Finance Specialist

Garmin; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Kuala Lumpur is looking for an experienced Accountant. This role involves reviewing and controlling local expenses, ensuring timely reporting of financial information, and monitoring budget discrepancies. The candidate should have 4-5 years of experience in accounting and hold a diploma in Accounting or Business Administration. Fluency in Bahasa Malaysia and English is required, and CPA certification is a plus. The company promotes a motivating environment for top performers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-5 years in Accounting, audit, or related fields preferred.
• Experience in statutory auditing and annual corporate income tax return processes.
• Practical experience in operating local tax system.

Responsibilities

• Review and control local expense.
• Ensure timely reporting of monthly financial information.
• Perform accurate monthly and year-end accounting close procedures.
• Monitor and analyze monthly Expense vs Budget discrepancies.
• Assist in establishing new finance procedures and ERP system enhancement.

Skills

Accounting knowledge (Local GAAP; IFRS/US GAAP)

Proficient in MS Office (Excel)

Oracle/SAP ERP experience

Fluency in Bahasa Malaysia

Fluency in English

Education

Diploma in Accounting or Business Administration

CPA certificate

Tools

Accounting ERP

Local tax system compliance

Job description

As a leading worldwide provider of navigation devices and wearable technology, our focus is on developing, designing and supporting superior products. Our advanced technology promotes performance, safety and ease of use in every market we serve. That makes us an engineering and technology company with a keen focus on recruiting talent in those fields. The same vertical integration business model that keeps all design and manufacturing processes in-house also gives us the incentive to hire top performers from different backgrounds, including operations, finance and accounting, information technology, sales, marketing and communications.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and control local expense
• Perform and ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information.
• Perform and ensure an accurate and timely monthly, and year-end accounting close procedure.
• Ensure the monthly Bank Compliance activities are performed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitor and analyses monthly Expense vs Budget, and identify the root cause if needed.
• Assist in Newly Establish procedure (Finance) and features to enhance the workflow including ERP system.
• Assist in requirements of local statutory auditing, annual corporate income tax return and monthly withholding tax filing, Sales E-Invoice Issue and VAT returns.
• Self-motivated with good attention to detail and work independently.

Experience & Requirements

Years of experience: Minimum 4-5 years in Accounting, audit or accounting firm and industrial experience is preferred and big plus.

Education (degree, major): At least diploma in Accounting, Business & Administration; CPA certificate is a plus.

Specific skills:

• Accounting knowledge (Local GAAP; IFRS/US GAAP principles is a plus) & statutory report concept.
• Other Accounting ERP experience & Proficient in MS office ( Excel) ; Oracle/SAP ERP is preferred. Practical experience in operating local tax system including E-invoice compliance.

Language: Bahasa Malaysia & English is a must, Chinese is a plus. Fluent written and oral communication by English is needed for daily work.

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