• Managed month-end closing processes for two major entities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, while overseeing the month-end review of five additional entities to ensure compliance with accounting standards.• Prepared comprehensive financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and monthly review decks for business units and country review meetings.• Supervised day-to-day finance operations, including accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR), while liaising with banks, auditors, and other stakeholders.• Provided guidance to junior staff to ensure adherence to reporting and statutory deadlines, and supported audit and tax queries by delivering necessary documentation and clarifications.• Prepared group tax planning and annual tax computations, while liaising with IRB officers to resolve tax matters.

Corporate Finance/ Reporting• Review the month end accounts closing and handle full spectrum of finance functions (e.g. hotel and hospitality (The St. Regis Kuala Lumpur), food and beverages (Taka & USHI), property management (One KLCC), investment holding and etc)• Prepare consolidated group financial reports for meetings with the Board of Directors’• Manage daily finance operations such as payments to suppliers and customers billing• Prepare group budgets and cash flows projection for various purposes (e.g. CAPEX requirement)• Perform various data analysis to track profit & loss and balance sheet performance • Review and maintain internal control and effectiveness of accounting process and policies• Assist the Director of Finance in develop, implement and ensure adherence of finance SOP• Prepare inter-company balances reconciliation and maintenance of related party transactions• Check and verify all business transaction records and made necessary adjustments or reconciliation• Formulate schemes to assess viability of various corporate exercises and proposals• Ensure financial reports are prepared in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements• Liaise with stakeholders and other professionals in preparing submission documents• Supervise and guide junior staff to ensure all reporting and statutory deadlines are met• Provide sound commentary and financial information to support management decision making• Work collaboratively with HOD’s to ensure smooth operation across all entities• Other ad-hoc tasks assigned from time to time across all entitiesCorporate Tax• Prepare corporate tax planning and computation on group basis• Ensure timely submission and payment of various tax returns (e.g. SST, withholding tax and CP204)• Liaise with Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officers on various tax matters

External Auditing• Plan and led audit team to perform audit for diversified clientele involved in trading, retail outlets, services, manufacturing, construction contractors, property development and etc.)• Complete audit workpapers by examined accounts and documenting audit tests and findings• Appraised adequacy of internal control systems by completing audit questionnaires • Identified inconsistencies in data or results, defines business issues and formulates recommendations on policies, procedures or practices• Liased with managerial staff and communicate audit findings and provide recommendations • Engaged in due diligence audit (Revlon, Inc. subsidiary acquisition) • Collated, checked and analysed financial records to ensure data are accurate and reliable• Review of company statutory records (i.e. directors’ report, minutes and resolutions)• Maintained professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops and study professional articles and publications (i.e. IFRS, MFRS, ISAs) • Ensure compliance with federal, state and local security legal requirements by studying existing and new security legislation; enforced adherence to requirements; advised management on needed actions• Ensured compliance with established internal control procedures by examining records, operating practices and documentation• Responsible for allocation of assignments for staffs, budgets and billings as well as the overall completion of the engagements• Experienced in handling local MNC clients (HQ based in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan) Corporate Tax• Prepare of tax computation, tax analysis schedules and annual tax return (e.g. Form C)• Estimation of tax installment (e.g. CP204, CP204A and CP205)• Computation of deferred tax and other indirect taxes (e.g. withholding tax)