Currie & Brown Hiring! Full Time Finance Manager in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location of role: Malaysia

Role reports to: Asia Pacific Finance Director

Line management responsibility: Yes

Currie & Brown is looking for a finance manager for our Malaysia operations, based in our Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) office. Reporting to the Asia Pacific Finance Director and supporting the Country Lead and operational team. Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing the periodic budget and forecast, and the full P&L analysis of the South Asia Pacific businesses including monthly reporting, variance analysis and review calls with senior management team
• Planning and managing cash position, cashflow projection and ensuring optimal working capital
• Managing all accounting operations including billing, A/R, A/P and GL and revenue recognition (under IFRS 15)
• Management of month-end and year-end close process
• Co-ordinating the preparation of regulatory reporting
• Ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Managing and complying with local and national government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Managing existing resources around project administration and credit control
• Key lead on audit, taxation and company secretarial advisers
• Project review and revenue recognition with operations
• Key reviewer of the wider group’s off shoring centre (GSO), including inter-company reconciliations and recharges. Management of transactional processing roles within GSO (Accounts Payable / Staff Expenses)
• Other Ad hoc tasks as requested

Requirements:

• Audit background (ideally 5 years minimum experience) with full professional accountancy qualification
• A further 5 years’ experience in a multinational company – consultancy / engineering company preferred
• Ability to manage and develop team members
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting principles and procedures, in particular proven accounting experience in long-term contract revenue recognition (IFRS 15)
• Good business acumen
• Strong accounting, analytical and problem -solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Fluency in verbal and written English

Other Background:

• Currie & Brown has 2 entities in Malaysia :

i. Currie & Brown Asia Pacific Malaysia – This includes our project management business and also our Global Support Office (GSO)

ii. Currie & Brown Quantity Surveying Consultants (Malaysia) – this is our newly incorporated company for trading our cost management services.

• The GSO transactional roles cover AP / Staff expense processing for South Asia Pacific & Australia
• The role will require a hands -on approach initially but will focus more on business partnering as the combined business grow.

Ways of Working

Hours: 40 hrs per week

Kuala Lumpur office