Cost Finance Accountant

Key Responsibilities Plant Costing & Manufacturing Accounting - Develop and maintain standard costing systems to ensure product costing accuracy across all stock-keeping units. - Review and analyze standard versus actual manufacturing costs, Bill of Materials (BOM), material consumption, labor rates, and overhead allocations. - Monitor production variances, work-in-progress (WIP), inventory valuation, scrap, wastage, and write-offs. - Supervise periodic physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and stock reconciliations. - Conduct Cost-Volume-Profit and gross margin analyses by product line to support management pricing decisions. Full-Set Financial Management & Operations - Manage the complete set of accounts, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Fixed Assets. - Lead month-end and year-end closing activities, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and trial balance reviews. - Prepare monthly management accounts, profit and loss statements, and supporting schedules. - Supervise daily accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, supplier payment schedules, and customer collection aging. - Manage weekly and monthly cash flow forecasting, bank reconciliations, banking facilities, and trade financing (LC, BG, BA). Compliance, Audit & Systems - Ensure timely corporate tax estimates (CP204) and submission of statutory returns, including SST and Customs documentation (Lampiran M). - Support Malaysia e-Invoice / MyInvois implementation, compliance, and reconciliations. - Coordinate external statutory audit processes, audit schedules, and implementation of audit recommendations. - Manage day-to-day operations in SAP Business One across Finance, Costing, MM, and Production modules. - Supervise, guide, and train the on-site accounts team while improving internal control standard operating procedures. Requirements Job Requirements - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field. - Minimum 5 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment or related, with strong costing experience. - Hands-on SAP Business One experience, preferably in Finance, Costing, Inventory and MM modules. - Strong knowledge of standard costing, BOM, inventory control and manufacturing variance analysis. - Experience in full-set accounts, month-end closing and financial reporting. - Knowledge of Malaysian taxation, SST and statutory audit. - Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications. - Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills. - ACCA, CMA or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage.