Finance Manager

Currie & Brown Group Limited; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown Group Limited in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee Malaysia operations, reporting to the Asia Pacific Finance Director. You will drive budgeting, forecast, P&L analysis, and cash flow management while ensuring IFRS 15 revenue recognition and compliance.

The role requires strong financial leadership, audit and tax coordination, and the ability to partner with regional operations for strategic decision making.

Qualifications

• Audit background with full professional qualification.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a multinational company (consultancy/engineering preferred).
• Ability to develop and manage a team.
• Strong IFRS knowledge, especially IFRS 15 revenue recognition.
• Excellent business acumen and analytical skills.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the periodic budget and forecast, and the full P&L analysis of the South Asia Pacific businesses including monthly reporting, variance analysis and review calls with senior management team.
• Plan and manage cash position, cashflow projection and ensure optimal working capital.
• Manage all accounting operations including billing, A/R, A/P and GL and revenue recognition (IFRS 15).
• Lead month-end and year-end close process.
• Coordinate preparation of regulatory reporting and tax filings (local & national).
• Audit, taxation and company secretarial advisers lead responsibilities.

Skills

Audit experience

IFRS 15 knowledge

Team leadership

English fluency

Education

ACCA/CPA or equivalent

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a finance manager for our Malaysia operations, based in our Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) office. Reporting to the Asia Pacific Finance Director and supporting the Country Lead and operational team. Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing the periodic budget and forecast, and the full P&L analysis of the South Asia Pacific businesses including monthly reporting, variance analysis and review calls with senior management team
• Planning and managing cash position, cashflow projection and ensuring optimal working capital
• Managing all accounting operations including billing, A/R, A/P and GL and revenue recognition (under IFRS 15)
• Management of month-end and year-end close process
• Co‑ordinating the preparation of regulatory reporting
• Ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Managing and complying with local and national government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Managing existing resources around project administration and credit control
• Key lead on audit, taxation and company secretarial advisers
• Project review and revenue recognition with operations
• Key reviewer of the wider group’s off shoring centre (GSO), including inter-company reconciliations and recharges. Management of transactional processing roles within GSO (Accounts Payable / Staff Expenses)
• Other Ad hoc tasks as requested

Requirements

• Audit background (ideally 5 years minimum experience) with full professional accountancy qualification
• A further 5 years’ experience in a multinational company – consultancy / engineering company preferred
• Ability to manage and develop team members
• Knowledge of IFRS accounting principles and procedures, in particular proven accounting experience in long-term contract revenue recognition (IFRS 15)
• Good business acumen
• Strong accounting, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Fluency in verbal and written English

Other Background

Currie & Brown has 2 entities in Malaysia

• Currie & Brown Asia Pacific Malaysia Sdn Bhd – This includes our project management business and also our Global Support Office (GSO)
• Currie & Brown Quantity Surveying Consultants (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd – this is our newly incorporated company for trading our cost management services
• The GSO transactional roles cover AP / Staff expense processing for South Asia Pacific & Australia
• The role will require a hands‑on approach initially but will focus more on business partnering as the combined business grow.

About Us

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.

With the backing of our parent company, we are a truly independent business. Our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions, as well as work directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.