Assistant Manager - Corporate Finance

Location: Sunway Geo Tower, Bandar Sunway,

Salary: RM8,000 – RM10,000

Working Hours & Day:
Monday to Friday: 9.00am - 6.00pm

Responsibilities:

• End market Finance business partners: Corporate Finance team members at the end market, to drive a robust management forecasting and reporting process, provisioning of financial insights, ad-hoc analysis, and facilitating an environment where simplification and continuous improvement are prioritised;
• Prepare annual company Plan and assist business managers to identify opportunities to optimise costs and assets use within this process and on an ongoing basis;
• Support BPC disclosure, SOx control, audit pack while coordinating with external auditors for statutory reporting and tax agents for tax requirements.
• Provide and support management with routine information, analysis and advice on ongoing performance against plans to enhance decision-making;
• Above-market stakeholders: This role will involve interaction with Regional Corporate Finance, including managing reporting timelines and responding to ad-hoc queries;
• Coordinate all activities related to the provision of forecasts for all types of expenditures in the entity and the activity of calculating and reporting to local and area management of the performance in accordance with the company guidelines;
• Ensure that month end, quarterly and year-end close activities, statutory and management financial reporting (actual financials) are performed on time and compliant with SOX requirements;
• Serve as a subject matter expert to local accounting standards and support Corporate Finance Manager.
• Ensure timely analysis, identification, communication and resolution of balance sheet account reconciliation issues to avoid frauds and potential monetary losses due to inappropriate accounting practices.
• Preparation and delivery OTIF of the control navigator exercise to avoid any business disruption because of a control breakdown as well as any monetary losses.

Qualifications:

• At least 5-7 years of experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment;
• A detailed understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, specifically BI/BPC or SAP equivalent;
• Strong communication and inter-personal skills to collaborate and coordinate effectively within the DRBU, with stakeholders; Strong sense of responsibility and urgency;
• Degree educated with professional accountancy qualification (CA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA) preferred;
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken; Local language will be a plus;