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Assistant Finance Manager

Malaysia·Kuala LumpurFull-timemid

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Overview

Our Journey The ShopBack Group is Asia-Pacific’s leading shopping, rewards, and payments platform, serving over 60 million shoppers across 13 markets. In 2025, the Group continued its global growth with its expansion into North America.

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Our Journey

The ShopBack Group is Asia-Pacific’s leading shopping, rewards, and payments platform, serving over 60 million shoppers across 13 markets. In 2025, the Group continued its global growth with its expansion into North America. Driven by the vision to make every day more rewarding, ShopBack is dedicated to saving members money and time, and delivering delight every day. The platform also enables merchants and brands to engage with their members in a cost-effective manner. Founded in 2014, ShopBack now powers over US$5.5 billion in annual sales for over 20,000 online and in-store partners, and has rewarded shoppers with more than US$800 million (over S$1 billion) in Cashback to date. Through its innovative offerings, ShopBack continues to create value for both members and merchants. Notably, its payment solution, ShopBack Pay, offers members a convenient and rewarding payment option at checkout.

As the Assistant Finance Manager, you will be assigned entities to manage which will include areas such as Financial Reporting and Analysis, Business Partnering, Statutory Audits and Tax Compliances. This role will be part of the Countries Finance team.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Support the month end closing process by reviewing the assigned entities management accounts and reporting pack within agreed timelines

Drive timely and accurate month-end closing and reporting processes including flux analysis on the balance sheet, P&L and cashflow

Provide insights and commentaries on MoM and actuals vs budgets comparison and ensure balance sheet recons are reconciled

Ability to bridge between local accounting GAAP with IFRS

Monitor the cash flow position and ensure sufficient funds for operational needs for the assigned entities

Partner with stakeholders in treasury, group reporting and SSC team to ensure a smooth reporting process

Business Partnering

Partner with commercial stakeholders and regional FP&A team to provide business insights and identify trends and provide understanding of the numbers and the drivers

Drive the conversation with country GMs providing analysis on actuals vs budget and deep-diving into material variances

Support and advise cross functional teams such as Tax, Legal, Compliance and Product teams for new country and product launches from an accounting and tax perspective

Statutory Audit and Tax Compliance

Lead the statutory audits of the assigned entities, including liaising with external auditors and corporate secretary, ensuring deadline is met per statutory requirements

Liaise with our tax advisors and tax team to ensure compliance of direct and indirect taxes

Others

Manage direct reports and provide mentorship and guidance

Assist on any ad hoc task assigned

Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy and/or Finance

CPA or equivalent qualification

Minimum 4-6 years of total working experience with preferably 2-3 years in audit and 2-3 years in commercial accounting

Prior working experience in big 4 audit is preferred

Experience in the tech, marketing services, or financial services industry will be a plus point

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience in Oracle Netsuite is welcomed

Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines

A committed team player with excellent people management and interpersonal skills

Meticulous with an analytical mind and strong business acumen

Self-driven and motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous startup environment

High integrity and able to work independently

AI Adoption: Demonstrated use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini) to develop new or improve workflows, enhance productivity, and drive efficiency at scale