Position: Finance Manager
Location: Subang Jaya, Selangor
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Management and Reporting
- Oversee the preparation of management and statutory accounts and ensure timely reporting to various stakeholders in compliance with Malaysia regulatory and Group reporting framework.
- Lead group consolidation, statutory audits, taxation, regulatory reporting and support internal audits.
- Deliver insightful monthly management reporting, conduct detailed variance analysis, explaining key drivers of business performance to senior stakeholders.
Financial Planning
- Lead the annual operating plan process, including budgeting and forecasting activities to ensure robust financial planning across all business units.
- Preparation of presentation deck for quarterly business review, annual operating plan.
Business Partnership
- Act as strategic partner to sales and marketing leaders – monitoring trade promotions and marketing spending, return-on-investment analyses to maximise commercial outcomes.
- Monitor gross margin and operating profit performance by product category, recommending targeted actions to enhance profitability across the portfolio.
- Robust controls over promotional claims, trade liabilities, inventory obsolescence and accruals.
System, Data, Digital Finance
- Improve data quality, speed of close and reports automation.
- Identify high-impact areas for automation and oversee end-to-end RPA implementation, from planning to execution.
- Leverage BI, analytics and AI-driven insights for decision support.
- Lead and support finance transformation and process standardization initiatives.
Leadership & Talent Management
- Lead, coach and develop finance team and build strong cross-functional collaboration.
- Foster a culture of accountability, agility and continuous improvement.
- Support succession planning and capability building.
Requirement:
- Minimum 5 years managerial role in Finance with proven ability in managing complex accounting functions; Hands-on expertise in SAP is a must.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/ Finance, Certified Accountant or Professional Qualification such as ACCA, MIA, CPA.
- Experience in FMCG organization with AI-driven RPA implementation and digital transformation projects is an added advantage.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Core Competencies:
- Strong financial and commercial acumen
- Strategic and analytical thinking
- Deep understanding of FMCG value chain
- Technological innovation and adaptability
- Proactive, self-driven attitude and ability to operate independently under tight timelines.
