Finance Director

2 days ago

Ampang Selangor, Malaysia Private Advertiser Full time 300,000 - 600,000 per year

We are representing a leading food manufacturing group with strong growth momentum and regional expansion plans. To support its next phase of transformation, our client is seeking a Finance Director to provide strategic financial leadership, strengthen governance, and drive performance excellence across multiple manufacturing plants and markets.

This is a high-impact leadership role, reporting directly to the Group CEO/CFO, ideal for finance professionals from global MNC or food multinationals seeking broader commercial scope, end-to-end business ownership, and regional exposure.

The successful candidate will shape the Group's financial strategy, operational efficiency, and growth execution.


Job Scope

Strategic Leadership & Governance

  • Lead overall financial management, reporting, and statutory compliance for the Group, ensuring full alignment with MFRS/IFRS standards.
  • Provide strategic financial counsel to senior management on capital structure, investment priorities, and performance improvement.
  • Oversee consolidation, tax, treasury, audit, and cash-flow forecasting, maintaining strong internal controls and risk management frameworks.
  • Strengthen financial governance and compliance across manufacturing and commercial operations to ensure business sustainability.

Business Performance & FP&A

  • Drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning across all plants and business units.
  • Lead the FP&A function to deliver actionable analysis, performance dashboards, and management commentary for strategic decision-making.
  • Provide insights on sales, gross margin, yield, conversion cost, and working capital to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
  • Support scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis for new product introductions and market expansion plans.

Manufacturing & Cost Optimisation

  • Oversee standard costing, cost-per-unit analysis, and production variance analysis (yield, labour, and overhead).
  • Partner with manufacturing and supply chain teams to identify opportunities for productivity improvement and cost reduction.
  • Provide financial leadership on CapEx evaluation, ROI analysis, and post-implementation reviews to ensure targeted returns.

Transformation & People Leadership

  • Lead finance transformation and process improvement initiatives to enhance reporting accuracy, efficiency, and analytical depth.
  • Build, mentor, and develop high-performing finance teams with a strong business-partnering culture.
  • Promote collaboration, accountability, and financial literacy across operations and commercial functions.

Requirements
  • Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with a recognized professional qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent).

  • Minimum 15 years of progressive finance experience, including at least 5 years in a senior controllership or finance leadership role within food manufacturing.

  • Multinational Food Industry preferred.

  • Exposure to board-level decision-making and strategic growth execution

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