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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Training
HERBALIFE ACHIEVEMENTS
CROWN ACHIEVEMENTS
HP ACHIEVEMENTS
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Software
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Edmund Goh Teng Weng

Edmund Goh Teng Weng

Finance Manager
Seremban

Summary

Dynamic accounting and finance professional with a bachelor's degree and CPA certification, offering over 20 years of extensive experience in audit and shared services. Career began in a local audit firm and progressed to PricewaterhouseCoopers, gaining exposure to complex assurance work for major corporations such as Genting and Tenaga. Transitioned into shared services with significant contributions at Hewlett Packard, Crown Worldwide, and Herbalife, encompassing roles in Region Controllership, R2R, O2C, and P2P processes. Recognized for leadership capabilities and project management skills, adept at navigating diverse teams and driving global improvements through innovative ERP implementations and automation initiatives.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages

Work History

Finance Manager

HERBALIFE GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRE SDN BHD
12.2019 - Current
  • Manage a team of 7 - 16 people across different functions includiing AP, AR and Payments with elements of Treasury and GL for the past 5.5 years
  • Scope includes daily operations, process improvements, ERP implementations and global standardizations


General Accounting Manager

CROWN WORLDWIDE SHARED SERVICES SDN BHD
07.2016 - 11.2019
  • Manage a team of 30 for AP, AR and GL covering the worldwide market across 3 regions.
  • Active liaise with CFOs, Controllers and country finance on issues, work scope transitions and other matters between countries and the Shared Service Centre (SSC).
  • Act as a change agent for SSC’s continuous improvement (Management, Reports, Communication, Cost)
  • Act as a driver for the team to complete cost saving and continuous improvement projects and achieve higher accuracy for team’s output.
  • A motivational driver to the team to be more ambitious, positive, flexible and open minded.
  • Reshuffling of work portfolio to encourage team members’ career progression.
  • Drive deep dives and post mortems to identify root cause of existing problems and provide solutions.
  • Fulfilling day to day work of a General Accounting Manager.

Senior Analyst

GSK Shared Service
04.2016 - 06.2016
  • Korea support (Daily sales report, monthly trial balance, journal entries etc)


Finance Manager

STEELCASE OFFICE SOLUTIONS (M) SDN BHD
09.2014 - 05.2015
  • Managed a team of 37 employees for Payables, Receivables and Fixed Assets cycles worldwide.
  • Handled the company’s India Tax cross charge issue.
  • Led the company’s GST implementation project, closely liaising with Deloitte and other internal departments.



Finance Manager

HEWLETT PACKARD MULTIMEDIA SDN BHD
12.2011 - 08.2014
  • Manage a team of 16 supporting the Worldwide GL function


Finance Analyst

HEWLETT PACKARD MULTIMEDIA SDN BHD
12.2008 - 11.2011
  • Asia Pacific (Region) Reconciliations Quality Process Lead. Led the Asia Pacific quality assessment, a SOX Control, for the reconciliation performed.
  • Reporting of the Asia pacific reconciliations quality performance to the Region and Country Directors.
  • Review Balance Sheet analysis at the region level.
  • Monitoring of Asia Pacific’s miscellaneous accruals to ensure countries’ compliance.
  • Region Revaluation Process Lead. Led the Asia Pacific country analysts in reviewing discrepancies arising from the forex revaluation issues in the company.
  • Region SOX SME/ US GAAP and other surveys.
  • Consolidation and analysis of the Asia Pacific’s fixed assets reporting.

Audit Senior

SOON YOKE LEE & CO
10.2006 - 11.2008
  • Review of audit file
  • Prepare audit planning for firm’s major clients
  • In charge of the full audit process
  • Preparation and review of Tax Computations
  • Submission of Company’s Tax to Inland Revenue Board
  • Achievements: Solving on financial/control issues with client independently. Introduced new and improved ways for audit steps for efficiency. In charge of new implementation of audit programme. Generally improving in the efficiency of audit recovery.

Account Manager

GUAMAN HOTEL PORT DICKSON
04.2006 - 09.2006
  • Lead a team of 5, Head of Department – Finance.

