Finance Manager

Wilhelmsen; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilhelmsen Ship Management is seeking an experienced Finance Manager/Financial Controller to lead day-to-day financial accounting, reporting and control activities in Malaysia. You will manage working capital, ensure IFRS compliance, and drive process improvements across the finance function within a high-volume, transaction-intensive environment.

Key duties include budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management and collaboration with group finance on audits, tax and treasury.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance or related field required.
• Proven experience in a Finance Manager, Financial Controller or equivalent role.
• Experience in high-volume transaction environments beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and statutory requirements.
• Experience implementing or improving finance processes and ERP.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day financial accounting activities, ensuring accurate recording of transactions.
• Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, collections, payments and reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Monitor cash flow and working capital; ensure proper financial planning.
• Develop end-to-end finance processes for scalability and automation.
• Coordinate with Group Finance on tax, audits and treasury matters.

Skills

Finance leadership

Financial controls

IFRS knowledge

Cash flow management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance

Professional accounting qualifications

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Join our global team for a career filled with opportunities to solve challenges both small and large, local and global, simple and complex.

About Us

Wilhelmsen Ship Management is one of the world's largest third-party ship managers originated from Oslo, Norway with a portfolio of more than 450 vessels, a pool of more than 14,000 seafarers and over 900 shore-based employees all over the world. Our employees are working with a comprehensive global maritime group providing over half of the merchant fleet with essential products and services, along with supplying crew and technical management to the largest and most complex vessels ever to sail.

What You'll Responsible For: Key Responsibilities

Finance Operations, Accounting & Reporting

• Oversee the day-to-day financial accounting activities of the company, ensuring accurate and timely recording of financial transactions.
• Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, collections, payments and reconciliations.
• Maintain the general ledger and ensure proper flow of financial information between finance, operations and other functions.
• Prepare accurate and timely monthly financial reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
• Monitor financial transactions and resolve discrepancies and exceptions in a timely manner.
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment for new services, transactions, contracts and commercial arrangements.
• Monitor cash flow and working capital requirements and ensure appropriate financial planning.

Finance process & systems development

• Establish and continuously improve end-to-end finance processes and workflows for the service business.
• Work with the wider Wilhelmsen Accounting & Finance team and relevant support functions to define finance requirements for ERP and other business systems.
• Establish appropriate processes for high-volume and recurring transactions, with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, automation and scalability.
• Ensure finance processes are appropriately integrated with operational systems and data flows.
• Develop and maintain finance procedures, process documentation and working instructions.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate finance activities as the business grows.

Finance control, compliance & governance

• Implement and maintain effective internal financial controls in accordance with WSM policies.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties, approval authorities, reconciliations and audit trails.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, IFRS, tax and statutory requirements.
• Support statutory audits and provide accurate and timely information to external auditors.
• Own intercompany recharges, transfer pricing and tax compliance (VAT, withholding tax), in coordination with Group Tax.
• Coordinate with Group Finance and relevant support functions on tax, audit, treasury and other financial matters.
• Monitor financial risks and escal material issues to the Business Head.
• Ensure financial policies and delegated authorities are consistently applied within the service company.

Budgeting, forecasting & financial analysis

• Partner with the GM to prepare annual budgets, forecasts and financial plans.
• Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying material variances and underlying drivers.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations to support business and operational decisions.
• Monitor revenue, cost, margin, cash flow and profitability performance by service line where applicable.
• Support the development of financial models and business cases for new services, products, markets and investments.
• Provide analysis of pricing, cost structures and unit economics to support commercial decision-making.

Treasury & cash management

• Manage cash flow forecasting, working capital and funding arrangements with Wilhelmsen Group.
• Define and apply an FX policy for multi-currency exposure, in line with Group Treasury.

Qualifications

Experience & Skills Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance, or a related field. Professional accounting qualifications are an advantage.
• Proven experience in a Finance Manager, Financial Controller or equivalent role.
• Experience in a high-volume transaction, services, technology, maritime or other operationally complex environment is advantageous.
• Strong experience in financial accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial controls.
• Experience establishing or improving finance processes and implementing financial systems/ERP.
• Experience managing reconciliations, accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash flow in a transaction-intensive environment.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, statutory rep