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Finance Manager

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Confidential Jobs
  • Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Salary undisclosed

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About the Company:

The Finance Manager is responsible for all finance related topics concerning our joint venture entity. This person will manage a team of 4 and work very closely with the Sales & Marketing teams of the Brands. She/He will be the key contact for local and regional management.

Responsibilities:

COMPLIANCE

  • Ensure legal & statutory frame is adequate, notably:
  • Make sure financial statements are prepared on time and do not imply audit adjustment
  • Drive relation with auditors
  • Ensure that tax is properly calculated and reported to authorities
  • Drive relation with Tax agent/ Tax officers
  • Guarantee that corporate governance documentation is always in line with reality
  • Formalize internal control and ensure the implementation
  • Prepare/maintain SOPs describing in detail the key financial processes of the company

ACCOUNTING / CLOSING / REPORTING

  • Organize and review Accounting & Financial reporting, notably:
  • Ensure accounting records are in accordance with the local standards; manage any local GAAPs
  • Work closely to resolve any ambiguity between on financial elements with concerned teams
  • Hold regular meetings to streamline processes and seek improvements
  • Review all schedules and key accounting documents

BUSINESS CONTROLLING

  • Ensure delivery of financial targets, notably via:
  • Analyse profitability by brand / customer / point of sales
  • Identify business risks and prepare action plans for target achievement
  • Check financials both from an operational and financial perspective
  • Monitor charges against budget to ensure no invoices/accruals are missing
  • Highlight discrepancies and ask for adjustments when needed
  • Prepare reports and answer to requests coming from Regional and Management
  • Provide analytical support to cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects

FORECASTS (BUDGET, REVISION, LANDING, STRATEGIC PLAN)

  • Prepare figures with brand managers and challenge them
  • Build assumptions related to COGS and G&A
  • Complete packages requested by headquarters
  • Make sure that the reporting of the final data is properly done in financial systems

TREASURY

  • Forecast and track cash flow
  • Follow-up on working capital needs
  • Monitor and improve credit control
  • Verify and approve payments
  • Liaise with banks for any topic needed (credit facilities / ebanking / …)

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

  • Lead projects to increase automation and reliability of the reporting as well as the quality of business analyses, notably:
  • Systems optimization and roll-out
  • Excel tools implementation
  • Retrieves creation and adaptation
  • Continually seek to improve processing efficiency and capabilities

Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE

  • 10 years of experience in finance with exposure to controlling & treasury
  • Degree in Accounting/ACCA
  • Preferably with MNC experience
  • Preferably from retail industry

SYSTEM SKILLS

  • SAP/ SAP FC - Financial Consolidation (BO-FC), Hyperion, Syrus
  • Advanced Excel