Senior Analyst, Financial Control

About CMA CGM FICOM (Finance Corporate Office Malaysia)

Located at Wisma Consplant 2, Subang Jaya, FICOM is the extended team of the Finance Corporate Division of the global shipping and logistics leader, CMA CGM Group. It serves as the Finance Expertise Center, delivering non-transactional, value-added functions to support the Group's transformation and drive financial performance for key stakeholders.

The FICOM team comprises over 180 local talents, all committed to realizing its vision of being an effective Business Partner to stakeholders and a preferred employer for finance professionals.

About the Role

The incumbent supports the Financial Control and Group Consolidation Departments by ensuring subsidiaries reporting packages align with Group consolidation standards and requirements. This role involves IFRS16 compliance responsibilities, including reviewing lease contracts, managing financial data inputs, and ensuring the accuracy of monthly journal entries. It demands strong analytical expertise, attention to detail, and collaboration with stakeholders to maintain accuracy and consistency in financial reporting. The incumbent also drives process improvements and resolves discrepancies to enhance overall reporting standards and efficiency.

Key Result Areas

• Ensure High-Quality and Timely Reporting Maintain the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of reporting processes during each period closing, ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
• Implement Standardized Transversal Controls Conduct comprehensive transversal controls to ensure uniformity in financial treatment across the group and rectify material discrepancies effectively.
• Facilitate Stakeholder Communication Engage with local finance teams and GBS to ensure adherence to instructions provided by the Consolidation and Financial Control Departments.
• Drive Process Improvement Initiatives Actively participate in and contribute to projects or initiatives aimed at enhancing review processes and driving operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Reporting and Period Close Processes Oversee the workflow of reporting packages and ensure the timely, accurate, and consistent completion of period close activities across all regions.
• Analyze and Resolve Reporting Discrepancies Examine reporting packages to identify inconsistencies and significant variances includes IMR, collaborating with stakeholders to investigate root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Facilitate Meetings and Issue Resolution Participate in discussions with Financial Control stakeholders at HO and RO to resolve open packages prior to approval deadlines, and transition unresolved matters for resolution before the next submission cycle.
• Evaluate Performance Metrics Provide comprehensive feedback on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for reviewed reporting packages, which will be shared across the financial network.
• Track Outstanding Items Monitor and address items exceeding acceptable thresholds, ensuring prompt follow-up and resolution.
• Drive Process Improvement Initiatives Collaborate with the Manager to support process enhancement projects, such as business intelligence (BI) initiatives, and contribute to ad hoc process-related tasks.
• Manage Lease Contract Data Gather and extract relevant information from stakeholders for lease contract analysis.
• Conduct Lease Contract Analysis Review and analyze lease contracts in alignment with IFRS 16 standards and input data in lease management system accurately and in a timely manner.
• Support Contract Maintenance Assist the Assistant Manager or Manager in maintaining and updating IFRS lease contracts received from subsidiaries worldwide. This include archiving system to be maintained, naming convention of document files.
• Perform Financial Analysis Execute in-depth analyses of specific Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss accounts to identify key insights.
• Maintain Operation excellence: Perform regular updates in process documentation for all processes to ensure operation excellence.
• Manage Audit Queries Liaise with internal and external auditor on their queries and provide relevant supporting.
• Handle Ad Hoc Requests Respond to urgent or unexpected requests and contribute to resolving issues that arise during the period close process.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent.
• At least 2 years working experience in an Audit Firm.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Word.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) in order to deal effectively with both internal and external parties especially with clearing of reconciling items and issues.
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask.
• Strong team player with ability to work independently.
• Good analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Proactive.
• Ability to work under time pressure.
• Proficiency in ERP and/or consolidation tools.

Why Join Us

• Regional exposure across APAC entities.
• Opportunity to contribute to a global finance transformation journey.
• Structured career progression and succession development.
• Collaborative and professional finance environment.