The Role
Manage financial planning and analysis for the company, ensuring compliance and governance, while providing strategic financial insights to support business decisions.
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Responsibilities
Strategic & Financial Planning
- Develop, implement, and continuously refine financial strategies that support the company’s short-term operational goals and long-term growth objectives.
- Act as a trusted financial advisor to the CEO and leadership team, providing insights, analysis, and recommendations that inform key business decisions.
- Prepare detailed financial forecasts, scenario analyses, cost models, and feasibility studies to evaluate business opportunities such as new projects, partnerships, or service expansions.
- Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders.
- Support capital planning, company structuring, and M&A assessments where applicable.
Financial Management & Operations
- Lead the end-to-end financial planning and analysis (FP&A) cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance tracking across all departments.
- Oversee all aspects of financial reporting, ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful reporting to internal (CEO, management team) and external stakeholders (Board, investors, parent company).
- Manage cash flow and working capital effectively to ensure liquidity and operational sustainability.
- Oversee accounting operations, including month-end closing, journal entries, reconciliations, and expense management.
- Design and maintain dynamic financial models that assess business performance, evaluate project profitability, and guide decision-making.
- Continuously improve financial systems, tools, and processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability in line with startup growth.
Governance & Compliance
- Ensure full compliance with Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS), tax laws, and all relevant statutory requirements.
- Develop, implement, and monitor strong internal control frameworks to protect company assets and ensure integrity in all financial reporting.
- Coordinate external audits and liaise closely with auditors to ensure transparency and smooth completion.
- Manage key external relationships with auditors, tax advisors, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies (e.g., LHDN, SSM, Bank Negara).
- Proactively identify potential financial, regulatory, or operational risks, and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- Support the development of company policies and procedures that strengthen financial governance and operational accountability.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (professional certifications such as CPA/ACCA/MICPA are an advantage)
- 6-10 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A roles; prior experience in infrastructure, consulting, or advisory industries is an advantage.
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards, tax compliance, and financial reporting in Malaysia.
- Proficiency in financial modelling, budgeting tools, and ERP/accounting systems.
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.
PLUS operates and maintains almost 1,000 kilometer's of expressways stretching from the border of Thailand in the North to the border of Singapore in the South as well as on the East Coast.
The expressway connects major industrial, commercial and transportation centres, links major seaports and airports and provide easy access that led to the development of many townships and industrial centres.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 6-10 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, or FP&A roles
- Proficiency in financial modelling, budgeting tools, and ERP/accounting systems
- Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards and tax compliance in Malaysia
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The Company
What We Do
PLUS Malaysia (PLUS) is the largest expressway service provider in Malaysia and one of the largest in South East Asia. PLUS is the expressway arm of UEM Group is the largest highway operator in Malaysia and has been operating the country’s toll roads since 1988. PLUS operates and maintains almost 1,000 kilometres of expressways stretching from the border of Thailand in the North to the border of Singapore in the South as well as on the East Coast. The expressway connects major industrial, commercial and transportation centres, links major seaports and airports and provide easy access that led to the development of many townships and industrial centres.
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