Finance Controller

Main responsibilities:

Responsible for Financial Closing, Finance Operations, Treasury & Corporate Finance, Revenue Management and Financial Project Management functions of the Company's Finance Division.

Tasks:

• Manage and monitor the financial closing function to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial numbers, including among others monthly/quarterly financial closing, audited financial statements, reports to audit committee, board of directors or any other relevant committees; annual budgeting; audit and tax.
• Manage and monitor the finance operations function to ensure the timely execution of all types of transactions, including among others efficient and effective process improvements; the correct use of Company's Discretionary Authority Limits ("DAL") by relevant officers; and approving daily operational activities of the Company within the approving authority specified in the DAL.
• Manage and monitor the treasury & corporate finance functions to ensure the optimum finance cost/finance income incurred by the Company for its fund raising via sukuk issuance and the performance of external fund managers with the investment mandated amount.
• Manage and monitor the cash management function to ensure an adequate cash position for project capital expenditure and operating expenses, including among others cash flow projections for short/medium/long-term and money market placements.
• Manage and monitor revenue management functions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of billings and credit control proceedings including among others evaluating the financial performance/viability of state water operators for lease rental collections on existing projects and new projects; financial exposure for state water operators on capital expenditure plan approved by SPAN; monthly billings; lease charging process; resolution of unrecorded lease rentals and resolution of outstanding lease rentals.
• Manage and monitor financial project management function to ensure projects for Finance Division are carried out effectively and efficiently with appropriate process, timeline, user training, and within budgeted amount including among others cloud ERP; automation and digitalization; transfer pricing documentations; and securing approval from external stakeholders (bankers, fund managers, MOF, state water operators), where required.
• Manage and monitor compliance with standard operating procedures, policies, accounting standards, statutory and regulatory requirements including among others debt capital markets, tax, audited financial statements, as well as make improvement when required.
• Ensure compliance with the Company's authority limits set.
• Staff management, external stakeholders, top and senior management, and other parties relevant to Finance Division, including among others performance appraisal, mentoring and coaching of staff; preparation of proposal and analysis; resolution of financial issues; value creation participation and representation on behalf of Finance Division/Company.
• Perform other tasks as instructed from time to time by the management and/or immediate supervisor.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree with Professional Accountancy is required;
• Demonstrated competency in project-based financial management, covering budgeting, cash flow forecasting, progress-based cost monitoring and control of variation orders.
• Twelve (12) or more years of experience in Finance Function is necessary;
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office suite, including MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint is essential;
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Bahasa Malaysia is required;
• Excellent report writing, presentation and public speaking skills are essential;
• The candidate should possess good leadership attributes and be energetic;
• Being self-motivated, analytical, resourceful and having strong integrity are important qualities; and
• A good working attitude and willingness to travel are expected.

Perks & Benefits

• Allowance (travel stipends, transportation, etc.)
• Personal development opportunities

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: RM20, RM21,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Opportunities for promotion
• Professional development

Application Question(s):

• Do you have competency in project-based financial management, covering budgeting, cash flow forecasting, progress-based cost monitoring and control of variation orders?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Corporate finance: 10 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Professional Accountancy (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Required)

Work Location: In person