Controllership-Process & COE-Manager

Lazada Group; Kuala Lumpur; Presencial; MYR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lazada Group is seeking a governance-focused professional to manage key accounting decisions, drive rollout of new initiatives, and ensure smooth operation with robust controls across ventures. You will collaborate with Finance Business Partners, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement and Transport teams to align processes with the company’s logistics strategy.

With a background in accounting and 5+ years of project leadership, you will leverage SAP/SQL skills to deliver improvements,

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in managing projects/implementations.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple partners.
• Fluent in English and Chinese; strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work within tight timeframes and manage multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with SAP and SQL a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Act as SME for processes and systems in the domain area and monitor audit issues.
• Lead review of business initiatives and design processes to support success.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and service providers to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Oversee transition of new initiatives to Finance BPO when needed.
• Identify opportunities for process and system improvements including automation.
• Provide updates and training to end-users on processes, systems and tools.

Conocimientos

Cross-functional work

Automation tools

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Herramientas

SAP

SQL

Descripción del empleo

This role administers the governance and controls for key accounting decisions related to business processes. This position will focus on supporting the rollout of new initiatives and projects, ensuring their smooth transition and operation, and driving transformational efficiencies and automation across all ventures, while ensuring the existence of sufficient controls to mitigate any risk implications. This role works closely with business leaders and internal partners (Finance Business Partners, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, Transport, etc.) to ensure that processes continue to be aligned with the Company’s business strategy and goals, as well as meet changing needs in the logistics domain.
Responsibilities
In this position, you will:
1. Be the subject matter expert in processes and systems of the domain area. Monitor all internal and external audit issues relating to the finance processes and ensure timely completion of action plans. Where needed, provide support to the countries for issue closure.
2. Lead the review of business initiatives
Design processes and recommend system developments to support business initiative success.
Drive Business Partnering with relevant stakeholders.
Create, review, and publish documentation of manuals and SOPs for new initiatives.
3. Build trusting relationships and continuous interaction with internal stakeholders, as well as BPO, to ensure high-quality delivery of service and maximum customer satisfaction.
4. Initiate the transition of new entities/ workflow to Finance BPO when there are new initiatives, process changes, or transactional work remaining in local ventures.
5. Identify and prioritize process and system improvement opportunities for finance operations
Conduct workshops to continually review work practices and identify pain points
Redesign processes for better operational efficiency, including adoption of automation tools, and resolve potential control issues
Provide regular updates and training to various end-users related to company processes, systems and tools to ensure desired engagement, understanding and adoption

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing projects/implementations.
Technically competent and operationally hands‑on.
Ability to work cross-functionally.
Ability to work within tight timeframes, manage multiple priorities, and demonstrate flexibility as priorities change.
Inquisitive mind to question the status quo and propose improvements using automation tools and improve workflows.
Proactive in solving problems and developing creative solutions.
Prior experience in e-commerce business will be an added advantage
Must be fluent in both English and Chinese.
Familiar with SAP and SQL is a plus.