Jingjing Zhang
Summary
Finance leader turned analytics practitioner, with 15+ years of experience driving performance insights across Fortune 500 and global manufacturing firms. Known for delivering insightful financial analysis in budgeting, forecasting, modelling (BEP, ROI, NPV, payback period), costing, and operational strategy — now expanding into AI-powered decision-making, backed by strong technical skills, analytical rigor, a well-developed sensitivity to data, a deep curiosity for data and emerging domains. Currently completing a Master’s in Business Analytics with strong academic performance (GPA A), earning distinctions in Data Mastery, Multivariate Analysis, Applied Econometrics, and Practical Data Mining. A resilient, self-driven, and results-oriented professional, fueled by a genuine passion for learning and exploring new challenges. Known for producing good-quality, accurate insights under pressure — on time, every time — with a thorough, detail-oriented approach and a relentless hunger to grow in fast-evolving, data-centric environments.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance, HR & Admin. Director
Becker Vacuum Air Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Oversaw Finance, HR & Administration for China operations, acting as a strategic partner to senior leadership for Becker China subsidiaries. Responsible for controlling and accounting, costing, taxation, cash management, and ensuring that financial statements are timely delivered with accurate quality and compliance with local GAAP and IFRS.
- Led budget, forecast, and planning preparation, and conducted monthly variance analysis.
- Analysed and evaluated financial performance and provided financial suggestions for business decisions.
- Developed and applied Activity-Based Costing structure with deep-diving analysis.
- Led and drove employees, proposed career development plans, and motivated the team to achieve the best performance.
- Maintained a sound human resource management system, managed recruitment, training, employee welfare, performance appraisal, team building, corporate culture promotion, and other personnel administration work.
- Liaised with internal teams and external stakeholders including HQ, regional offices, tax authorities, auditors, banks, and social agencies.
Finance Manager
Wolf HVAC Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
03.2020 - 09.2023
- Led the China Finance team across accounting, controlling, FP&A, cost management, tax, cash management, financing, and plant controllership.
- Acted as a business partner, delivering financial insights and detailed analysis to support business performance and operations.
- Organized and led annual budgeting, five-year strategic (MTP) planning, forecasts, and cash-flow projections; monitored results and recommended corrective actions.
- Ensured all accounting records and financial reporting complied with IFRS and global corporate standards.
- Established and regulated finance policies, rules, and internal controls; provided early warnings on operational risks.
- Directed business-case studies for new product launches, covering ROI, NPV, payback period, and break-even analysis.
- Coached and motivated the finance team, set targets, conducted performance appraisals, and managed stakeholder relationships with headquarters, regional teams, government bodies, banks, and auditors.
Controller
Yuehan (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Managed Finance Department Operations – Budgeting, accounting, analysis, tax planning, financial reporting & fund management
- Oversaw operational and strategic reporting, analysis, and control, including P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow, AR-aging, and profitability reviews.
- Managed bookkeeping, month-end close, reconciliations, and tax declarations/payments.
- Directed budgeting, cash-flow forecasting, fund management, and tax planning.
- Liaised with suppliers, customers, landlords, and government authorities; supported inventory management with financial insights.
- Coached and trained finance team members to enhance skills and performance.
Branch Controller
MacGREGOR (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
03.2016 - 01.2018
- Financial Reporting & Analysis, Global Lifecycle Service Division
- Fully responsible for KPI tracking, service order accounting, cost calculation, credit management, and receivables collections.
- Led P&L and balance sheet reporting with variance explanations.
- Developed and managed annual budgets and business forecasts.
- Oversaw month-end close processes and ensured compliance with IFRS and internal accounting standards.
- Prepared KPI-driven business review reports and analyses.
- Managed credit risk and accelerated AR collections to improve cash flow.
- Handled local tax compliance and supported the SAP ONE rollout.
Finance Controller, EWP APAC SCM
Siemens Energy
07.2011 - 03.2016
- Led the consolidation of APAC SCM’s annual budget, monthly rolling forecast, and five-year strategic plan across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, headcount, and CapEx.
- Established upper/lower forecast thresholds for key metrics and analyzed budget-to-actual variances to surface business trends
- Managed credit facility proposals and financing activities to ensure adequate liquidity for operations
- Streamlined planning processes and templates, significantly improving forecasting efficiency
- Ensured all accounting records and financial reporting complied with IFRS and Siemens’ global financial policies.
- Coached and guided the controlling team; coordinated finance controlling and reporting with APAC SCM, Global HQ, and Northeast Asia Controlling
- Oversaw procurement cost-center control (expense approvals, fixed-asset counts), supported period-end closes, and managed contract administration
Early Finance & Cost Controlling Roles
Various Roles – Finance Manager, Industrial Controller, Cost Supervisor
01.2003 - 01.2011
- Progressed from Accountant and Cashier to Cost Supervisor and Finance Manager across multinational manufacturing firms. Responsibilities included full-set bookkeeping, BOM/routing costing, budgeting, inventory management, fixed asset control, and NPV/ROI investment analysis. Recognized for resolving 8-year stock issues and aligning practices with IFRS.
Education
Master of Business Analytics - Multivariate Analysis in Big Data, Practical Data Mining, Data Mastery-Scripting, Databases and Data Privacy, Applied Econometrics Methods, Big Data in Finance and Banking, Managerial Finance
Massey University
02-2026
Bachelor of Management - Accounting
Wuhan University of Technology
06.2003
Skills
- Core Analytics & Modeling
- Supervised ML (regression, classification), ensemble models (Random Forest, XGBoost, decision trees, k-NN); model validation using cross-validation, AUC, RMSE
- Time-series modeling on structured and behavioral data
- Unsupervised learning for clustering and segmentation
- Growing interest in graph-based and signal-level modeling for physiological data
- Supporting Data & Technical Skills
- Data wrangling, feature engineering, outlier handling, and data transformation
- Relational data querying and database integration (SQL, SQLite)
- Multi-source data merging and reshaping for analysis and modeling
- Web data acquisition and API-based data workflows
- Tools: R, Python, SQL/SQLite, SAS
Certification
ACCA Affiliate Member
Languages
English (Fluent)
Mandarin (Native)
Finance Skills
- IFRS
- Financial Modelling
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Cost Management
- Financial Reporting
- Fund Management
- Accounting
- Tax
Timeline
Finance, HR & Admin. Director
Becker Vacuum Air Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
01.2024 - 01.2025
Finance Manager
Wolf HVAC Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
03.2020 - 09.2023
Controller
Yuehan (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
05.2019 - 12.2019
Branch Controller
MacGREGOR (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
03.2016 - 01.2018
Finance Controller, EWP APAC SCM
Siemens Energy
07.2011 - 03.2016
Early Finance & Cost Controlling Roles
Various Roles – Finance Manager, Industrial Controller, Cost Supervisor
01.2003 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Management - Accounting
Wuhan University of Technology
Master of Business Analytics - Multivariate Analysis in Big Data, Practical Data Mining, Data Mastery-Scripting, Databases and Data Privacy, Applied Econometrics Methods, Big Data in Finance and Banking, Managerial Finance
Massey University
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