Head Accounts Operations

UCSI Education Sdn Bhd.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Malaysia seeks a qualified finance professional to handle all areas of financial reporting. The role requires a minimum of 20 years of experience, with at least 7 to 10 years in a supervisory capacity. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, managing financial functions, and leading a finance team. Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills are essential, as the position involves close interactions with senior management and the Board of Directors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years of working experience with 7 to 10 years of supervisory experience in financial reporting.
• Experience in managing financial functions, including statutory tax, treasury, and legal matters.
• Pro-active and self-motivated, able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial reporting and maintaining accounting principles.
• Supervise and manage the team ensuring timely and accurate work completion.
• Collaborate with department managers to meet overall goals.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Team management

IT literacy

Multi-tasking

Education

Degree or professional qualification in accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsible for all areas relating to financial reporting including developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.

Able to meet tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, financial reporting, and year-end audit preparation and the support of budget and forecast activities. Work with the supervisor to ensure a clean and timely year-end audit.

Ensure accurate and timely reporting of all monthly financial information and year-end closing.

Interface with regulators and supervise the preparation of regulatory returns, day-to-day handling of corporate tax, and ensure compliance with local authorities, accounting procedures and statutory regulations.

Formulate, implement and manage approved accounting and administrative controls. Define and control general accounting information requirements and provide accounting guidance to operational divisions within the University.

Develop SOPs relating to day-to-day operations to enhance work efficiency.

Assist the supervisor in the daily banking requirements.

Ensure the accurate and timely processing of all types of payable transactions.

Support budget and forecasting activities.

Support the supervisor with special projects and workflow process improvements.

Support the supervisor to raise funds for project financing.

Collaborate with other department managers to support overall department goals and objectives.

This position will require close contact with senior level management staff and the Board of Directors, which requires strong interpersonal communication skills – both written and verbal.

Supervise and manage the team to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.

Provide staff development plan for each direct report.

Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance staff professional development.

Monitor and analyze department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining high level of accuracy.

Handle personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc.

Perform all other duties relating to the above that may be assigned by supervisor from time to time.

Job Requirements

• Degree or professional qualification in accounting
• Minimum 20 years of working experience with 7 to 10 years of supervisory experience in the financial reporting/general ledger area
• Experienced in managing financial function of an organization, including statutory tax, treasury and legal matters
• Strong analytical and reviewing skills, with the ability to provide support in reviewing projects opportunities for revenue and profit growth, as well as cost management
• Must be IT literate and have strong skills with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point presentation
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Pro-active and self-motivated, and possess a mature attitude with the ability to work independently and as a good team player
• Strong leadership, coaching and management skills with the ability to lead, motivate and grow a team of finance professionals
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

Application Questions

• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• Which of the following types of qualifications do you have?
• Which of the following accounting tasks are you familiar with?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?
• How many years' experience do you have as a Staff Manager?