Executive, Accounting & Tax [Malaysia]

ACCA Careers; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TMF Group in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an Executive (Accounts Receivable Specialist) to manage daily credit control and collections, ensuring accurate recording and timely updates. The role involves liaising with Sales, Service teams, and customers, plus preparing banking documentation and monthly forecasts.

The ideal candidate has a degree or diploma in business or accounting and 3-5 years of relevant experience, with strong communication, analytical, and ERP/Oracle experience.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Business, Accounting, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant working experience.
• Strong sense of responsibility, integrity, and a proactive team player.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including ability to work with China customers.
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision and handle situations professionally.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle or other accounting systems.
• Knowledge of revenue recognition is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in spoken and written Chinese is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day credit control and collection activities
• Ensure all collection activities are recorded correctly and updated in a timely manner
• Prepare and maintain banking documentation (Letter of credit, Bank Guarantee)
• Liaise with Sales, Customer Service and customers on account evaluation and collection matters
• Perform account reconciliations with customers and resolve collection issues or discrepancies
• Analyze and report on credit memos and write-off activities
• Prepare monthly collection forecasts and monitor performance against forecast targets
• Conduct customer credit reviews including analysis of customers' financial position, to assess risk and recommend appropriate credit limits.
• Provide market / business analysis to support management decision-making
• Monitor credit risk exposure and proactively highlight credit concerns to the Management
• Provide Account Receivable related support to internal stakeholders and external customers
• Review revenue recognition and provide relevant advice in accordance to accounting policies

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Chinese language

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Independent work

Education

Degree or Diploma in Business/Accounting

Tools

Oracle

Job description

About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. We provide legal, financial and employee administration through TMF Group's teams in 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, covering 92% of world GDP and 95% of FDI inflow.

As we're a global company with 12,000 colleagues, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

We are currently looking for a potential Executive (Accounts Receivable Specialist) for our Kuala Lumpur Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day credit control and collection activities
• Ensure all Collection activities are recorded correctly and updated in a timely manner
• Prepare and maintain banking documentation (Letter of credit, Bank Guarantee)
• Liaise with Sales, Customer Service and customers on account evaluation and collection matters
• Perform account reconciliations with customers and resolve collection issues or discrepancies
• Analyze and report on credit memos and write-off activities
• Prepare monthly collection forecasts and monitor performance against forecast targets
• Conduct customer credit reviews including analysis of customers' financial position, to assess risk and recommend appropriate credit limits.
• Provide market / business analysis to support management decision-making
• Monitor credit risk exposure and proactively highlight credit concerns to the Management
• Provide Account Receivable related support to internal stakeholders and external customers
• Review revenue recognition and provide relevant advice in accordance to accounting policies
• Any other relevant tasks assigned from time to time

Key Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Business, Accounting, or a related field
• 3-5 years of relevant working experience
• Strong sense of responsibility, integrity, and a proactive team player
• Good interpersonal, communication (verbal and written), and follow-up skills, including the ability to work with China customers and counterparts
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision and handle situations professionally
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Hands-on experience with Oracle or other accounting systems
• Knowledge of revenue recognition is an added advantage
• Proficiency in spoken and written Chinese is required

Pathways for career development

• Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work;
• We provide internal career opportunities so you can take your career further within TMF;
• Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy;

Making an impact

• You'll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients;
• Through our corporate social responsibility programme, you'll also be making a difference in the communities where we work;

A supportive environment

• Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace;
• Positive and healthy working environment - TMF Group Greece is Great Place to Work certified. The Great Place to Work® model is the world's most researched, accepted and sustainable definition of a great workplaces from an employee's point of view.

Candidates must be resident in Malaysia, or have the right to work in Malaysia.