Assistant Manager - Corporate Finance (Controllership)

Country: Malaysia
Location: Selangor
Function: Global Business Services
Level: Experienced Professional
Appointment Type: Permanent

Operational

• Assist in month-end closing activities and work closely with General Accounting team to ensure timely, accurate and effective processing.
• Perform monthly analysis on Trial Balance (Balance Sheet and Profit/loss) and balance sheet reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Perform periodic review on aged invoice report, aged goods received and open Purchase Order report with Account Payable team.
• Assist Accounting Services team on overdue/ clearing items on a monthly basis, raise journal if necessary.
• Ensure transactions are properly accounted for as per IFRS requirements (GMAPP).
• Responsible for preparation of ad-hoc financial analysis/reports as and when needed by management
• Assist in monitoring control dashboard and support on SOx control documentation requirement.
• Understand the functionality, interfaces, and interdependencies of the financial processes and systems; ensure the existence of adequate internal controls.
• Lead non-management team members to deliver day-to-day operations; Assist and support the training and development of team members to meet or exceed the expected skills and competencies required to perform their tasks.
• Provide support as and when needed to assist line manager in overseeing day-to-day operations or to manage transformation projects.
• Support for Statutory Reporting activities as well as annual external audit and ad-hoc audits

Key Stakeholders & Nature of Relationship

• End market Finance business partners: Build good working relationship, develop trust and confidence within stakeholders by constantly participating in discussion, providing financial input and promote the enhancement of control environment within the organisation. 
• Local GBS teams: This role works closely with other local GBS Finance teams (including Planning & Reporting, Accounting Services and Procurement to Payment) and will have opportunities to work in cross-functional teams to focus on specific process improvement and/or analysis and insight projects.
• Above-market stakeholders: This role will involve interaction with Global Corporate Finance, including accounting treatment and responding to ad-hoc queries.

People

• Demonstrates commitment to personal development and manage the career development of direct reports by developing coordinated plan.
• Lead initiatives to improve Finance team efficiency and effectiveness

Software and Systems

• SAP is used extensively in the delivery of this role’s responsibilities.
• A good knowledge of tool such as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint would be a plus.

Education required : 

• First degree (Accounting/Finance)
• Professional Accounting Holder such as ACCA or CPA would be a plus

British American Tobacco is one of the world’s leading multinational companies, with brands sold in over 200 markets, made in 44 factories in 42 countries.

We are proud that we are consistently among the top 5 companies on the London Stock Exchange.

Our portfolio includes our world-famous Global Drive Brands – Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans – along with many other leading international brands, such as Vogue, Peter Stuyvesant and State Express 555.

Alongside our traditional tobacco business, we are also developing products that offer consumers potentially less risky alternatives to regular cigarettes. Our Next Generation Products are already leading the way in the Industry of vapour and tobacco heating devices. We continue to develop a solid portfolio of consumer solutions which already include well known global brands like Vype, glo and Voke.

Contractual Legal Entity: BAT Aspac Svc Centre S.B. (MY51)