Ken Looi Email & Phone Number

Penang, Malaysia

Finance Analyst- Work with business partner to facilitate forecast input and review for quarterly and annual operating plan (AOP) - Support local and worldwide forecast cycles, month-end and close activities- Perform expense variance analysis and commentary on monthly basis- Support variable reports and coordinate activities for monthly/quaterly/yearly OPEX & CAPEX reviews by top management- Support quarterly/yearly organizational outlook with savings and risks outlined- Execute and coordinate for planned OPEX/CAPEX activities within AOP- Present financial information to top management- Support critical hire process and lean-ins tracking for tech and engineering organization- Review report accuracy in labor model by SCC reporting team- Support fair value calculation of financial instrument, license, interest accrual calculation and etc.- Support technological license accounting- Support SOX audit- Experience in Nakisa (Financial Assets and Laibility) system, SAP ERP and EPM in Excel (SAP BW direct retrieval) - Any other adhoc analysis or reporting as and when requiredMilestone- Manage license accounting up to $359m- Create headcount tracking template to identify variance- Integrate travel template into master budget file- Automate amortization/depreciation recurring calculation to streamline journal entries- Automate monthly journal entry preparation based on a single field update- Automate license schedule- Revamp business weekly attainment/projection report- Variance report in excel (drill down enable to identify differences - expenses vs planned) - Successfully transfer business unit incremental support from Tech and Engineering US regional finance team- Known as "Analytical Powerhouse" support

Financial Accountant - Account Payable(AP)- AP issue resolution expertise in SCC- Support AP Dashboard reporting for backlog invoices- Involve in strategic discussion to reduce invoice backlog through operational routines- Invoice processing and special handling- Identify area for process improvements and standardization and rationalize unnecessary handlings and elimate redundancy- Handle payment related issues.- Standardize vendor billing and payment activities- Support AP month/quater/year-ends closing activities- Support material vendor account reconciliation and provide variance explanation for accrual purpose- Support internal audit within AP module to ensure compliance on SOX key control- Support interdepartmenal self audit- Support Control Design Assessment/Test of Control Document for SOX Key control- AP SOX team member with strategic discussion and planning to roll out for audit allocation within AP- Coaching new hire on board- Interim sub-lead- Plan and highlight any operational interruptionsMilestone- Improve system logic to further categorize issue invoices- Revamp user interface to reduce error invoice posted- Further explore system function to improve AP process- Create workflow approval report to reduce manual workaround for all team members- AP knowledge transition for AMD joint venture initiative- Involved in AP Lean Six Sigma program(Greenbelt) - SAP major update tester- Project initiator/lead for AP accrual process and Material Vendor account reconciliation process improvement and lead 3 members in this initiative

Penang, Malaysia

- File management- Involved in SOP discussion with team- Liaise with client to obtain necessary documents- Personal tax computation and documentation- Partnership tax computation and documentation- Walkthrough client on personal tax submission- Independently self-driven to achieve result and complete task assigned by supervisor

Advanced Diploma, Accounting

Diploma, Accounting

Spm, Accounting