Assistant Finance Manager

Outspan Malaysia; Gelang Patah; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Gelang Patah is seeking a professional to enhance operational performance and manage manufacturing variances. The role involves financial reporting, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring efficiency and cost competitiveness.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a business partner to the Business Unit Managers.
• Managing and controlling manufacturing variances.
• Preparing budgets and collaborating with departments for forecasting.

Job description

• Acting as a business partner to the Business Unit Managers.
• Proactively and constructively providing guidance to improve operational performance and achieve cost competitiveness.
• Managing and controlling manufacturing variances, including efficiency, waste, labor, and material usage variances. Ensuring inventory accuracy through cycle counts.
• Ensuring timely and accurate monthly plant operational and financial performance reporting, including Plant Wise, Product Wise, and Gross Margin.
• Maintaining accurate standard costing.
• Simulating product costing to support innovation projects via good BOM and production process understanding.
• Preparing and analyzing plant operational and financial performance monthly.
• Assisting in preparing plant variance outlooks, leading annual standard cost review processes, and supporting the plant budgeting process.
• Analyzing and forecasting manufacturing variances and common costs monthly.
• Ensuring provisions and accruals are recorded based on accounting procedures and policies for associated risks and exposures.
• Conducting monthly audit control procedures for financial health checks.
• Tracking, validating, and monitoring continuous improvement and cost savings projects.
• Performing miscellaneous analysis and ad hoc tasks as assigned by management.
• Preparing budgets for the company and collaborating with various departments for forecasting activities.