Finance Manager

• Ensure accurate and timely month-end closing processes, including preparation and approval of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement) and tax computations.
• Prepare and present detailed monthly financial reports, including forecasts and variance analyses specific to project performance.
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including invoicing, collections, petty cash management, and other transactions related to projects.
• Manage accounts receivable, ensuring timely collections and monitoring of overdue accounts, particularly for event stakeholders and vendors.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, focusing on project-specific budgets, preparation, review, and approval.
• Conduct financial forecasting and monitor budgetary performance, analysing variances, and implementing corrective actions as needed for projects.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with bankers, auditors, tax authorities, and event stakeholders.
• Facilitate smooth audit processes and collaborate with external agents on tax, audit, and banking matters.
• Conduct strategic data analysis, research, and financial modelling to support senior leadership in decision-making for projects.
• Provide insights into spending trends, cost-saving opportunities, and margin improvements for project operations.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulatory requirements, and statutory obligations for each project.
• Monitor and manage financial accounting systems to ensure accuracy and integrity across all project operations.
• Gain and apply knowledge of local country rules and regulations relevant to each event location to ensure compliance with regional financial practices and statutory requirements.
• Support project analysis and validate financial plans for upcoming and ongoing events.
• Address ad-hoc financial requests and provide strategic recommendations tailored to project needs.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure accurate and timely month-end closing processes, including preparation and approval of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement) and tax computations.
• Prepare and present detailed monthly financial reports, including forecasts and variance analyses specific to project performance.
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations, including invoicing, collections, petty cash management, and other transactions related to projects.
• Manage accounts receivable, ensuring timely collections and monitoring of overdue accounts, particularly for event stakeholders and vendors.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, focusing on project-specific budgets, preparation, review, and approval.
• Conduct financial forecasting and monitor budgetary performance, analysing variances, and implementing corrective actions as needed for projects.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with bankers, auditors, tax authorities, and event stakeholders.
• Facilitate smooth audit processes and collaborate with external agents on tax, audit, and banking matters.
• Conduct strategic data analysis, research, and financial modelling to support senior leadership in decision-making for projects.
• Provide insights into spending trends, cost-saving opportunities, and margin improvements for project operations.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulatory requirements, and statutory obligations for each project.
• Monitor and manage financial accounting systems to ensure accuracy and integrity across all project operations.
• Gain and apply knowledge of local country rules and regulations relevant to each event location to ensure compliance with regional financial practices and statutory requirements.
• Support project analysis and validate financial plans for upcoming and ongoing events.
• Address ad-hoc financial requests and provide strategic recommendations tailored to project needs.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Professional Degree (ACCA, CIMA, CPA or its equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting practices and procedures. Familiarity in Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards ("MFRS") and Malaysian Private Reporting Standards ("MPERS").
• Strong background in financial management, with experience in project- or event- based financial operations preferred.
• Knowledge of local and international financial regulations applicable to events in various countries is an advantage.
• Prior work experience in retail industry is an advantage.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• This position will be based at our HQ office in Section 33, Shah Alam.
• Working days are Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
• The candidate should be prepared for flexibility when required, including working extra hours, weekends and public holidays, to ensure the successful execution of time-sensitive initiatives.
• The candidate should be willing to travel for work purposes as needed.

Company profile
Big Bad Wolf Books Sdn. Bhd. 3.4 • 13 reviews

Retail & Consumer Products 101-1,000 employees

The Big Bad Wolf Books Sale first started in Malaysia in 2009 at Dataran Hamodal, as the brainchild of BookXcess founders, Andrew Yap and Jacqueline Ng. More than a Sale, the World's Biggest Book Sale is a global reading advocacy effort. Since its inception, the Sale has evolved tremendously; going global and touring cities in Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, South Korea, the Philippines, and United Arab Emirates.

The Sale offers books at amazing discounts - as high as 95%! - with the mission to cultivate reading habits around the world and to build a new generation of readers by making books more affordable and accessible to everyone. Our low prices encourage customers to take a chance on new authors and genres they might never have tried before. For intrepid readers, no two visits to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is ever the same!

Whether you're looking for modern classics, a child's new library, or obscure titles, the Wolf has a book - or ten - waiting for you.

The Big Bad Wolf Books Sale first started in Malaysia in 2009 at Dataran Hamodal, as the brainchild of BookXcess founders, Andrew Yap and Jacqueline Ng. More than a Sale, the World's Biggest Book Sale is a global reading advocacy effort. Since its inception, the Sale has evolved tremendously; going global and touring cities in Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, South Korea, the Philippines, and United Arab Emirates.

The Sale offers books at amazing discounts - as high as 95%! - with the mission to cultivate reading habits around the world and to build a new generation of readers by making books more affordable and accessible to everyone. Our low prices encourage customers to take a chance on new authors and genres they might never have tried before. For intrepid readers, no two visits to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is ever the same!

Whether you're looking for modern classics, a child's new library, or obscure titles, the Wolf has a book - or ten - waiting for you.

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