Finance Manager

Involved in the overall management of accounting and financial reporting process to various key stakeholders and the Company-wide finance operations. 

Responsibilities:

Management of accounting and financial reporting to various key stakeholders 

• Correctly interpreting and applying relevant requirements under Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) and Companies Act 2016 (CA (2016)) 

• Analysing and reviewing the income statement, statement of financial position and cash flows, and key performance indicators and benchmarks 

• Preparing statutory financial statements in accordance with regulatory requirements 

• Preparing relevant reports for the Boards of Directors and Audit Committee, Leadership Team and key stakeholders 

• Support management in decision making by delivering accurate and timely financial information 

• Developing and strengthening key controls within the finance function, which do not impede on the Company’s operations and growth potential 

• Seamlessly communicating and updating team members within the Finance team and Company-wide 

• Coaching and mentoring related Finance team members and subordinates, where required 

• Liaising and coordinating with Group Finance, external and internal auditors, tax agent as well as company secretary to ensure regulatory and statutory compliance 

• Involvement in special projects from time-to-time 

Management of Company-wide finance operations 

• Prepare and review reconciliations for various bank accounts, general ledger and sub-ledger accounts, as well as system-interfaced data into the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system 

• Performing and coordinating the end-to-end process for financial closing and reporting to Group Finance, including issuing of sales invoices, review postings by Procure-to-Pay team etc 

• Review business-related business case, purchase orders and settlements to vendors/suppliers and partners 

• Act as a key finance liaison, fostering seamless communication between the Finance team, Credit Risk, Treasury and Credit Operations departments 

• Involvement in special projects from time-to-time 

Requirements:

• At least tertiary-level qualification relating to Finance or Accounting, or hold a professional Chartered Accountancy qualification from a recognised body; though extensive relevant “hands-on” experience may be considered in place of this 

• Relevant financial closing and reporting experience in a similar industry, is a plus 

• Experienced in navigating within an ERP environment, i.e. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, etc. 

• Minimum eight years of related working experience 

• Minimum two years in a people management role 

• Business partnership and team player mind-set 

• Strong command in both spoken and written English 

• Actual “hands-on” experience in performing financial closing and operations, and preparing statutory financial statements and management reports 

• Excellent understanding of accounting fundamentals and relevant MFRSs and CA (2016) 

• Strong analytical skills and business acumen 

• Ability to communicate effectively and in an articulate manner, with team members across all levels 

• Dynamic and less-conformant to traditional nine-to-five type working hours 

• Experienced in Agile way of working 

• Positive mind-set and self-driven 

• Meticulous, with attention to detail 

Critically interfaces with: 

• Group Finance and management, as well as company secretary, internal auditors and tax team 

• Company-level leadership team 

• Business Partnering Role across different functions 

• Finance team members and subordinates 

• Key stakeholders within the Company, not limited to the Business and Technology Owners, Partnership and Merchant team and Operations, 

• External auditor, tax agent and appointed consultants 

• Vendors/Suppliers as well as banking and other partners