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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Senior Finance Manager

A leading Malaysian food processing and trading group with a strong global footprint and an internationally recognised brand is restructuring to separate its local and global businesses. As part of this next phase of growth, they are creating a new Senior Finance Manager role within one of the newly structured business entities.

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance Transformation, this person will lead group finance, consolidation and financial reporting across multiple entities and jurisdictions with one direct report, playing a key role in building a scalable finance function for the new business.

Why should you apply?

  • Newly created role with high visibility, working directly with the Head of Finance Transformation
  • Opportunity to help build the finance function of a newly structured business
  • Broad exposure across group consolidation, FP&A and finance transformation in a multi-entity, cross-border environment
  • Join an established group with a strong global footprint and an internationally recognised brand
  • Competitive salary of up to RM18,000 plus 13th month bonus
  • Strong career advancement opportunity

Please contact Hazel Anne by emailing your cv directly to Hazel@theedgepartnership.com

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Key responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end group consolidation across more than 10 entities and multiple jurisdictions, ensuring a timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and annual close in compliance with IFRS and group policies
  • Oversee financial reporting for subsidiaries and strengthen closing discipline through clear timelines, checklists and reconciliations
  • Drive annual budgeting and mid-term planning, aligning assumptions with business strategy and tracking performance against revenue, EBITDA and cash flow
  • Own quarterly rolling forecasts, delivering variance analysis, scenario modelling and actionable insights to support management decisions
  • Act as the primary liaison with external auditors, managing audit timelines and technical accounting issues to ensure clean audit outcomes
  • Enforce robust internal controls across regional finance teams
  • Champion finance transformation initiatives, including ERP optimisation, consolidation tools and automation of reporting workflows
  • Establish scalable SOPs and reporting templates across geographies to drive consistency, accuracy and efficiency
  • Enhance management reporting packs, dashboards and KPI tracking covering working capital, margins and cash conversion
  • Partner with senior leadership, regional finance teams and investment stakeholders, and mentor and develop a direct report

Role requirements

  • 8–12 years of experience in group finance, consolidation or controllership roles within MNCs or large regional groups
  • Proven experience managing subsidiaries and consolidating more than 10 entities, ideally multi-currency under IFRS
  • Strong track record in financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting
  • Strong technical accounting foundation; Big 4 audit background is preferred but not required
  • Hands-on experience with ERP and consolidation systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Hyperion or similar)
  • Experience driving finance transformation, automation or system implementation is an advantage
  • Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across regions
  • Proficiency in Mandarin is required
  • Open to candidates from any industry
  • Willing to be based in Penang for the first 6 months before relocating to KL Sentral permanently