Reporting Analyst

Whitecrow Research Sdn Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consulting firm in Malaysia is seeking a Finance Analyst / Senior Finance Analyst. This role involves completing transaction tasks, producing financial reports, and managing monthly closing processes. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of experience in accounting or audit, strong IFRS knowledge, and expertise in management reporting. Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP, is required, along with a capability to manage complex financial tasks. Competitive compensation and professional development opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of work experience in accounting/audit.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and regulations in Asia.
• Experience in Finance business partnering and management reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely completion of all transactional tasks for financial statements.
• Produce analytical documentation for zone countries.
• Prepare management reporting deck for divisional controllers.

Skills

IFRS accounting standards

Finance business partnering

Management reporting

Accounting processes

ERP (SAP) systems

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Finance Analyst / Senior Finance Analyst

Completion of transaction tasks including Goods receipt monitoring and period end closing tasks.

Produce and publish analytical documentations and reports as required.

Coordinate accounting closing performed by third party vendor and countries divisional controllers.

Being a key contact of accounting for assigned countries in terms of provision and controlling reports.

Improve Controlling reporting processes and working closely with Delivery Excellence team.

Responsible for KPIs that are linked to Controlling reporting for assigned countries.

He / she reports directly to Controlling Reporting Leader.

Period Closing

• Ensure timely completion of all transactional tasks enabling to close the monthly/quarterly/semester or year-end financial statements.
• Monitor good receipts in the system and chase business departments when necessary.
• Perform general closing tasks (open/close periods, proceed to Journal entries)
• Manage system interfaces & reconciliations.
• Launch transactional closing tasks (POS activation to balance sheet).
• Perform closing process in Compass (Upload actuals/Manage allocation of actuals in Compass/Fix blocking controls/Complete indicators/Officialize Budget/Trend scenarios).

Reporting Production

• Produce the analytical documentation on behalf of the zone countries.
• Produces Period closing CFO / Finance Director reporting books (actuals, budget, trends) & associated books (Digital/HR books).
• Prepare performance analysis documentation (against budget, target, and/or trend) and run reports.

Management Reporting

• Responsible for preparation and publication of monthly actual results.
• Responsible to publish Trend/Pre-budget/Budget.
• Prepare the management reporting deck to be presented to divisional controllers and CFO and ensure issues are timely resolved.
• Prepare other group reporting defined in BEST scope.
• Be a key accounting contact with group and zone controlling team for the entities he/she is in charge of.

Other Reporting Task

• Prepare account reconciliations and follow up the actions to ensure balance sheet are clean.
• Be a key accounting contact with group and zone controlling team for the entities he/she is in charge of.
• Arrange balance sheet reviews with country divisional controllers and country CFOs for entities he/she is in charge of.
• Any other closing and reporting tasks as required for the entities he/she is in charge of.

Who are we looking for?

1-2 years of work experience in accounting/audit.

Strong knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and regulations in Asia.

Experience in Finance business partnering and management reporting (especially management P&L reporting).

Solid knowledge of accounting process and practice, and ERP (SAP) system.

Experience of managing a professional accounting team.

CPA or equivalent is a plus.

Experience in a multinational company or shared services organization strongly preferred.

Ability to manage complexity and dynamic business situation.