Financial Analyst

Flex; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Financial Analyst located in Prai, Penang. This role involves preparing and analyzing financial reports to support business operations and ensure accurate reporting. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting and a minimum of 3 years of related experience. The company offers medical benefits, life insurance, and performance bonuses for your valuable contributions.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Performance bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years related experience in financial roles.
• Experience with U.S. GAAP compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and analyze financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements.
• Input and repair financial data entries as required.
• Assist in month-end and quarter-end close activities.
• Analyze actual and forecast data, providing detailed commentary.
• Conduct cost analyses and provide recommendations for management.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecast analysis

Data entry

Cost analysis

Reporting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

Job description

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Financial Analyst located in Prai, Penang.

Responsible for preparing and analyzing financial reports in support of business needs in order to ensure charges and headcount are passed to the correct business units and to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

What a typical day looks like

• Assist in the timely preparation and review of consolidated financial statements.
• Complete all relevant data entry, repair data entry as required by all team members.
• Input journal entries.
• Aggregate and prepare actual and forecast financial data. Compare the current forecast against the prior forecast.
• Develop detailed commentary correlating physical activity at reporting entities to changes in forecasts and to deviations from targeted financial metrics.
• Assist in month end and quarter end close with journal entry registrations.
• Assist in quarterly reviews and year-end audit activities.
• Advise reporting entities on corporate accounting policies and U.S. GAAP.
• Generate/review financial key operating statistics and work with locations to assure adherence to data and calculation definitions.
• Analyze actual and forecast data and provide detailed commentary correlating physical activity at reporting entities to changes in forecasts, addressing deviations from targeted financial metrics, as well as addressing balance sheet variances.
• Liaise between corporate tax, treasury and other financial departments and regional and local finance managers in developing internal working partnerships.
• Generate financial reports for review by leadership team.
• Prepare reports (scheduled and ad-hoc) in support of financial analysts and/or leadership team.
• Conduct headcount reporting for business unit.
• Conduct cost analyses as required.
• Make recommendations to management regarding cost saving or profit-generating opportunities and profitability improvement strategies.
• Coordinates with all levels of management to gather, analyze, summarize and prepare recommendations regarding financial plans, acquisition activity, new business planning, trended future requirements and operating forecasts.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field or equivalent experience and training.
• Typically requires a minimum of 3 years related experience.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide

• Medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Performance Bonus