# Regional Finance Director - Portfolio Strategy & Governance

> Fuku · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-05

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

Regional Finance Director – Portfolio Strategy & Governance (Malaysia)  
  
Why you should apply  
\- Executive Remit: Architect the fiscal strategy for a premier, multi-site regional portfolio.  
\- Substantial Scale: Command a high-growth asset base delivering over RM100M in annual revenue.  
\- Sophisticated Leadership Alignment: Partner directly with a highly commercial, investment-banking-trained Regional Managing Director.  
\- Enterprise Transformation: Institutionalize modern financial infrastructure and lead a high-visibility shift to centralized shared services..  
\- Global Private Equity Pedigree: Navigate a sophisticated, fast-paced, and well-capitalized international corporate network.  
  
Key Responsibilities  
  
\- Act as the primary strategic advisor to the board, influencing macro business decisions beyond traditional financial reporting.  
\- Capital Deployment Architecture: Evaluate and optimize multi-year CAPEX modeling, asset utilization, and strategic funding allocations.  
\- Process Standardization: Design and enforce world-class institutional financial policies across accounting, tax, and procurement.  
\- Executive Matrix Reporting: Synthesize complex regional data streams into concise, board-ready financial narratives for the global executive committee.  
\- P&L Optimization: Drive margin maximization and re-engineer operating costs while supporting aggressive market expansion and client acquisition initiatives.  
\- Distributed Governance: Champion financial discipline and provide rigorous leadership and strategic direction to finance heads across all operating campuses.  
  
Transformation / Projects  
  
\- Shared Services Consolidation: Mastermind the end-to-end strategy, execution, and stabilization of a centralized shared services operating model.  
\- Digital Infrastructure Upgrades: Eliminate spreadsheet dependencies and transition the portfolio to automated, cloud-based digital reporting dashboards.  
\- Post-Acquisition Integration: Lead financial due diligence, commercial capacity modeling, and system onboarding for newly acquired regional business units.  
\- Operational Toolkit: Expertise in margin protection, cash flow optimization, working capital restructuring, and navigating matrix organizations.  
\- Talent Bench Evolution: Restructure local finance operations, hire, mentor, and upskill financial leaders to build a robust internal talent pipeline.  
  
About you  
  
\- Elite Credentials: Professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA, MICPA, FCA, or equivalent global credential).  
\- Rigorous Foundation: Early career training within a Big 4 professional services environment (e.g., PwC, KPMG) at a management level.  
\- Boardroom Gravitas: A definitive, assertive leader comfortable challenging the status quo, negotiating value, and defending business cases to sophisticated stakeholders.  
\- Highly preferred sectors include Multi-Campus International Schools, High-End Hospitality/Leisure, Healthcare Groups, or multi-site retail conglomerates.  
\- A top-tier international MBA / international experience is a value-add  
  
Nice to have  
  
\- Direct, successful track record of executing a regional shared services migration or major ERP automation overhaul.  
\- Professional experience within a high-scrutiny, Private Equity (PE) backed or public-listed global corporate structure.  
\- Strong regional agility with commercial exposure across Southeast Asian or international markets.  
  
About the Company  
  
\- We are a leading global private equity-backed investor and operator of high-value operational real estate and premium multi-site infrastructure assets.  
\- Operating across an expansive international footprint, our organization pairs institutional financial discipline with an empowering, results-oriented operating rhythm.  
\- We focus on continuous operational excellence, optimized asset utilization, and sustainable long-term capital growth.

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