Experience

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  Ambition

  • Australia
  • Staffing and Recruiting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Asia Group Financial Controller

    • Aug 2023 - Present

  • Regional Finance Manager

    • Nov 2020 - Jul 2023

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  Glaxo Smith Kline

  • Head of Management reporting, APAC consumer markets

    • Jul 2016 - Feb 2018

    Manages a team of 13 headcount supporting management reporting / business reporting activities for the business. Experience includes hands on development and deliverance of finance transformation (development of strategy, materials, engagement with customer groups).Additional scope taken also includes consultancy role of managing issues arising from financial audit and internal controls.

  • Audit and internal controls manager

    • Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

    Managed audit and internal controls for the Record to Report (R2R) for SEA markets (5markets) supported & audited in business service centre in Kuala Lumpur. This includes understanding underlying audit and control issues and identifying remediations forward.

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  Aker Solutions

  • Team Lead, financial reporting and regulatory compliance

    • Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

    Manages a team of 7 headcount, performing activities of audit coordination, direct and indirect compliance, BNM reporting, balance sheet reconciliation for 7 entities.

  • Financial Accountant

    • Jul 2013 - Apr 2015

    4 Indirect reports managed for the end to end general ledger accounting and reporting of 2 legal entities.Besides normal month end reporting, also responsible for the treasury management for the units in charge (hands-on).Key person handling transfer pricing documentation and also coordinated an independent study of pricing with respects to topic.Day to day work and closure of tasks requires active engagement with cross departmental stakeholders and managing director himself.Additional scope includes managing financial audit, ex-pat tax compliance, gst, withholding tax, and corporate tax compliance.

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  KPMG US

  • Selangor, Malaysia

  • Audit manager

    • Sep 2007 - Apr 2013
    • Selangor, Malaysia

    Financial audit, due- diligence audit, AUP engagements for various MNCs and Malaysian Public listed companies.Experience covers industries: manufacturing, services and trading entities. Management of teams and young recruits.Training and development of young recruits.

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  CK cheah & co

  • Seapark, ss2 petaling jaya, malaysia

  • Account, audit and tax assistant

    • Dec 2005 - Sep 2007
    • Seapark, ss2 petaling jaya, malaysia

    Audit, tax and accounting services for SME business