About This Role
Being the owner's trusted representative on the ground, this role oversees the group's operations across its manufacturing plant in Semarang, Indonesia, and business interests in China. The executive safeguards company interests, tightens financial controls, and continuously improves how the business runs. This hands-on, multi-disciplinary role combines operations management and financial oversight, and includes marketing work as required. It suits an accounting-trained professional with strong business acumen who is comfortable working across borders and cultures, and who can operate independently with a high degree of integrity.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the group
- Review and improve business processes, operational efficiency, and control procedures (including cost control) within the manufacturing plant
- Proactively identify operational problems and improvement opportunities, and drive solutions through to completion
- Review financial statements, management accounts, and monthly reporting; highlight irregularities or variances to management
- Monitor accounts payable and receivable (AP/AR), cash flow, and payment approval processes
- Review stock-take reports, inventory levels, and material usage for accuracy
- Review payroll and salaries, purchasing and procurement, and departmental budgets
- Verify supplier payments and enforce procurement discipline to safeguard company interests
- Conduct internal audits across the operations and report findings to management
- Prepare clear managerial reports, including reports written in Chinese, to support decision-making
- Ensure compliance with company policies and uphold integrity standards
- Undertake marketing work as and when required by the business
- Manage company property, tenancy and rental matters
- Handle other operational and administrative matters as required by the business
Requirements
- Malaysian citizen
- Degree in Accounting or a professional accounting-related qualification
- Minimum 5 years' experience in accounting, audit, or finance/operations roles
- Trilingual with a strong command of Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese (Mandarin) and English
- Able to read and write Chinese proficiently, as the role involves overseeing the group's China operations, including writing reports in Chinese and understanding accounts, contracts, and legal documents written in Chinese
- Sound business acumen with strong analytical skills; a practical problem solver who can find root causes and put workable fixes in place
- Mature, adaptable and proactive: takes initiative, stays composed under pressure, and adjusts easily to different cultures, sites and changing business priorities