Finance Manager

Gulf Agency Company; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the logistics sector is looking for a Finance Manager to oversee financial strategies, budgeting, and compliance tasks. This role requires expertise in financial performance monitoring and team management, along with strong problem-solving skills. Successful candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years accounting experience, preferably in logistics.
• Ability to set measurable targets and report in due time.
• Computer literacy in a Windows environment is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial performance monitoring and reporting to management.
• Ensure timely budgeting and payroll processing.
• Manage finance team and improve financial procedures.

Skills

English Fluency

Multi-tasking

Self-motivated

Team Player

Problem Solving

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lead financial strategy, budgeting, and reporting to drive business growth and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

The Main Purpose of the job is responsible for all the GAC Malaysia Finance related matters and to ensure all financial activities are carried out in a timely, economical, accurate and professional manner

Job Description

1. Financial Performance monitoring and reporting

Monitor company's financial performance and promptly highlight to management positive and negative trends and improvement opportunities.

Ensure that monthly reports are prepared and submitted as per GAC financial guide to Top Management:

Prepare various reports as required by the management and submit them in a timely manner

Inform Management of any developments related to tax regulations, government financial policies, banking practices, and interest rates which could potentially impact the company and/or could be potentially capitalized by the company.

2. Budgeting

Prepare Company budget with the MD and ensure that the budget is controlled and updated on timely basis

3. Accounts Receivables and Payables

Ensure that weekly credit statements (receivables) are prepared and submitted to MD and HOD's and aggressive follow-up on receivables are carried out.

Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of all receivables and payable accounts.

Liaise with MD and HOD's in connection with all financial matters pertaining to principals, clients and subcontractors. (Including Logistics dept credit control-investments-liabilities)

Regularly meet with Customer Service and Sales team to collectively review billing and outstanding issues/practices.

4. Payroll processing

Ensure payroll is processed in a timely and accurate manner as well as ensure the integrity and confidentiality of Payroll related information

5. Finance Team management and Development

Stimulate Finance team and ensure that all necessary tools are available in order to meet the operational requirements

Develop the standard of knowledge of accounts staff regarding financial procedures

6. Improvement Initiatives

Constantly assess opportunities to improve cash flow, streamline invoicing, collections and receivables process and suggest/implement initiatives in line with the identified opportunities.

Identify and suggest new methods and ways to cut costs within company as well as Implement and follow-up on cost reduction programmers.

Regularly review implemented procedures with finance team and management to ensure that processes in place are "best fit" for the scope of work and actively

Suggest procedure changes to improve performance.

7. General

Develop and maintain positive contact with local finance team, head-office, principals, sub-contractors and clients.

Ensure that any/all financial reporting correspondence to the above mentioned is efficient, punctual and professional.

Pro-actively generate, investigate ORF's & ensure the standard of all related procedures ate maintained.

Encourage finance staff to proactively raise ORFs.

Carry out all other activities as assigned by superiors

Job requirements

• Minimum 5 years accounting experience in a similar role (logistic Industry experience is desirable)

• Ability to set measurable targets, make plans to progress to their fruition and report feedback within the time frames provided

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Able to work independently, team player, able to multi-task, self - motivated, work independently, work under pressure and make quick decision to solve problem issue.
• Computer literacy in windows environment. Software knowledge of Microsoft office