6785 - Finance Controller

Malaysians Only!

Company Overview:

An integrated logistics company providing temperature-controlled storage, transportation, and supply chain solutions for food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, supported by an extensive logistics network in Malaysia.

Job Descriptions:

Accounting operations, Financial Reporting, and Analysis

• Oversee the preparation of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and treasury functions.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of management reports for submission to HQ.
• Preparing and presenting monthly financial performance report.
• Coordinate and manage month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Analysing financial data and providing insights to management and support decision-making
• Oversee the preparation and timely filing of audited accounts, tax returns, SST, transfer pricing and other regulatory filings.
• Liaise with Internal and External auditors, Tax agent, Solicitors, Bankers, Company Secretary, Customs, Inland Revenue, Government agencies, etc
• Cash Flow & Treasury Management
• Monitor cash flow to ensure company liquidity meeting the operational and financial obligation and capex expenditure
• Manage relationships with banks and ensuring access to necessary financing and capital resources.
• Cash Flow and Forecast reporting

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Oversee and developing financial budget and forecasts
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, work closely with department heads and to align with group and organizational goals.
• Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, providing variance analysis and recommending corrective actions.
• Track and monitor cost spending, escalate impending overruns and recommend rectifications as appropriate

Strategic and Leadership Functions

• Contributing to the company's and group's financial strategy and direction
• Provide insights and advice to senior management on financial matters.
• Involve in customers and vendors business contract/agreements
• Support and lead Group and Company initiative.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
  

Compliance and Controls

• Oversees compliance and adherence to group corporate governance
• Ensuring financial operations comply with local accounting standards, regulations, and legislation.
• Ensure continuous compliance to tax regulation
• Develop and enforce financial policies, SOPs and internal controls to safeguard assets and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Liaise with external regulators to ensure all regulatory compliance.
  

Team Leadership & Development

• Supervise, train, and mentor finance department staff, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
• -Lead and provide guidance to team members pertaining to finance and accounting activities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or professional certification such as CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of working experience in finance or accounting roles, with at least 5 years in a management capacity.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards and regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in MNC reporting, ERP system, Services and Logistic industry will be added advantages
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-starter capable of working individually and ability to work with diverse groups of people.
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and attention to detail.