Hui Yah Tan

Experience

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  Arthur Andersen

  May 1988 - Jan 1995

  Senior Audit Manager
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  Berg Electronics

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Senior Finance Manager
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  Maxtor Peripherals Singapore Pte Ltd

  Sept 1997 - Feb 2007

  Executive Finance Director

  Maxtor is a US multi-national corporation which manufactures hard disk drives. At its peak, it had ~ 10,000 employees before transferring its operations to lower cost countries. It was subsequently acquired by Seagate Technology PLC.Executive Finance Director • Responsible for statutory & US GAAP entity accounting, tax, SOX and internal controls compliance• Key financial business partner for manufacturing Senior leadership team, providing Financial Planning & Analysis and financial business support, including cost reduction initiatives• Key liaison person with external auditors and tax consultants Key Accomplishments: Post-acquisition closure of Maxtor and transition to Seagate (2006/2007) Set-up and operate as Finance Head for Maxtor Suzhou factory, based in China (2004/2005) Acquisition of Quantum Peripherals and assimilation into Maxtor (2003) Implementation of SAP operating system (1999/2000) Show less

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  MSD International GmbH (Singapore Branch) ("MSDIG")

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2016

  Finance Director

  MSDIG is part of Merck & Co., Inc and the Singapore operations include manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, Research and development, and Asia Pacific regional headquarters.As the Finance Director, • Responsible for statutory & US GAAP entity accounting, tax, SOX and internal controls compliance• Key financial business partner for manufacturing Senior leadership team, providing Financial Planning & Analysis and financial business support, including cost reduction initiatives• Key liaison person with external auditors and tax consultants • Accountable for up to 12 legal entities comprising all aspects of operations in SingaporeKey Accomplishments: Post-merger between MSD and Schering-Plough, led the Legal Entity Integration Project to consolidate operations and streamline processes, including:o setting up a new legal entityo liquidating all existing legal entitieso completing all tax clearances with IRAS Set up of internal controls documentation for the manufacturing and supply chain entities, and ensured on ongoing compliance for SOX, internal and external audit Finance Lead of a project team involved in successful sale of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient factory to a third party Co-Lead of Cost A3 initiative to reduce production cost via improvement in production and distribution efficiencies Show less

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  Merck Sharp & Dohme Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

  Finance Director

  Merck Sharp & Dohme Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd is a supply chain entity under Merck & Co., Inc, which is responsible for the supply and distribution of pharma products for the in market entities in Asia Pacific.• Responsible for statutory & US GAAP entity accounting, tax, SOX and internal controls compliance• Key liaison person with external auditors and tax consultants