Senior Financial Controller

Lazada; Kuala Lumpur; Sur place; MYR 180 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lazada in Malaysia is seeking a governance‑oriented finance professional to oversee accounting processes, controls, and project rollouts. The role focuses on enabling smooth transitions, driving transformational efficiencies and automation while maintaining robust risk mitigation.

You will partner with Finance Business Partners, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement and Logistics teams to ensure processes stay aligned with Lazada’s business strategy and evolving logistics needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting; minimum 5 years managing projects.
• Technically competent and hands-on in finance operations.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams.
• Capable of meeting tight timeframes and managing multiple priorities.
• Experience in e-commerce environments is a plus.
• Fluent in English and Chinese.

Responsabilités

• Be the subject matter expert in processes and systems of the domain area; monitor audit issues and support issue closures.
• Lead the review of business initiatives; design processes and SOPs; drive partnering with stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and BPO to ensure high-quality service.
• Initiate transition of new entities/workflow to Finance BPO when needed.
• Identify and prioritize process and system improvements, including automation adoption and user training.

Connaissances

Cross-functional

English Chinese

Automation mindset

Problem solving

Finance processes

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Outils

ERP systems

Automation tools

Description du poste

This role administers the governance and controls for key accounting decisions related to business processes. This position will focus on supporting the rollout of new initiatives and projects, ensuring their smooth transition and operation, and driving transformational efficiencies and automation across all ventures, while ensuring the existence of sufficient controls to mitigate any risk implications. This role works closely with business leaders and internal partners (Finance Business Partners, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, Transport, etc.) to ensure that processes continue to be aligned with the Company’s business strategy and goals, as well as meet changing needs in the logistics domain.

Responsibilities

1. 1. Be the subject matter expert in processes and systems of the domain area. Monitor all internal and external audit issues relating to the finance processes and ensure timely completion of action plans. Where needed, provide support to the countries for issue closure.
2. 2. Lead the review of business initiatives
   • -Design processes and recommend system developments to support business initiative success.
   • -Drive Business Partnering with relevant stakeholders.
   • - Create, review, and publish documentation of manuals and SOPs for new initiatives.
3. 3. Build trusting relationships and continuous interaction with internal stakeholders, as well as BPO, to ensure high-quality delivery of service and maximum customer satisfaction.
4. 4. Initiate the transition of new entities/ workflow to Finance BPO when there are new initiatives, process changes, or transactional work remaining in local ventures.
5. 5. Identify and prioritize process and system improvement opportunities for finance operations
   • -Conduct workshops to continually review work practices and identify pain points
   • -Redesign processes for better operational efficiency, including adoption of automation tools, and resolve potential control issues
   • - Provide regular updates and training to various end-users related to company processes, systems and tools to ensure desired engagement, understanding and adoption

Job Requirements:

• - Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing projects/implementations.
• - Technically competent and operationally hands-on.
• - Ability to work cross-functionally.
• - Ability to work within tight timeframes, manage multiple priorities, and demonstrate flexibility as priorities change.
• - Inquisitive mind to question the status quo and propose improvements using automation tools and improve workflows.
• - Proactive in solving problems and developing creative solutions.
• - Prior experience in e-commerce business will be an added advantage
• - Must be fluent in both English and Chinese.