Senior Associate 1

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
01.2003 - 02.2006
  • Clients include: Asiatic Development Bhd. (A Genting subsidiary), Consolidated Plantations Bhd. (A Sime Darby subsidiary), Harrisons Holdings Bhd., DRB, TNB, FELDA, AVON, EPSON, ASTRO
  • Role: Led a team of ten members for interim and final audits, Produce audit plan to the Audit Committee, Analysing risk factors for clients
  • Drafted on Internal Control Memorandum
  • Scoping year end audits
  • Control of budget and time cost on audit assignments
  • Review of: Internal auditors’ working papers, Deferred Tax and Consolidations, Statement on Internal Control, Quarterly announcements, Group and company cash flows, Financial statements and disclosures, Tax provisions, COSO Framework (Control Environment, Information and Communication, Monitoring of Controls and Control Activities)
  • Researched on the Power Swithgear Industry
  • Researched on the Oil Palm Industry
  • Achievements: Promotion to senior associate after one and a half year as compared to a normal two-year period. Already performing a senior associate role after one year joining the firm

Junior Auditor

SOON YOKE LEE & CO
01.2002 - 12.2003
  • Carry out audit process for clients
  • Statutory audits
  • Preparing tax computations

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance

Curtin University of Technology
01.2001

Skills

TOP 5 POINTS – in accordance from Steven Covey’s 7 Habits Peers and Superior ratings report

Certification

2005 CPA Australia

References

Will be furnished upon request

Training

  • Influencer training by Vital Smarts
  • Manager Excellence Training
  • New Manager Excellence Training
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Presenting Your Ideas at the Executive Level
  • Lean Sigma Green Belt Training

HERBALIFE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Financial Year 2020
  • Project – Automation for AP Process
  • IT – Esker Implementation
  • IT – Build a Bot (UiPath)
  • Maintain stable day to day operation due to attrition
  • Mentoring team members’ career progression

CROWN ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Financial Year 2016
  • Head Count savings
  • Career developments for AP team
  • Cost Saving drive from IT expenses
  • Standardization of Worldwide AP reporting
  • Revamp of SSC’s Metrics Report to the CFO
  • Financial Year 2017
  • Career developments for AR and AP team
  • Further HC savings in AP and AR team
  • Restructuring team’s goals to be more robust.
  • Simplification of internal reporting and elimination of manual steps. (0.92 FTE).
  • Financial Year 2018
  • Successful transitions of extended work scope for Australia and UK
  • Completed Train the Trainer (TTT) for Oracle implementation
  • Active participation on the planning for Oracle implementation

HP ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Financial Year 2014
  • Transitioned and regionalized teams’ role to Bangalore, India.
  • Career moves for the team at point of regionalization.
  • Financial Year 2013
  • Achieved above expectation/significantly above expectation for 5 consecutive years (2009 – 1013)
  • Led team in clearing over USD 200M worth of financial issues in worldwide balance sheet.
  • Improved team’s stability from 75% turnover in FY12 to 2.5% in FY13 with zero attrition for two quarters.
  • Significant improvement in Voice of Workforce (VoW) scores compared to 2012.
  • Led senior analyst in the team to produce training package.
  • Financial Year 2012
  • Leader for the Wave 1 Global Recons Realignment project.
  • Resolved European Region Month End Close seriously escalated issue and led the transition process to Poland shared service centre.
  • Implemented Cyberjaya JV Service Centre for EMEA support.
  • Led the VoW post survey FY2011 for the team of 200 employees
  • Implemented mentoring program for with 75% participation rate, highest number of employees in the whole company worldwide.
  • Financial Year 2011
  • Completed 2011 Asia Pacific (APJ) Finance High Potential Program Project – How to Manage Gen Y
  • Completed the restructuring of the Global reconciliations Quality Review scoring guidelines.
  • Led reconciliations and revaluation trainings.
  • Financial Year 2010
  • Ambassador for the Cyberjaya On-boarding Team.
  • Financial Year 2009
  • Region Recognition for ironing out the Asia Pacific Region Fixed Assets consolidation due to new company integration.
  • Team member to organize Career day.

Affiliations

CPA Australia

Software

Oracle

Interests

Baking, Interior Design, all requiring accuracy and precision, utilizing the right and left brain

Timeline

Finance Manager

HERBALIFE GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICE CENTRE SDN BHD
12.2019 - Current

General Accounting Manager

CROWN WORLDWIDE SHARED SERVICES SDN BHD
07.2016 - 11.2019

Senior Analyst

GSK Shared Service
04.2016 - 06.2016

Finance Manager

STEELCASE OFFICE SOLUTIONS (M) SDN BHD
09.2014 - 05.2015

Finance Manager

HEWLETT PACKARD MULTIMEDIA SDN BHD
12.2011 - 08.2014

Finance Analyst

HEWLETT PACKARD MULTIMEDIA SDN BHD
12.2008 - 11.2011

Audit Senior

SOON YOKE LEE & CO
10.2006 - 11.2008

Account Manager

GUAMAN HOTEL PORT DICKSON
04.2006 - 09.2006

Senior Associate 1

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
01.2003 - 02.2006

Junior Auditor

SOON YOKE LEE & CO
01.2002 - 12.2003

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Finance

Curtin University of Technology
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