Finance Manager

Join Sun Pharma Malaysia, a leading global pharmaceutical company. We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and results-driven Finance Manager to lead end-to-end finance operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide financial leadership to support business growth across Malaysia and Singapore.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily treasury operations, including bank statement reviews, cash positioning, and daily bank balance reporting.
• Drive Accounts Receivable (AR) management, collections strategy, account reconciliations, and credit control activities.
• Manage and review intercompany reconciliations, confirmations, and settlement processes.
• Oversee inventory accounting, including Unrecognized Realized Profit (URP) and inventory provision assessments.
• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timely submission of financial results.
• Review journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, audit schedules, and supporting documentation.
• Analyze trial balances and prepare comprehensive monthly financial statements, management reports, and schedules.
• Review and approve Singapore MIS reports, providing insightful commentary on financial performance and key business drivers.
• Perform detailed SBU-wise P&L analysis through Anaplan, identifying trends, risks, and areas for improvement.
• Lead cash flow forecasting, working capital management, and liquidity planning.
• Ensure compliance and governance by reviewing employee and field force claims in accordance with company policies.
• Coordinate and manage quarterly reviews, interim audits, statutory audits, and internal audits.
• Maintain and monitor monthly and quarterly financial compliance checklists.
• Lead quarterly tax computations and support annual corporate tax filings.
• Manage transfer pricing documentation and ensure compliance with local and regional requirements.
• Oversee Singapore statutory, company secretarial, tax, and regulatory compliance matters.
• Ensure vendor master data governance, e-invoicing compliance, and process controls.
• Support corporate secretarial matters and regulatory filings for Malaysia operations.
• Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights, cost optimization initiatives, and decision-making support.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and drive finance transformation, automation, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Coach, mentor, and develop finance team members while fostering a high-performance culture.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5-8 years of relevant finance and accounting experience, with at least 2-3 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity.
• Proven experience independently managing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial closing activities.
• Prior experience in the Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Manufacturing, or FMCG industry is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, taxation, transfer pricing, and statutory compliance requirements in both Malaysia and Singapore.
• Experience managing audits, tax matters, and regulatory reporting.
• Proficient in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and planning/reporting tools such as Anaplan.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business partnering capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, and drive continuous improvements.
• Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA are highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA is preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.