Asia Finance Controller CoE - Assistant Manager (AP/AR)

Quest Oracle Community; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife Malaysia seeks an Assistant Manager within the regional finance function to oversee accounts payable and receivable, month-end close, and regulatory submissions for Malaysia and/or Singapore entities.

Reporting to the Regional Entities finance function based in Hong Kong, the role also covers budgeting, planning, intercompany activities, and compliance with IFRS. The position supports regional expense management and ad-hoc finance projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant working experience.
• Experience with IFRS and regional finance submissions.
• Proficiency with PeopleSoft General Ledger and Accounts Payable.
• Strong Excel skills and data manipulation abilities.
• Ability to use approved AI tools to support routine tasks such as drafting, summarizing, organizing information.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close activities, supporting schedules & reconciliations.
• Fixed asset management & reporting.
• Intercompany billings, collections & reporting.
• Ownership of accounts payable process: review payment requests for vendor invoices and reimbursements.
• Treasury & cashflow monitoring & reporting.
• Internal corporate compliance: balance sheet certifications, variance analysis, other reporting requirements.
• External statutory compliance: audit, corporate tax, sales & service tax, withholding tax.
• Drive/support global finance projects and ad-hoc requests.
• Coordinate financial planning and budgeting, engage stakeholders to develop forecasts.
• Assist on regional expense management: budget governance, variance analysis, forecast alignment.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Month-end Close

IFRS Knowledge

Excel Proficiency

AI Tools awareness

Communication Skills

Education

CPA/CMA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

PeopleSoft GL

PeopleSoft AP

Job description

MetLife Malaysia seeks an Assistant Manager within the regional finance function to oversee accounts payable and receivable, month-end close, and regulatory submissions for Malaysia and/or Singapore entities.

Reporting to the Regional Entities finance function based in Hong Kong, the role also covers budgeting, planning, intercompany activities, and compliance with IFRS. The position supports regional expense management and ad-hoc finance projects.