Summary:
The Senior Finance Executive, Treasury will manage the end to end finance operations of the Malaysia investment holding company, as well as supporting the Group’s Malaysia treasury and banking matters. The role offers exposure across entity finance, treasury and corporate finance, working closely with senior stakeholders, banks, auditors, tax agents, company secretaries and regulatory authorities.
Responsibilities:
- Transactional accounting and closing processes: Perform month end close activities including accurately recording and reviewing financial transactions, overseeing critical accounts payable and receivable processes, preparing submissions to external auditors, IRB and other parties, and identifying ways to mitigate risks and continuously improve.
- Financial reporting and analysis: Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts, budgets, forecasts and annual financial statements in compliance with applicable accounting standards. Monitor investment performance and provide analysis and insights to support management and board decision making.
- Statutory, tax and governance: Coordinate the statutory audit, tax filings and company secretarial matters with auditors, tax agents and company secretaries. Prepare board papers and ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory and corporate governance requirements.
- Cash and liquidity management: Support cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning and funding requirements for the Group’s Malaysia entities, and prepare treasury reports for management and Group Treasury, when required.
- Banking and facility management: Manage relationships with Malaysian banks and financial institutions alongside Group Treasury, and perform day to day Treasury activities including facility applications, renewals and documentation, covenant monitoring, and the issuance and tracking of bank guarantees and performance bonds.
- Treasury operations and controls: Support bank account administration, signatory mandates and payment controls, and ensure compliance with Group treasury policies and Malaysian regulatory requirements, including Bank Negara Malaysia foreign exchange policies. Maintain appropriate treasury documentation.
- Process improvement and strategic projects: Drive process and system enhancements across both portfolios, and support strategic projects, business expansion and other initiatives as assigned by management.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Banking or any related discipline.
- 3-6 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, banking or related finance functions, with exposure to financial reporting, treasury operations and banking activities. Experience managing the finance function of a standalone or holding entity will be an advantage.
- Finance professional qualification and SAP knowledge will be an added advantage.
- MNC experience will be valuable from the perspective of systems and processes and of reporting and accounting in compliance with local and international standards. Experience in the construction / asset heavy industries would also be valued.
- Effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills. Strong growth mindset and high personal integrity.