Manager, Finance (. M-FIN)

Finance and Administration Division

2-year fixed-term contract

Responsibilities:

• Lead accounting, reporting, and procurement functions, ensuring compliance in financial reporting and procurement policy and procedures, and support the Council’s financial sustainability

• Oversee daily accounting operations, month-end/year-end closings, management reporting, project claim reimbursements, audits, treasury management, and procurement controls

• Monitor subvention fund and project fund usage against expenditures for resources optimisation

• Ensure adherence to HKFRS, internal controls, risk management, and statutory requirements

• Prepare variance analyses and financial dashboard for Council review

• Provide business partnering through cost management insights, and procurement strategy advice to support operational efficiency and ensure compliance

• Ensure compliance of financial policies and procurement procedures, provide guidance to users

• Partnering with FP&A team on budget and strategic planning, ERP/system enhancement projects and process automation

• Coordinate with various stakeholders such as government bureaus, auditors, banks

• Lead and develop a small team, drive process improvements and team development

• Undertake any other duties or ad hoc projects as required by management

Requirements:

• A recognised university degree in Accounting or Finance.  CPA or equivalent professional qualification is advantageous

• At least 5 years post-qualification experience, experience working in statutory or NGO sectors is advantageous.  Candidate with less experience will be considered as Assistant Manager

• Proven expertise in reporting, procurement control, and governance reporting.  Hands on experience in payroll and MPF administration is advantageous

• Experience in formulating financial and procurement policies

• Experience with ERP/accounting systems implementation (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Oracle Suite, Yonyou, etc.)

• Familiarity with data analytics tools like Power Query/Power BI

• Good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua)

• Hands on, adaptive and able to work under pressure

• Good communication and presentation skills

• Strong leadership and analytical abilities

Terms of Appointment & Fringe Benefits

Appointment will be offered on a 2-year fixed-term contract.  Fringe benefits include paid leave, medical insurance and MPF.  Renewal of contract will be subject to the service needs of the Division and the performance of the appointee.

Application forms are available on the Council’s website https://www.consumer.org.hk/.  Interested applicants are invited to apply to the Director, Human Resources by sending the completed application form and a resume, including information of the latest salary, expected salary and earliest availability, together with a cover letter explaining why they consider themselves suitable for the position by 15 June 2026.  Applications should be sent by e-mail to rec••••@consumer.org.hk.  Candidates not invited for interview within 12 weeks from the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful.

The Consumer Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Personal Information Collection Statement

1. You must provide the personal data marked as mandatory in the application form.  Otherwise, the Council may not be able to process your application.

2. The personal data collected during the application process will be used for recruitment of the post, including assessing your application and contacting you, and other directly related purposes.  For such purposes, we may disclose your personal data to members of an assessment panel to assist in the recruitment.    

3. Personal data of unsuccessful candidates will be retained for a maximum of 2 years from the closing date of application, thereafter the data will be destroyed.

4. You have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data held by the Council, by submitting your request in writing to the Compliance and Administration Officer at 22/F, K. Wah Centre, 191 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong.  The Council may charge you a fee for the processing of such request.  

5. Please refer to the Privacy Policy at https://www.consumer.org.hk/en/privacy-policy for more information on the Council’s privacy policies and practices.