Automation Lead: Corporate Accounting

Lam Research; Batu Kawan; Hybrid; MYR 112,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Lam Research in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a full‑time, on‑site/hybrid Finance Automation Specialist to own the day‑to‑day administration of corporate accounting automation tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, and Quickbase. You will ensure data integrity, SOX compliance, and collaborate with Finance, IT, and vendors.

The role focuses on developing, testing, and deploying automated workflows, building semantic models, and maintaining documentation while driving adoption and measurable efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field is required.
• 4–8 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance transformation, analytics, automation, or related roles; Fortune 500 or Big 4 experience is highly preferred.
• SAP S4 Hana, Alteryx, Power BI, Quickbase, data analytics, or automation certification is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 collaboration and automation tools.
• Hands‑on experience developing and supporting solutions in Alteryx, Power BI, and Quickbase; experience with administration, scheduling, permissions, data connections, monitoring, and production support is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience translating business requirements into scalable automated workflows, applications, reports, dashboards, and controls.
• Knowledge of accounting processes, US GAAP, internal controls, SOX, and audit requirements; IFRS knowledge is preferred
• Strong communication, project management, business partnering, and professional presence; ability to explain technical concepts to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the day‑to‑day administration, governance, and support of Corporate Accounting automation tools and solutions, including Alteryx, Power BI, Quickbase, and approved AI capabilities
• Maintain platform access, permissions, environments, schedules, connections, and solution inventories
• Monitor workflow, application, data refresh, and dashboard performance; troubleshoot failures and coordinate resolution with Finance, IT, and vendors
• Establish and maintain standards for development, testing, change control, documentation, security, versioning, and production deployment
• Track adoption, reliability, time savings, capacity gains, and other measures of automation value
• Partner with accounting process owners to identify, assess, prioritize, design, and implement automation opportunities across close, reconciliation, reporting, controls, and other finance processes
• Build, enhance, test, deploy, and support Alteryx workflows for data extraction, preparation, reconciliation, exception analysis, recurring reporting, and workflow orchestration
• Develop and manage Power BI semantic models, reports, dashboards, refresh schedules, access, data quality checks, and release processes to provide trusted, decision‑useful insights
• Design, administer, and improve Quickbase applications, pipelines, forms, notifications, role‑based access, and dashboards that support controlled accounting workflows and clear ownership
• Evaluate and responsibly apply approved AI capabilities to accounting use cases such as document and policy summarization, anomaly identification, knowledge retrieval, workflow assistance, and user support, with appropriate human review and data safeguards
• Ensure automated solutions preserve data integrity, auditability, and SOX requirements, including appropriate evidence, reconciliations, approvals, access controls, and change documentation
• Create and maintain solution documentation, data definitions, testing evidence, desktop procedures, and business‑continuity plans; cross‑train users and support teams
• Lead user training, intake, adoption, and continuous‑improvement activities; translate accounting requirements into practical technical designs and communicate status, risks, and results to stakeholders
• Maintain sufficient hands‑on knowledge of Corporate Accounting processes to validate business logic and support US GAAP, IFRS, audit, reporting, and other assigned deliverables as needed

Skills

Alteryx

Power BI

Quickbase

Data analytics

Automation

Excel

Microsoft 365

Communication

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

SAP S4 Hana

Alteryx

Power BI

Quickbase

Job description

Lam Research in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a full‑time, on‑site/hybrid Finance Automation Specialist to own the day‑to‑day administration of corporate accounting automation tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, and Quickbase. You will ensure data integrity, SOX compliance, and collaborate with Finance, IT, and vendors.

The role focuses on developing, testing, and deploying automated workflows, building semantic models, and maintaining documentation while driving adoption and measurable efficiency