About Carousell Group
Carousell Group is the leading multi-category platform for secondhand in Greater Southeast Asia on a mission to make secondhand the first choice. Founded in August 2012 in Singapore, the Group has a leading presence in seven markets under the brands Carousell, Carousell Media Group, Cho Tot, Laku6, LuxLexicon, Mudah.my, OneShift, REFASH and Revo Financial, serving tens of millions of monthly active users. Carousell is backed by leading investors including Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments, 500 Global and Peak XV Partners (formerly known as Sequoia Capital India).
As a team of passionate individuals working together to solve meaningful problems, there is so much more for you to discover in a career with Carousell. Our culture is made up of hiring, developing, and promoting people who embody our values of HEART, which is an acronym for Humility, Empathy, Accountability, Relentlessly resourceful and Teamwork. Together as an organisation, we make magic happen.
Job Description
About the Role
As Carousell Group scales across Southeast Asia, we are building a finance function that operates at the
speed of the business - not behind it. The Assistant Financial Controller is a pivotal role in this
transformation, evolving from a traditional accounting focus into a forward-looking AI-augmented finance
partner. You will own the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting while simultaneously leading the
automation and redesign of the workflows that produce it. This is a role for a finance professional who
wants to move beyond month-end closes and spreadsheet models, and into the territory of real-time
business intelligence, intelligent process automation and AI-assisted strategic partnering. If you are
energised by the idea of making finance a competitive advantage - not just a compliance function - this is
where you build that future.
What You Will Do
- Own and continuously improve the revenue recognition process, leveraging AI tools to automate journal entries, flag exceptions and maintain audit-ready documentation
- Drive the design and implementation of automated close workflows, targeting significant reductions in cycle time and manual effort
- Build and maintain real-time P&L dashboards in collaboration with data and engineering teams, replacing periodic reporting with live business intelligence
- Act as a strategic finance partner to business unit leaders, using AI-generated insights and scenario models to contribute to pricing, headcount and market decisions
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of AI-powered forecasting tools, improving forecast accuracy and extending the planning horizon across the group
- Partner with product, data and operations teams to ensure financial data pipelines are clean, structured, and available for consumption by other AI systems across the business
- Document and champion new AI-first finance processes, building internal capability and creating reference materials for the wider group
- Identify and prioritise automation opportunities across finance workflows, building the business case for investment and tracking realised productivity gains
What You Will Need
- 3–5 years of experience in finance, accounting or financial analysis, ideally in a high-growth or technology company
- Strong grounding in accounting principles including P&L management, revenue recognition and financial controls
- Demonstrated experience using automation, data tools, or AI applications to improve finance processes - not just a willingness to learn, but evidence of doing
- Proficiency with financial planning and reporting tools; familiarity with SQL or data querying is a strong plus
- Commercial instinct and the ability to translate numbers into business insights that non-finance stakeholders can act on
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills - you will partner regularly with product, data, engineering and leadership teams
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to build new processes where none exist
- Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA) or equivalent analytical background is advantageous
New Skills You Will Gain
Through this role's AI transformation journey, you will develop proficiency in:
- ML Powered Forecasting Tools
- AI Exception Management
- Cross-Pillar ROI Analytics
- Finance Data Pipeline Management
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