Senior Plant Controller Malaysia | Selangor Posted on 30.09.2026

Evonik Industries AG; Selangor; Sur place; MYR 96 000 - 168 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Evonik Industries AG is seeking a Strategic Finance Controller to manage site budgeting, cost control, and performance analysis in Malaysia. The role focuses on product costing, capital spend, and timely financial reporting to drive growth and efficiency across manufacturing sites.

The position interfaces with financial services, site management, auditors, and cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, data-driven decisions and continuous improvement in cost performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in budgeting and cost center planning.
• Strong cost accounting and variance analysis skills.
• Ability to produce reliable financial reporting and analyses.
• Proficient in data analysis to support decision making.

Responsabilités

• Support development and management of annual operating and capital budgets for assigned site(s).
• Participate in month-end closing to ensure timely accruals and variances.
• Monitor process orders, analyze production variances and adjust as needed.
• Lead improvement tasks and ensure consistent execution at sites.
• Serve as site contact for tax, auditors and internal teams.
• Communicate changes from business decisions to site management and finance.
• Analyze trends from primary data sources and improve data systems use.
• Coordinate data reporting and deliver consistent, decision-ready outputs.
• Adhere to policies and identify non-compliance, escalating as required.
• Contribute to development of financial policies and protocols.
• Plan, organize, and prioritize activities to meet objectives.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to stakeholders as needed.

Connaissances

Cost accounting

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Data analytics

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Outils

Excel

ERP/SAP

Description du poste

STRATEGIC FOCUS

• Position assigned plant(s) for growth and performance. Strengthen cost reduction and performance measurement.
• Strengthen decision‑making through product costing and variance analysis.
• Support strategic planning and budgeting process.
• Lead improvement of the cost center planning and budgeting process.

CONTACTS

• Interact with all levels of the site personnel.
• Interact with cross functional colleagues.
• Interact with other BL/PL Controllers.
• Interact with Evonik officials, customers, potential third parties, Interact with service providers, vendors and other visitors as needed.

NATURE & SCOPE

This position has the responsibility to provide financial information with a strong focus on product costing and operational plant spending and to achieve an open communicative management style to facilitate growth, restructuring, revitalizing and renewal activities to help achieve improved performance. This position regularly interfaces with financial services, BL controllers, site management and department managers.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Support development and management of annual operating and capital budgets for assigned site(s).
• Actively participates in the month end closing process to ensure the quality and timeliness of financial accruals, process order variances and other data that affects the financial results.
• Monitor process orders, analysis of production variances and initiate suitable measures (e.g., Recipe and BoM actualization)
• Lead/Participate in improvement tasks and support consistent execution at assigned site(s)
• Serve as a site contact for the tax department and internal/external auditors.
• Ensure proper communications to site management, financial services, business controlling on changes from various business decisions that will affect them.
• Analyse trends using primary data sources, support effective use of data systems.
• Coordinate preparation of data and analytics reporting and ensure consistent, decision‑ready outputs across assigned site(s).
• Adhere to policies & regulatory codes, identify potential non‑compliance and escalat appropriately
• Contribute to the development and delivery of financial policies, guidelines and protocols
• Plans, organises, prioritises, and oversees activities to meet business objectives.
• Provide technical guidance training and oversights to stakeholders as needed.