Head of Finance
On-siteKuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Job Summary
Lead all finance and accounting operations to achieve company and group level targets, including forecasting, planning, and reporting defined financial reports for stakeholders. Develop short- and long-term strategic financial objectives, perform risk assessments, and provide mitigation plans to support new business plans and expansion activities. Draft and update local financial policies, ensure internal controls to prevent revenue leakage and resource wastage, and manage direct and indirect tax planning and compliance. Oversee fund flows, credit management, and treasury processes while managing project accounting and controlling. Recruit, train, and motivate team members to ensure compliance with Group and local guidelines, and act as a bridge between HQ and the region.
Required Qualifications
- Leadership in the development of short and long term strategic financial objectives
- Roadmap for the achievement of financial targets as set in Annual Business Plan
- Risk assessment and short- and long-term mitigation plans
- Feasibility of new projects
- Drafting, implementing, and updating local financial policies and processes aligned to corporate guidelines and local best practices
- Independent opinion on financial matters of the company
- Tax planning and compliance to direct taxes, indirect taxes, tax payments, withholding taxes, assessments, and appeals
- Validation and verification of tax submissions
- Strict compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, and applicable regulatory laws and regulations for financial and tax reporting
- Closure of statutory audit
- Manage fund flows, working capital, credit management, term loans, Forex matters
- Transactional KPIs (AR, AP, etc.)
- Operational knowledge of hedging, cash pooling, and other treasury processes
- Manage financial aspects of projects, project accounting and controlling
- Support project team to achieve best financial outcomes
- Recruit, train and motivate team members
- Lead high quality bookkeeping
- Ensure a clean audit report
- Compliance to Group and local guidelines, processes, and policies by the Finance team members
- Act as bridge between HQ and the region
- Set KPIs, assess and provide guidance to Management for achieving organizational goals
- Permanent contract
- Rolls-Royce business environment (Power Systems, mtu, marine and infrastructure sectors)
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