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Always Marketing Malaysia Sdn Bhd

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Finance Manager

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About the Role

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.

Requirements

  • 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.
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