Costing, Capex & Business Analytics Lead

Combi-Pack; Seremban; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in Malaysia is seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant as a Costing, Capex & Business Analytics Lead. This key role involves leading product costing efforts, implementing capex control frameworks, and establishing analytics functions. The ideal candidate will have 7–12 years of experience in manufacturing finance, hands-on SAP exposure, and familiarity with AI-enabled tools. This position requires strong leadership and analytical skills to drive department growth and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in manufacturing finance with strong costing exposure.
• Hands-on experience with SAP in costing, finance, or analytics modules.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead product costing for packaging technologies across multiple plants.
• Implement a structured capex review and approval framework.
• Build and operate the business analytics function with dashboards and KPIs.
• Establish processes and governance for the new department.

Skills

Financial modelling

Capex evaluation

Business partnering

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Chartered Accountant (CPA / ACCA / ICAEW)

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Costing, Capex & Business Analytics Lead

TPAC Malaysia is establishing a new high-impact department overseeing Costing, Capex Governance, and Business Analytics across multi-site, multi-technology operations.

We are seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA) who is fast-paced, analytical, and hungry to build and lead this department.

The ideal candidate is execution-driven, highly switched on, and able to partner seamlessly with operations, commercial, supply chain, and leadership teams.

Position Summary

TPAC Malaysia is establishing a new high-impact department overseeing Costing, Capex Governance, and Business Analytics across multi-site, multi-technology operations.

We are seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA) who is fast-paced, analytical, and hungry to build and lead this department.

The ideal candidate is execution-driven, highly switched on, and able to partner seamlessly with operations, commercial, supply chain, and leadership teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Costing Leadership (Across All Malaysia Sites & Technologies)

• Own and lead complete product costing for packaging technologies across multiple plants.

• Create and standardize costing models including BOM, routing, machine-hour rates, material yield, overheads, and manpower costing.

• Support commercial teams with new product costing, margin simulations, and customer pricing decisions.

• Conduct periodic reviews, ensuring accuracy and transparency of product cost structures.

• Identify cost improvement opportunities across operations and supply chain.

2. Capex Control & Governance

• Implement a structured capex review and approval framework.

• Validate all capex proposals including ROI, payback, scenario modelling, and risk assessment.

• Monitor all project progress: spend vs approvals, timelines, benefits realization.

• Ensure strict adherence to financial discipline and audit requirements.

3. Business Analytics & Insights

• Build and operate the business analytics function covering MIS, dashboards, production KPIs, margin trends, and financial insights.

• Use AI and automation tools to enhance data modelling, predictive analysis, and business insight generation.

• Present clear recommendations to the Finance Manager and Malaysia leadership team.

• Lead analytics projects including profitability reviews, cost trends, and efficiency studies.

4. Department Setup & Leadership

• Establish all processes, SOPs, templates, dashboards, and governance for the new department.

• Build and mentor a small team as the function expands.

• Develop strong internal partnerships with ops, engineering, sales, and supply chain.

• Drive speed, accuracy, digitization, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Chartered Accountant (CPA / ACCA / ICAEW) — mandatory.

• 7–12 years of experience in manufacturing finance, with strong costing exposure.

• SAP experience is essential— candidates must have hands‑on SAP exposure in costing, finance, or analytics modules.

• Strong financial modelling, capex evaluation, and business partnering skills.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is an advantage.

• Ability to work in fast-paced environments and manage multi-site complexity.

Key Attributes

• Fast-paced, proactive, and execution-focused.

• Highly analytical, structured, and detail-driven.

• Leadership potential with the hunger to build and scale a new function.

• Strong communication and influence across technical and commercial teams.

• Team player, low ego, clear communication, and ensure the team is on the right path.