Regional Plant Finance Controller - Strategy & Impact

WATLOW ELECTRIC MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.; Kedah; In loco; MYR 180.000 - 300.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

13th month salary

Contractual bonus

Miscellaneous allowances

Descrizione del lavoro

WATLOW ELECTRIC MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. is seeking an experienced finance leader to partner with regional operations and drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting across Kelim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah.

You will establish robust reporting, manage working capital, and lead the plant finance team in a dynamic manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in manufacturing finance, strong knowledge of standard costing and capital investment evaluation, and hands-on ERP/Oracle

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; professional accounting qualification is strongly preferred.
• Typically 10+ years of progressive finance experience in manufacturing, plant controlling, cost accounting, or operations finance.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• ERP experience; Oracle experience preferred; strong spreadsheet and data-analysis capability.
• Proven people leadership and change-management experience across functions and cultures.

Mansioni

• Partner with regional operations, plant managers, supply chain, procurement, and commercial teams to evaluate performance and support decisions.
• Lead plant budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and scenario analysis; ensure alignment with operational plans.
• Establish consistent plant reporting and review routines for revenue, margin, conversion cost, productivity, labor, overhead, inventory, and capital expenditure.
• Govern standard costing, bills of material, routings, overhead rates, variance analysis, and inventory valuation across the region.
• Drive improvements in inventory, payables, receivables, and cash conversion with clear ownership and action plans.
• Review business cases, validate financial assumptions, track approved spending, and conduct post-investment reviews.
• Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks, including obsolete inventory, excess capacity, and FX impacts.
• Standardize regional plant finance processes, improve ERP/reporting utilization, and automate recurring analysis.
• Lead, coach, and develop plant controllers and finance teams; promote collaboration and professional growth.
• Fluent business English; regional language capability is an advantage.

Conoscenze

Financial leadership

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cost accounting

Financial analysis

Internal controls

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

CPA/CA/CMA/ACCA

Strumenti

ERP

Oracle

Descrizione del lavoro

WATLOW ELECTRIC MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. is seeking an experienced finance leader to partner with regional operations and drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost accounting across Kelim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah.

You will establish robust reporting, manage working capital, and lead the plant finance team in a dynamic manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in manufacturing finance, strong knowledge of standard costing and capital investment evaluation, and hands-on ERP/Oracle