Job Description: 

∙ As a Finance Controller, to optimize the management duties and assist in making decisions  which contribute to lasting profitability; 

∙ Act as a counter-power, alerting as needed and proposing corrective actions; 

∙ Ensure that all accounting records reflect precisely the business reality and adhere to both  company standards and local tax and accounting regulations; 

∙ Communicate accounting figures simply and effectively to operational contacts; ∙ Challenge current practices, if needed and propose new approaches; ∙ Be a reference in terms of business & analysis 

Job Duties: 

Business partner: Contribute to the logistics management team’s decision making 

• Have a deep understanding of the logistics business activity, its constraints, rhythm and risks  related to its business activity 
• Generate an overall Profit and Loss report each month that triggers speedy decisions 
• Know the key indicators of the logistics scope of operations and create action plans,  together with the logistics managers, to improve them. 
• Participate regularly in operational meetings; the quality and relevance of your meeting  contributions make them sought after by the team 
• Through training, boost your co-workers’ finance-related skills

Management Accounting: Ensure financial forecasts are reliable and optimize management  processes within your scope of responsibility. 

• Promote a spirit of low costs and simplicity: Seek to optimize the logistics expenses using  cost breakdown analysis, improving fixed costs, and sharing best practices within your scope  of responsibility. 
• Help the logistics team to ensure the reliability of forecasts (Activity, expenses, Investment planning) 
• Together with logistics management team, create list of operational KPIs to keep track of  logistics performance 
• Regularly go over the 12-months rolling piloting and 5 year trajectory planned in order to  facilitate the budgeting process and evaluate current performance. 
• Make wise investment decisions using simple tools (e.g. Cost benefit analysis, Return on Investment) 
• Alert if needed on stock and flow indicators (Stock levels, rotations, etc.) 

Financial Accounting: Ensure reliable financial information 

• Be in charge of local operating expenses for payroll (with Payroll service provider) and  personnel expenses claims (through internal IT systems) 
• Ensure that the Profit and Loss accounts accurately reflect monthly income and expenses,  and comply with company’s standards and local standards (Malaysian GAAP); 
• Gather and identify business activity risks and reflect them in the financial books; 
• Ensure the completeness, existence and accuracy of fixed assets and inventories with the  help of logistics operations managers. 
• Tax, Compliance and Internal controls 
• Provide relevant reporting to Tax and corporate authorities, external auditors regarding the  financial information of the company 
• Ensure documents are well archived and available upon request (Corporate and Statutory  information, Contracts and agreements with suppliers, etc.) 
• Be familiar with internal controls and processes; train team members and monitor their  application of those processes 
• Critically evaluate processes in order to find weak spots and take actions to improve them.

1) Sports-Lover 

2) Ex. Finance Controller for a company operating a warehouse or factory.

3) Knowledgeable on Accounting, Tax and Compliance for Malaysian entity 

4) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Malaysia Institute of Accountant (MIA) (add advantages)