Management Accountant

Carma; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CARMA seeks a Management Accountant to own monthly management accounts, cost control, and balance sheet integrity, reporting to the Senior Finance Manager. This role focuses on subscription revenue recognition, third-party data costs, and the cost base behind our monitoring platform.

You will partner with FP&A, support audits and year-end financial statements, and drive automation across close, reporting, and reconciliations in a global, multi-currency environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or CIMA credential.
• 3–5 years in management accounting, preferably in subscription/SaaS/media.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics).
• Ability to work with multi-currency data and tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet) to a tight close timetable.
• Maintain deferred revenue schedules for annual/multi-year contracts and ensure IFRS 15 / ASC 606 compliance.
• Track cost of data feeds across channels and manage accruals/prepayments.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations including intercompany and multi-entity consolidation.
• Provide variance analysis with commentary on licensing, data costs, and headcount; drive process improvements.

Skills

Excel

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

About the Company

CARMA is a globally trusted media intelligence leader with decades of experience helping PR and communications professionals monitor what matters, measure what is meaningful, and demonstrate the value of their work. We combine cutting-edge technology, including AI-enabled media monitoring across print, online, broadcast, and social channels in 100+ languages, with deep human expertise to deliver actionable insights that inform strategy and drive business-critical decisions. With a diverse global team supporting thousands of organizations worldwide, CARMA empowers partners to turn complex media data into clarity and context, elevate the impact of earned media, and deepen understanding of stakeholder influence across markets.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Management Accountant to own the monthly management accounts, cost control, and balance sheet integrity for the business, reporting to the Senior Finance Manager. This role carries a particular focus on subscription revenue recognition, third party data and licensing costs, and the cost base behind our monitoring platform and analyst operations.

Key Responsibilities

Management Accounts & Reporting

• Prepare monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet) to a tight close timetable.
• Support preparation of board packs and investor reporting alongside FP&A.

Revenue Recognition

• Maintain deferred revenue schedules for annual and multi-year subscription and monitoring contracts.
• Ensure revenue recognition complies with accounting standards.
• Reconcile billed versus recognized revenue and manage unbilled revenue.

Cost Accounting

• Track and allocate the cost of media data feeds across print, broadcast, social, and online.
• Manage accruals and prepayments.
• Account for infrastructure and platform costs.

Balance Sheet & Controls

• Own balance sheet reconciliations: accruals, prepayments, deferred revenue, debtors, creditors, and intercompany.
• Support multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation where the business operates across regions.
• Assist with statutory audit, year-end financial statements, and technical accounting papers.

Business Partnering & Improvement

• Provide variance analysis (actual versus budget and forecast) with commentary, especially on
• licensing costs, FX-driven data costs, and headcount costs.
• Drive automation and process improvement in close, reporting, and reconciliations.
• Support finance systems work.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Experience: 3 to 5 years in management accounting, ideally within a subscription or SaaS, media, information services, or data business.
• Working knowledge of subscription revenue recognition (IFRS 15 / ASC 606).
• Strong Excel skills, with experience across ERP systems (for example Microsoft Dynamics).
• Comfortable working with multi-currency data given global content sourcing.
• High attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to work to deadlines.