Company Description
Shopper360 is a leading shopper marketing expert group in Malaysia, with over 30 years of experience delivering integrated marketing and advertising solutions. Together with its subsidiaries, the company connects the full consumer journey from digital brand awareness and retail media to events and on-ground activations. Shopper360 has built a strong network across more than 2,800 hypermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacy chains, and petrol marts throughout Malaysia. Its diverse teams specialize in digital marketing, field force management, automation, shopper activation, and market intelligence. The company partners with both local and multinational brands, including Nestlé, Samsung, Huawei, and other major consumer names.
Job Description
1. Accounting & Financial Management
- Oversee the Group's overall accounting functions, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with applicable accounting standards.
- Establish, implement and maintain effective accounting policies, procedures and internal controls across the Group.
- Manage the full set of accounts for the listed holding company.
- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting for all subsidiaries and associate companies.
2. Tax Management & Compliance
- Oversee the Group's tax functions, including direct, indirect and withholding taxes.
- Ensure accurate computation and adequate provision for income tax and deferred taxation.
- Ensure timely submission of tax filings and compliance with relevant tax regulations and Inland Revenue requirements.
- Provide tax planning advice and recommendations to senior management to improve tax efficiency.
3. Financial Reporting & Consolidation
- Prepare and review monthly consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
- Manage the consolidation of financial accounts for 7 active companies and 2 dormant companies within the Group.
- Coordinate and ensure the timely preparation and completion of the Group's annual report.
- Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory financial reporting requirements.
- Oversee technical accounting matters, including impairment assessments, goodwill and fair value assessments.
4. Listed Entity Compliance & Reporting
- Liaise closely with listing sponsors, external auditors, tax agents and relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance with listing and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate the preparation of annual reports, sustainability reports and SGX regulatory filings.
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of half-yearly and full-year financial results announcements.
5. Process Improvement & Team Development
- Review and enhance financial processes, reporting procedures and internal controls to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Provide guidance and training to finance team members on accounting standards, tax regulations and best practices.
- Leverage advanced Excel skills to improve financial analysis, business modelling and reporting efficiency.
- Participate in the implementation and continuous improvement of financial and management reporting systems.
6. Financial Planning & Business Partnering
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes, including the preparation of three-year business plans.
- Prepare financial analysis and provide meaningful commentary on business performance against budgets and forecasts.
- Partner with management and relevant business units to provide financial insights that support strategic planning and decision-making.
- Undertake any other duties or responsibilities as assigned by the reporting manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce (majoring in Accounting) or a related discipline.
- Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICAEW or equivalent from a recognized professional accounting body is highly preferred.
- Relevant experience at Assistant Manager or Senior Associate level in a Big 4 or other established accounting firm, or in a similar role within a publicly listed company.
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, taxation, financial reporting, group consolidation and regulatory compliance.
- Familiarity with SGX listing requirements and financial reporting obligations of publicly listed companies would be an added advantage.
- Proficient in accounting software or ERP systems such as SAP, JD Edwards or Microsoft Dynamics.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
- Good command of written and spoken English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to make sound decisions.
- High level of integrity, self-motivation and accountability, with a results-driven mindset.
- Able to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet tight reporting deadlines.
- Proven ability to lead, guide and develop a finance team while ensuring effective execution of business strategies and organizational objectives.