Team Lead, Financial Reporting

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

PayNet is seeking a senior finance leader to elevate financial reporting from outputs to decision-grade insight. You will lead the Financial Reporting squad, own group consolidation and monthly close, and drive reporting quality with Board-level visibility.

The role partners with the Head of Financial Control to shape governance, controls, and clarity across accounting, budgeting, and reporting, in a regulated payments environment.

Qualifications

• Coordinate reporting priorities, delegate work across the team, and ensure review quality before outputs reach management, auditors, or board.
• Own end-to-end group consolidation and monthly close across entities, elevating accuracy, timeliness, and transparency.
• Shape Board, management, and regulatory reporting packs into clear financial narratives and insights.
• Lead statutory reporting, audited financial statements, and auditor engagement at group level.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate reporting priorities, delegate work across the team, and ensure review quality before outputs reach management, auditors, or the Board.
• Own end-to-end group consolidation and monthly close across entities, elevating accuracy and timeliness.
• Shape board and regulatory packs into clear financial narratives with insights.
• Lead statutory reporting and auditor engagement at the group level.
• Build and enforce strong accounting governance and consistency across GL, accruals, and reporting structures.
• Drive financial analysis and variance storytelling to aid decision-making.

Skills

Financial reporting

Consolidation

Month-end close

Regulatory reporting

Auditor engagement

Narrative storytelling

Job description

• PayNet is scaling transaction volumes, regulatory expectations, and reporting complexity across the payments ecosystem.
• Group-level financial reporting is becoming a strategic lever, not just a compliance activity.
• This role exists to elevate finance from reporting outputs to decision-grade insight for leadership.

TL; D

• RLead the Financial Reporting squad’s work allocation, review discipline, and output quality, while partnering closely with the Head of Financial Control
• .Own the integrity, speed, and insight of PayNet Group financial reporting
• .Lead group consolidation, monthly closing, and statutory reporting with Board-level visibility
• .Shape how financial data translates into decisions, not just outputs
• .Drive consistency, control, and clarity across accounting, budgeting, and reportin

Why This Role Matter

• s Financial reporting is not neutral, how numbers are interpreted influences decisions, priorities, and investment
• s.In a regulated environment, reporting quality directly shapes credibility with auditors, regulators, and the Boar
• d.Weak accounting and financial reporting discipline leads to hidden discrepancies that compound over tim
• e.This role requires judgment over process - deciding what matters, not just closing the book

What You Will Actually

• Do Coordinate reporting priorities, delegate work across the team, and ensure review quality before outputs reach management, auditors, or the Boa
• rd.Own end-to-end group consolidation and monthly close across entities, elevating accuracy, timeliness, and transparen
• cy.Shape Board, management, and regulatory reporting packs into clear financial narratives and insigh
• ts.Lead statutory reporting, audited financial statements, and auditor engagement at group lev
• el.Build and enforce strong accounting governance, controls, and consistency across GL, PPE, accruals, and reporting structur
• es.Drive financial analysis, variance storytelling, and performance interpretation beyond numbe

Examples of This Role in Pract

• ice Challenging budget assumptions when actual trends signal a different financial traject
• ory.Leading audit discussions with confidence, resolving complex accounting positi
• ons.Detecting and escalating early financial signals that influence strategic decisions at management le
• vel.Streamlining month-end close timelines along with other priorities without compromising control and accur

What Will Help You Su

• cceedAbility to lead a financial reporting team with clear priorities, disciplined reviews, and high-quality outputs under tight timel
• ines.Ability to own full financial closing and reporting cycles with high accountabi
• lity.Strong judgment in prioritising accuracy, timelines, and materiality in reporting decis
• ions.Ability to translate financial data into executive-level insights and narrat
• ives.Deep grounding in financial reporting standards and group accoun