- Location
- Petaling Jaya Selangor Malaysia
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Finance, Accounting & Revenue Management
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
About Kering
Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.
Kering is seeking a Senior Finance Manager, Procure-to-Pay to lead the end-to-end function across Southeast Asia and Oceania, Japan, and Korea, covering supplier onboarding, master data, invoice processing, payments, fraud controls, and service governance. The role drives operational standardization, digital transformation, internal controls, and continuous improvement across the region.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the Procure-to-Pay team with a strong controllership mindset, ensuring day-to-day processes are timely and compliant with applicable regulations.
- Analyze Finance Shared Services Center processes, implement efficient processes, improve existing ones, and identify best practices.
- Drive standardization and harmonization of Procure-to-Pay operations across brands and countries.
- Promote continuous improvement through KPI monitoring, root-cause analysis, and automation opportunities.
- Develop Power BI financial models and dashboards to measure Finance Shared Services Center performance metrics and service-level agreements.
- Lead ongoing Finance Shared Services Center knowledge-transition projects and governance workstreams, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal business disruption.
- Work cross-functionally to define, implement, and monitor accounts payable processes and procedures that improve efficiency, usability, scalability, financial-systems integration, end-to-end transparency, and user experience.
- Partner with Finance, Procurement, IT, Internal Control, Tax, Treasury, and business stakeholders on end-to-end process excellence and transformation initiatives across the region.
- Support rollout of Kering Group’s COSO internal controls framework, ensuring control objectives are identified and related controls are designed, executed, documented, and reviewed in each assigned market.
- Participate in ad hoc assignments, process-improvement initiatives, and Kering Group transformation projects.
- Support the Finance KFSSC objective of becoming 100% paperless and design controls that leverage digital capabilities.
- Use new processes and technology to implement continuous accounting and target a one-day close.
Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 10 years of work experience; an initial 2–3 years with a public accounting firm is preferred, and candidates from Big Four firms are highly preferred.
- At least 5 years of managerial experience leading a large team of 15 or more people.
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in a multinational environment with a hybrid reporting matrix. Candidates without public accounting firm experience may also be considered if they have strong experience managing accounting and commercial finance.
- Experience with major financial systems and process transformation projects is preferred; hands-on experience with SAP, Esker, OCR, or AI tools is expected.
- Able to work independently, learn quickly, and demonstrate self-direction and strong analytical thinking.
- Agile and inquisitive.
- Able to multitask, work under pressure, and meet tight reporting deadlines.
- Meticulous and skilled at problem-solving.
Skills
Experience
10 years of work experience, including a preferred initial 2–3 years with a public accounting firm; 3–5 years of relevant experience in a multinational environment with a hybrid reporting matrix; at least 5 years of managerial experience leading a team of 15 or more people.
Education
Degree in Accounting or Finance.
Workplace
The role is situated in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia — conveniently close to Kuala Lumpur.
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Culture
Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.
About Cerulean
Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.
Frequently Asked Questions
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