Staff Financial Specialist

Renesas; Bayan Lepas; Hybrid; MYR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Malaysia is looking for a Staff Financial Specialist to manage and control company expenses and costing processes. This role is critical for ensuring accurate financial planning, budgeting, and reporting while driving cost optimization initiatives. Successful candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in ERP systems. The company promotes a flexible working environment with remote options.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Remote work options

Employee support resources

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in financial planning, cost control, or manufacturing finance.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze company expenses and costing processes.
• Prepare and submit monthly expense forecasts and actuals.
• Conduct monthly control analysis and coordinate cost analysis meetings.
• Prepare and review management reports KPI dashboards.
• Support financial audits and handle budgeting processes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving abilities

Excellent communication skills

Coordination skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration

Tools

ERP systems (SAP)

Microsoft Excel

RPA and automation tools

Job description

Job Description

To manage and control company expenses and costing processes, ensuring accurate financial planning, budgeting, and reporting. This role drives cost optimization initiatives, monitors performance against KPIs, and supports strategic decision-making through detailed analysis of expenses, manpower, inventory, and pricing.

Staff Financial Specialist

To manage and control company expenses and costing processes, ensuring accurate financial planning, budgeting, and reporting. This role drives cost optimization initiatives, monitors performance against KPIs, and supports strategic decision-making through detailed analysis of expenses, manpower, inventory, and pricing.

Expense & Cost Control

• Monitor, analyze, and provide feedback on expense control
• Prepare and submit monthly expense forecast and Actual
• Conduct monthly control analysis and coordinate the cost analysis meetings
• Perform monthly labor cost and expenses allocation analysis

Financial Planning & Reporting

• Prepare and review management reports KPI dashboards
• Coordinate and making yearly/half-yearly budgets and midterm plans
• Confirm total budget control and company budget-making processes

Standard Costing & Pricing

• Prepare unit cost estimation for new product introduction
• Handle FG pricing (non-budget) and support on transfer pricing documentation
• Support financial audits (die price, FGTP, standard costing)

Analysis & Forecasting

• Perform analysis on Yield/Price/Exchange variances
• Analyze monthly sales, manpower, and expense trends
• Handle ad hoc analysis requests

Training & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with 5S and Safety audits

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years in financial planning, cost control, or manufacturing finance.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP) is a plus
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills; knowledge of RPA and automation tools is a plus.

Knowledge

• Standard costing, BOM, transfer pricing, and financial audit processes.
• Familiarity with manufacturing cost structures and inventory management.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead a team effectively.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose “To Make Our Lives Easier.” As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, “To Make Our Lives Easier.”

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers’ evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.