Khai C.

Finance Process & Master Data Manager

Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia

About

Respectful individual with positive working attitude and teamwork oriented, focus on efficiency and effectiveness in achieving organization goal. experienced in accounting fields and eager to learn new thing for self improvement. Most major achievement in career are on process improvement such as tasks standardization/ simplification and automation with creating MACRO. Completed multiple CI projects as lead and member with Lean Six Sigma, Excel & VBA MACRO skill - Transform excellent idea to reality.

Experience

  • L'Oréal (Hybrid)
    • Finance Prcoess & Data Manager
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • Controlling Master Data Expert
      May 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Processing of requests for creating, modifying, and blocking Finance Master Data • Monitoring and active support to keep data integration between SAP and other L’Oréal systems (e.g. Compass, COSMO & Contact). • Ensuring the necessary mapping, required for the correct flow of data. • Analysis of data discrepancies between FI and CO modules in SAP. • Following the L’Oréal Group Target Processes related to the Finance Master Data. • Ensuring the process deadlines are respected (especially a Closing period). Monitoring and communicating potential risks. • Participation in projects, related to the implementation of new solutions, tools and improvements. • Keeping the Finance Master Data in high quality. • Close cooperation with Group, BSC, IT and local retain organizations (e.g. Controlling, Accounting).

  • Master Data Management Domain Expert (APAC) at Wavin Group
    Aug 2022 - May 2023 · 10 mos

    Overseas vendor, customer & material master data under APAC region. Monitor tasks completed by inhouse service center, provide trainings to ensure stake holders have relevant knowledge to raise request and uphold sufficient knowledge on company policy. Lead project on master data part to ensure data completeness and according to rules and regulation.

  • Master Data Management - Team Lead/ Function Lead at Financeplus (part of WPP)
    Dec 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • MSD (Full-time · 2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vendor Master Data Senior Specialist
      Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr

      Role Summary: 1. Responsible for interfacing with outsourced operational data stewards and regional client business functions for a comprehensive understanding of strategies and end-to-end process requirements to ensure workstream related master data is maintained appropriately to optimize business transactions within the Business Service Center( BSC)Technology, Data, & Analytics organization. 2. Provide oversight and review work of operational data stewards responsible for qualification, data analysis, creation, modification and change control for Master Data. 3. Reviews or approves data created or modified by operational stewards in accordance with SOPs and standards approved by the MDM Domain Leader and will recommend alternative solutions for improving information quality at MSD. 4. Manage Asia & ANZ regional team which covers 14 markets (China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia & New Zealand) Key Responsibilities • Develop and maintain comprehensive understanding of all master data and process-related policies and procedures in order to effectively interface with internal and external clients and to proactively comply with audit requirements. • Oversee and monitor work of outsourced operational steward(s) in all aspects of function which includes but is not limited to the evaluation of work product to ensure compliance with data quality standards, providing leadership and mentoring to associates, ensuring master data changes are processed in a timely manner to meet the needs of the business, and ongoing communication of information and feedback on business partners' objectives and performance. • Audits MDM operational stewards' work to ensure compliance with SOP for key controls over sensitive fields and information. Achievement: 1) ACCA Certified in GBS 2) Winner of Best Continuous Improvement of year 2019 (created a MACRO send out email from Excel report)

    • Vendor Master Data Specialist
      Mar 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Key Responsibilities • Develop and maintain comprehensive understanding of all master data and process-related policies and procedures in order to effectively interface with internal and external clients and to proactively comply with audit requirements. • Oversee and monitor work of outsourced operational steward(s) in all aspects of function which includes but is not limited to the evaluation of work product to ensure compliance with data quality standards, providing leadership and mentoring to associates, ensuring master data changes are processed in a timely manner to meet the needs of the business, and ongoing communication of information and feedback on business partners' objectives and performance. • Audits MDM operational stewards' work to ensure compliance with SOP for key controls over sensitive fields and information. • Monitors and analyzes master data for assigned business processes; ensures timely updates, eliminates duplicate/obsolete data. • Coordinates assignment in region of master data create/change roles, processes & forms, ensuring necessary reviews are performed and approvals obtained. • Reviews data against the global data standards and when necessary country-specific and plant data standards. • Ensures client inquiries are addressed in compliance with Service Level Agreements. • Reviews and analyzes system and passive data governance reports to ensure high quality data and timely and complete synchronization between systems. Acts to resolve all issues and discrepancies • Develops Master Data specific documentation and reference materials to be used as SOPs • Assigns and reviews execution of changes in accordance with SOP and SAP data quality standards • Analyzes data feeds and reconciles reports which are critical to daily operations. • Ensures compliance with data privacy.

  • Senior Finance Executive at Tungsten Network
    Dec 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Responsible for the achievement of quality, accuracy and timely delivery of Record to Report services in accordance to the defined SLAs/KPIs. Support to execute the process initiative to streamline the Record to Report processes. Ensuring compliance to Group policies and procedures; and relevant legal and statutory requirement. Key Scopes: 1. Recording journal entries for payroll, accrual, provision, prepayment, fixed asset related, inter-company recharges, & etc. 2. Reconciliation: i) Bank reconciliation ii) Balance Sheet Reconciliation and Schedules iii) Accrual calculation iv) Inter-company reconciliation v) Fixed asset and amortization (tangible and intangible) vi) Payroll reconciliation vii) Exceptional accounts & variance analysis 3. Closing i) Ensure all the journal entries are prepared & posted before the cut off date (payment released, fund received, accrual, provision, amortization & etc.) ii) Ensure completeness & accuracy of entries posted (variance analysis report to track potential error and ensure accounting movement is correct and not caused by human error) iii) Eliminate late adjustments after the cut off date 4. Reporting i) Standard reports generation ii) Reporting information to management iii) Respond to transaction queries iv) Take initiative to resolve the error and outstanding issues Achievement & improvement implemented: 1. Bank reconciliation standardization and automation (semi - with Excel workbook), not fully automated because of system limitation. 2. Outstanding bank item summary (inspire by superior), own design template which combine around 30 bank accounts' reconciliation combination between formula and Excel MACRO (VBA). 3. Resolved long outstanding issues leftover by previous person in charge, re-perform bank reconciliation for about 1 year to investigate actual outstanding figure left unresolved figure.