Finance Manager (Malaysia)

Sourceo Pte Ltd; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

STACK Infrastructure in Malaysia is seeking a Finance Manager to join STACK APAC’s finance team. Based in Malaysia, you will report to the Finance Director (APAC) and manage accounting, tax compliance, audits, and financial reporting, ensuring local regulatory requirements are met.

You will oversee group accounting in NetSuite, support accounts payable, tax filings (MFRS), coordination with tax agents, annual audits, budgeting and variance analysis, payroll support, and project cost tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent.
• 8+ years of relevant prior experience; Big 4 experience desirable.
• Strong understanding of MFRS accounting standards; basic knowledge of SFRS/IFRS is advantageous.
• Experience managing a group audit.
• Strong integrity and professional ethics.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently within a lean team.
• Fluency in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on accounting for STACK Malaysia Group while coordinating with APAC teams.
• Preparing management accounts through NetSuite.
• Supporting accounts payable process for projects and offices.
• Managing income tax filings, SST filings and other compliance matters.
• Coordinating with tax agents and managing annual audit process.
• Collaborating with head office on capital calls and funds flow.
• Handling monthly drawdowns and reporting on external borrowings.
• Maintaining project cost trackers and budget/variance analysis.
• Ensuring compliance with Malaysian and Johor local regulations.
• Contributing to process improvements in the Group’s accounting software.
• Administering bank accounts and supporting monthly payroll.
• Assisting with asset and portfolio level reporting and ad-hoc analysis.

Skills

Accounting

Financial reporting

Tax compliance

Audits

Communication

Analytical thinking

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

Microsoft Excel

Job description

STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.

Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.

The Position

The Finance Manager will be an integral part of STACK APAC’s finance team based in Malaysia. The role will report to the Finance Director (APAC) and support the team in accounting, tax compliance, audit, accounting software implementation, financial reporting, ensuring local regulatory requirement are met and ad-hoc financial analysis.

Company Overview

STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.

Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.

The Position

The Finance Manager will be an integral part of STACK APAC’s finance team based in Malaysia. The role will report to the Finance Director (APAC) and support the team in accounting, tax compliance, audit, accounting software implementation, financial reporting, ensuring local regulatory requirement are met and ad-hoc financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on accounting for STACK Malaysia Group while coordinating with teams within APAC

• Preparing management accounts through the Group’s accounting system (NetSuite)

• Supporting the accounts payable process for both project(s) and office(s)

• Managing income tax filings, SST filings and other compliance matters for the Group in coordination with appointed tax agents

• Managing the annual audit process including the audit plan, timelines, and information flow

• Collaborating with the head office team on capital calls and coordinating funds flow

• Handling monthly drawdowns and periodic reporting on external borrowings

• Supporting the project managers in maintaining up-to-date project cost trackers and preparing budget and variance analysis

• Take ownership of all Malaysian and Johor local regulation requirements

• Actively contributing and providing input to improve the Group’s accounting software

• Providing inputs on and managing the Group’s finance processes and controls

• Administering the Group’s bank accounts

• Supporting the monthly payroll process

• Assisting the team with asset and portfolio level reporting

• Ad-hoc analysis and reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent

• 8+ years of relevant prior experience; Experience in a Big 4 firm desirable

• Strong understanding of MFRS accounting standards; Brief understanding of SFRS or IFRS is advantageous

• Experience managing a group audit

• Strong personal and professional integrity

• Fluency in Microsoft Excel

• Excellent verbal, written communication, and organizational skills

• Ability to take ownership of work and work independently, but also function within a lean team with senior professionals.

This might be right for you if:

• You want to get a ground-level view to working in a growth stage company.

• You think critically about systems and processes and how to improve them.

• You enjoy working in small teams in a high-performance, multinational, and multi-cultural environment.

• You’re a strong communicator – persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

• You don’t get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.