Finance Manager

Responsibilities: - Lead and oversee the full spectrum of finance and accounting operations for the Group and its subsidiaries. - Manage month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. - Prepare, review, and analyze management accounts, financial statements, and statutory reports in compliance with MFRS and regulatory requirements. - Handle complex multi-company accounting operations, including inter-company transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations. - Perform group consolidation and ensure proper accounting treatment of inter-company balances and transactions. - Manage multi-currency transactions, foreign exchange exposures, currency revaluation, and translation adjustments. - Develop and manage annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash flow projections, and financial models. - Monitor budget versus actual performance, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions. - Lead treasury and cash flow management activities to ensure adequate liquidity and working capital optimization. - Coordinate and lead external audits, statutory audits, tax audits, and regulatory reviews. - Establish and strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, procedures, and risk management frameworks. - Provide financial insights and strategic recommendations to support management decision-making. - Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting and finance team to achieve departmental objectives. Requirements: - Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICAEW, or equivalent professional qualification. - Minimum 5–8 years of relevant accounting and finance experience, including managerial responsibilities. - Strong experience in handling multi-company and inter-company accounting transactions. - Proven experience in group consolidation, including inter-company reconciliation and elimination entries. - Hands-on experience in multi-currency accounting and foreign exchange management. - Solid experience in budgeting, financial forecasting, cash flow management, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). - Experience in preparing audit reports, audit schedules, and liaising with external auditors. - Experience in trading industry operations (rubber trading sector is a strong advantage). - Knowledge of inventory accounting, import/export documentation, trade finance instruments, and indirect taxation is an added advantage. - Strong understanding of Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS), statutory compliance, and corporate governance. - Experience with ERP/accounting systems; SQL knowledge is an added advantage. - Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.