Market Financial Controller NA

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. As we’re a global company with 11,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

The ideal profile is a qualified accountant with strong experience as a Financial Controller, with the ability to work independently and cover multiple tasks simultaneously. The Financial Controller will be based in the Kuala Lumpur office. The person will report to the Group Financial Controller and have a dotted line to the Market Finance Director.

Key Responsibilities

1. Acting as the key partner to the Market Finance Director in all financial areas.
2. Ensure presence of an effective control, policy compliance, and verification on financial statements, balance sheet reconciliation review.
3. Ensure that an effective risk management process and a sound control environment exists in the countries and ensure compliance at all times.
4. Monitor local statutory audit and tax deadlines and ensure timely submission.
5. Streamline organization structure, including entity liquidation or amalgamation.
6. Monitor month-end close activities including group reporting package (“GRP”) submission.
7. Collaborate with Record to Report (“R2R”), Purchase to Payables (“P2P”) and Order to Cash (“O2C”) teams on operational matters or projects.
8. Review, assess and enable the adoption of accounting standards such as local GAAP and International Accounting Standards.
9. Provide inputs to Market Business Controllers on monthly financial reports, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting or other analysis.
10. Ad-hoc duties such as reviewing and approving payments, reviewing cash flow forecasts, etc.

Key Requirements

• Certified accountant (CPA, ACCA, etc.).
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in financial reporting, tax planning, and compliance with IFRS or local GAAP (North Asia countries).
• Strong knowledge of financial systems especially Microsoft D365.
• An all-rounder with the ability to roll up sleeves and dig in.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Possess a good working attitude, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Experience with China financial and statutory reporting will be an added advantage.

What’s in it for you?

• Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.
• We provide internal career opportunities so you can take your career further within TMF.
• Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an impact

• You’ll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.
• Through our corporate social responsibility program, you’ll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.
• Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.
• Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.

We’re looking forward to getting to know you!