Country Finance Director – Commercial FMCG Leader recruitment

Malaysia

Their Asia Pacific presence is continuing to expand, and as a result they are now looking for a high calibre Finance Director to help drive the growth in their Malaysian market.  Profiled as the next location for significant expansion, this will be a high profile business partnership role to work closely with the General Manager.

Reporting directly to the Regional CFO at a functional level and working closely with the Country Managing Director, this is a key leadership opportunity for a business with a turnover in excess of USD120milion.  The challenge will be to review the finance function, and implement strategies to help the business to focus on growth and stronger performance reporting.  You will work closely with the commercial functions and look at supporting new product launches and sales across all categories of business.  You will also facilitate financial discussions with the operations and help identify new opportunities for growth, potential challenges the business may face and develop solutions and contingency plans.  The role will work across all functional leaders and with the regional headquarters and global teams.

Suitable candidates should be qualified accountants with a CPA or equivalent, and ideally an MBA degree.  You should have a minimum of 10-12 years’ experience in a senior finance leadership role working for a large multinational corporation in a similar FMCG, retail or healthcare company.  You should also have proven experience in leading teams, driving financial processes and demonstrate initiative in driving change and improvements of systems and processes.  In addition, strong communication and interpersonal skills are imperative as is the ability to gain buy-in from the business and influence change.

For more information please contact Janice Ho on +852 2920 9131 or als@alsrecruit.com

(Ref: EF/8550)