Woleco Hotel Supplies Pte Ltd Hiring! Full Time Financial Controller in Johor - Ricebowl

The Financial Controller is a strategic business partner to the Factory Manager and regional leadership, providing financial insight, challenge, and decision support to drive profitability, operational efficiency, and growth. The role balances strong financial stewardship with forward-looking analysis, enabling data-driven decisions across manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial activities. This role is responsible for overseeing all financial and accounting operations of the manufacturing business, ensuring strong financial governance, accurate reporting, and cost control.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Drive timely and accurate financial reporting while translating results into clear, actionable insights for business leaders.

• Provide forward-looking commentary and identify key risks and opportunities.

• Ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, and statutory requirements while supporting efficient business operations.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory, tax, and statutory requirements in Malaysia.

• Manage external audits and liaise with auditors, tax agents, and regulators.

• Maintain strong internal controls and governance frameworks.

• Lead product costing, including standard costing, BOM (Bill of Materials), and variance analysis. Review integrity of standard cost uploaded into system.

• Lead product costing and variance analysis while challenging assumptions and driving accountability across production teams.

• Partner with operations to proactively identify cost drivers and margin improvement opportunities. Lead product costing and variance analysis while challenging assumptions and driving accountability across production teams.

• Drive improvements in cost efficiency and margin optimization.

• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes and deliver scenario-based analysis to support strategic decision-making.

• Provide recommendations, not just analysis, and influence resource allocation and operational decisions.

• Optimize working capital by partnering with operations and procurement to improve inventory, receivables, and payables performance.

• Provide proactive recommendations to enhance cash conversion and liquidity.

• Act as a trusted advisor to plant leadership, providing financial challenge and insight on operational decisions. Support trade-off decisions and influence production planning, pricing, and product mix.

• Support pricing decisions and profitability analysis by product line.

• Evaluate capital expenditure (CAPEX) and ROI.

• Maintain strong internal controls and governance frameworks while ensuring effective risk management and compliance.

• Develop a high-performing finance team that actively partners with the business. Build strong commercial acumen within the team and drive a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

• Drive continuous improvement in financial systems and reporting processes to enhance efficiency and data quality.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 8–15 years of relevant experience in manufacturing environment

• Strong experience of financial reporting, costing and controls applied in commercial context.

• Proven leadership and business partnering experience

• Proficiency in Advance Excel and financials reporting tools

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or ACCA

• Professional certification such as CPA

• Strong manufacturing costing knowledge, IFRS reporting, local GAAP and tax compliance.

• Energetic, highly motivated, with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of success.

• Working closely with the global and regional finance teams to ensure timely and accurate financial information

• Good analytical skills

• High integrity and openness combined with commitment to good governance

• Reasoning ability to define problems, collect data, establish fact and draw valid conclusions

• Be results-oriented

• Excellent time management and prioritization capabilities

• To work independently and as part of a team

• Exceptional communication skills

• Ability to handle high levels of pressure