment ($100m+ turnover).
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and experience operating in a SOX-controlled environment.
• Full-spectrum finance expertise including FP&A, controllership, tax, treasury, statutory compliance and internal controls.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive business performance through financial insight.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing finance teams.
• Strong ERP and financial systems knowledge; experience driving automation and process improvement initiatives.
• Analytical, data-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capability.
• High integrity, strong emotional intelligence, and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA, MBA or equivalent advanced qualification preferred.