Asia Financial Controller

Nufarm Limited; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global crop protection company is seeking an Asia Financial Controller to lead financial operations across multiple countries. The role involves overseeing financial reports, budgeting, and collaboration with various teams to enhance business strategies. The ideal candidate should possess over 10 years of financial leadership experience and CA/CPA qualifications. You will have the chance to develop a high-performing finance team while ensuring compliance and driving value across Asia. This is a significant opportunity to impact our global success.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in a financial leadership role covering multiple countries.
• Experience in managing budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews.
• Proven ability to optimize financial metrics for the best outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial close process for Asia entities.
• Direct the annual budgeting process aligning financial plans.
• Provide accurate financial insights to the Asia Leadership Team.

Skills

Financial analytics

Budget management

Cross-functional leadership

Team coaching and development

Education

CA/CPA Qualifications

Tools

JDE ERP system

Job description

Career Opportunities: Asia Financial Controller (10246)

Are you a highly organized and proactive professional with a knack for ensuring smooth operations and providing exceptional leadership in a quality assurance environment? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy working with diverse teams to ensure smooth business continuity? If so, we invite you to explore an exciting opportunity at Nufarm, where you can contribute to our global success and advance your career.

Nufarm. Evolving Ag.

Nufarm is a global crop protection and seeds technologies company that helps farmers and businesses meet the global challenges of food, feed, fibre and food production.

Whether it’s commercialising the world’s first plant-based omega‑3, launching precision agricultural solutions, unlocking biomass oils for more sustainable fuels and fast‑moving consumer goods, launching innovative new crop protection solutions or delivering the crop and seed solutions farmers depend on every day, Nufarm is evolving with agriculture to drive value for customers

Purpose

To ensure the statutory compliance and accuracy of financial numbers across Asian entities. To align with the region’s strategic direction by developing high performance finance team and leading initiatives that partner with to cross function/cross countries leaders to achieve business objectives

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Controllership
  • Lead the financial close process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting all Asia entities while driving process improvements such as streamlining, acceleration, and enhanced controls (e.g., account reconciliations DOA and internal controls).
  • Oversee the design, implementation, and effectiveness of the internal control framework for financial reporting.
  • Coordinate internal and external audit activities to ensure compliance and efficiency.
  • Partner with Legal, Tax, and Treasury teams to manage cross‑functional financial requirements.
  • Ensure all business financial reporting meets quality standards and is delivered on time.
• Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Direct the annual budgeting process, aligning financial plans with organizational objectives.
  • Collaborate with the Leadership Team to set targets for earnings, returns, cash flow, working capital, and capital expenditure.
  • Lead and facilitate the Integrated Business Planning process to ensure cohesive planning across functions.
  • Work closely with Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations teams to produce accurate financial forecasts, monitor performance, and implement mitigation strategies for gap closure.
• Financial Planning and Analysis
  • Provide accurate and timely financial insights to the Asia Leadership Team.
  • Validate the integrity and accuracy of financial data to support decision‑making.
  • Deliver comprehensive monthly reports and analysis for business reviews, enabling informed management decisions.
• Process Improvement and Change Management
  • Drive standardization and harmonization of financial reporting processes.
  • Identify and implement process improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency.
  • Ensure workflows and procedures are well‑documented and adhered to.
  • Lead the implementation of JDE ERP system and process enhancements.
• Decision Support
  • Ensure strong credit control across all Asia markets by tracking exposure, managing overdue risks and partnering with commercial teams to improve cash collection and working capital.
  • Partner proactively with executives and managers to provide financial analysis, advice, and decision support to achieve business objectives.
  • Deliver financial and analytical support for ad‑hoc projects to inform commercial decisions.
  • Develop and maintain robust costing methodologies to ensure accurate product costing.
• Leadership & People Development
  • Build a high‑performing, collaborative finance team across Asia.
  • Coach and develop team members to strengthen business partnering capability.
  • Role‑model Nufarm’s RARE values and drive accountability and teamwork.
  • Develop succession and talent pipeline for key finance roles.
  • Work hands‑on with a lean team, stepping into operational gaps when needed to ensure delivery and continuity across countries.

Qualifications, Experience

Mandatory

• 10 + years’ experience in a financial leadership role covering more than one country
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts and performance reviews.
• Financial analytics – turning data into insights for decision‑making and business partnership
• Proven ability to Optimising financial metrics to get best financial outcome
• CA/CPA Qualifications

Desirable

• Exposure to agriculture industry or manufacturing or similar industry
• Experience leading cross‑country teams in a lean, hands‑on environment.
• Experience supporting a business in its early‑stage setup or expansion.
• Exposure to ERP transformation or migration, ideally JDE or similar systems.

Nufarm is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all Nufarm employees.

Apply today and be part of our journey to shape the future of Nufarm!