Finance Section Manager

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A rapidly growing MNC in Bayan Lepas is looking for a Finance Section Manager to be part of their team. You will be a key part of helping the business to oversee financial and cost accounting functions, ensuring compliance with MPERs and group policies, managing cash flow, reporting, and working capital to optimize liquidity. You will drive budgeting and forecasting, supervise subledgers, ERP systems, and cost control processes, handle cash and credit management, ensure appropriate insurance coverage, manage tax declarations, and ensure compliance with company secretarial matters and statutory requirements.

Main responsibilities of the Finance Section Manager role:

• Manage accounting according to local regulations, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, cash management, and liquidity.
• Establish and improve cost systems, ensuring accurate cost data for management decision-making and product margin analysis.
• Produce and analyze monthly and ad-hoc reports to support effective decision-making.
• Lead the budgeting process, including financial analysis, coordinating input, and presenting budgets to corporate management.
• Oversee subledgers, ensuring timely reconciliation, salary payments, and general ledger accuracy.
• Manage ERP systems for accounting and costing, providing training and optimizing system use.
• Provide feedback to manage costs, ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Manage cash flow, credit portfolios, and banking relations to ensure liquidity and minimize costs.
• Ensure appropriate insurance coverage for company risks.
• Oversee tax compliance, timely payments, and tax planning.
• Ensure compliance with legal and company secretarial requirements.

Key requirements:

• Bachelor's in accounting (CPA preferred).
• At least five years of leadership experience in an international manufacturing company, with a strong background in cost accounting.
• Fluent in English, knowledgeable in MPERs, IT, ERP systems, and Malaysian tax and secretarial matters.
• Possess leadership and analytical skills, be results-oriented, have strong communication abilities, and handle pressure well.
• Excellent understanding of the company’s financial system, business processes, and overall operations.

If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, then please send your resume using the quick apply button at the bottom of this page.