We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Finance Manager to lead the finance function. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for financial reporting, business partnering, treasury, tax, governance, and performance management.
You will lead a high-performing finance team while partnering closely with senior leadership to drive business growth, improve profitability, strengthen financial controls, and deliver operational excellence. The ideal candidate is hands-on, analytical, and passionate about transforming finance into a value-creating business partner.
Key Responsibilities- Lead and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee financial reporting, group consolidation, statutory compliance, and month-end/year-end close activities.
- Drive budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Manage treasury, cash flow, working capital, banking relationships, and financing arrangements.
- Ensure compliance with taxation, regulatory requirements, internal controls, and corporate governance standards.
- Lead external audits, risk management initiatives, and implementation of audit recommendations.
- Champion finance transformation, process automation, data analytics, and reporting enhancements.
- Partner with business leaders to provide commercial insights, evaluate opportunities, and support key corporate initiatives.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CA ANZ, ICAEW, MICPA, or equivalent is preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting.
- At least 3–5 years of leadership experience managing finance teams.
- Proven experience managing multiple legal entities and group reporting.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards (MFRS), taxation, treasury, audit, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience within distribution, trading, marketing services, FMCG, retail, project-based, or commercial environments is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, business partnering, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience in process improvement, finance transformation, and system optimization.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
- Professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, CA ANZ, ICAEW, MICPA, or equivalent)
- Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting
- 3-5 years of leadership experience managing finance teams
- Proven experience managing multiple legal entities and group reporting
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards (MFRS), taxation, treasury, audit, and regulatory compliance
- Experience in distribution, trading, marketing services, FMCG, retail, project-based, or commercial environments
- Strong analytical, business partnering, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated experience in process improvement, finance transformation, and system optimization
What We Do
We are Always Marketing, one of the largest Field Marketing service agencies in Malaysia. Our headquarter office based in Shanghai and we have offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. We provide a full spectrum of Total Field Marketing Solutions: “Sell In" to “Sell Out", “Activation Strategic Planning”, “On-The-Ground Execution” and Service Offerings, including Promoter & Field Marketer Management, In-Store Activation / Promotion, Retail Audit / Mystery Shopper, Event / Road Show, POSM Management and Premium / Gifting.
