Assistant Manager Finance
Assistant Manager Finance
hco strategy- Posted 2 days ago
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Job Description
About the Company
Our client is a licensed digital lending platform focused on fast, accessible SME and micro-entrepreneur financing in Malaysia. Backed by international investors, AI-powered product, and actively expanding regionally. Lean, high-ownership environment reporting directly to founders.
The Role
They're hiring a Finance & Accounts professional at Assistant Manager/Manager level to own the full finance function — from day-to-day bookkeeping through to management accounts, regulatory submissions, and audit coordination. This is an individual contributor role reporting directly to the CEO, with exposure to lending-specific accounting and regulatory compliance under KPKT.
What You'll Do
- Full-set accounts: GL entries, journals, accruals, reconciliations, payables and receivables
- Loan accounting: reconcile disbursements, repayments, and outstanding balances between the Loan Management System and GL; support ECL/impairment provisioning under MFRS 9
- Monthly management accounts — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, variance analysis
- Statutory financial statements under MFRS/MPERS and Companies Act 2016
- Regulatory reporting for KPKT and other relevant authorities
- Corporate tax management (CP204, Form C), SST, withholding tax, and LHDN e-Invoicing (MyInvois)
- Coordinate annual statutory audit; liaise with external auditors and tax agents
- Support AML/CFT record keeping where it involves financial transactions
- Drive process improvements and automation in the finance function
What They're Looking For
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent; ACCA/CIMA/CPA is an advantage
- 5+ years of relevant accounting experience
- Strong knowledge of MFRS, full-set accounts, Malaysian tax, and e-Invoicing requirements
- Experience with any accounting software — QuickBooks preferred
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, reconciliations)
- Background in lending, fintech, or banking with exposure to loan products preferred
- Mandarin speaker preferred
- Detail-oriented, independent, and comfortable in a lean startup environment
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Key Skills
About Company
Skills:
SAP, Power Bi, Advanced Excel, Automation, Data Analytics, Consolidation, Accrual Accounting, Management Reporting, Budgeting, AI Automation, IFRS
Skills:
Travel Expense Management, Oracle Master Data Maintenance, Lease Accounting IFRS 16 MFRS 16, Intercompany Accounting, Controls, Fixed Assets Accounting, Accounts Payable, Reconciliations
Skills:
Microsoft Excel, Management Reporting, Financial Reporting Tools, Powerpoint, Forecasting, Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Financial Modelling, Controllership, Corporate
Skills:
google sheets , Ms Excel, IFRS accounting, external audits, tax matters, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
Skills:
SAP, Microsoft Excel, Oracle, cost-control software, ERP project-control systems