Finance Manager

The ideal candidate will be responsible for working with senior management to develop financial strategies for the organization. You are comfortable handling large amounts of data, acting as a business partner, decision maker, and providing regular financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• To Ensure smooth month-end closing and timely preparation of financial reports inclusive of all approval of accounting entries, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, tax computation in accordance with statutory requirements.
• To lead, manage and guide Finance Department day-to-day financial operations within the company (invoicing, collection, petty cash and other transactions).
• To prepare monthly financial reports, lead the month-end closing process and conduct monthly financial forecast.
• Responsible to lead and execute yearly budgeting process and establish year budget for the Company and forecasting.
• To monitor and analyze budgetary performance and variances.
• To manage relationships with bankers, auditors, and tax authorities.
• To be responsible for strategic data analysis, research, and modelling for senior company leadership.
• To ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Plan, organize, and execute financial tasks and projects of the organization.
• To support Management in implementing valuation models, measuring results, tracking performance vs. expectations, and providing recommendations for corrective action.
• To provide insights about spending trends, cost-savings initiatives, and margin.
• To collaborate with auditors to facilitate smooth audit processes.
• Liaison with external agents in matters relating to tax, audit, banking matters & etc.
• Other duties that will assign from top management from time to time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or related field 5 - 7 years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting practices and procedures. Familiarity in Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (“MFRS”) and Malaysian Private Reporting Standards (“MPERS”);
• Prior work experience in retail industry will be an added advantage;
• Have good common sense combined with the use of accurate and complete analysis of known information to make sound judgement in decision making;
• Achievement oriented, self-starter, independent and possess high degree of self-motivation, result-oriented and able to
• work under pressure;
• Meticulous, resourceful and innovative with positive work attitude;
• Results oriented, pro-active, able to meet datelines, reliable, open-minded with good communication skill