Finance Manager

Position: Finance Manager

Location: Subang Jaya, Selangor

Key Responsibilities:

1. Accounts Receivable and Credit Control

• Lead and manage the end-to-end credit control function, ensuring timely collections and reduced DSO (Days Sales Outstanding).
• Establish and enforce credit policies, limits, and risk assessment procedures.
• Monitor customer creditworthiness and proactively manage high-risk accounts.
• Drive resolution of disputes in coordination with sales and commercial teams.
• Prepare and present AR aging reports and collection forecasts to senior management.

2. Trade Spend Management

• Oversee planning, tracking, and reconciliation of trade promotions, discounts, and rebates.
• Ensure trade spend is accurately accrued, validated, and aligned with commercial agreements.
• Partner with Sales teams to evaluate ROI on promotions and trade investments.
• Strengthen controls and governance over trade spend processes, enforce financial discipline to improve spend integrity.
• Analyse variances between planned vs. actual spend and provide actionable insights

3. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Support

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning related to revenue and trade spend.
• Provide insights on margin performance and profitability by channel/customer
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization and working capital improvement.

4. 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.

5. Leadership & Talent Management

• Lead, coach and develop finance team and build strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Act as a finance business partner to commercial teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, agility and continuous improvement.
• Support succession planning and capability building.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/ Finance, Certified Accountant or Professional Qualification such as ACCA, MIA, CPA.
• Minimum 5 years managerial role in Finance, with proven expertise in credit control, AR management and trade spend accounting.
• Experience in high volume, fast-paced FMCG environment; Strong understanding of commercial finance and FMCG distribution models – modern trade, general trade & distributor models.
• Hands-on expertise in SAP and trade promotion management tool is an advantage.

Core Competencies:

• High attention to detail and financial accuracy, strong financial and commercial acumen.
• Deep understanding of FMCG value chain.
• Technological innovation and adaptability.
• Proactive, self-driven attitude and ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.