Tan Sin Yang

Advertising industry

Finance Manager - Partipost Malaysia Sdn Bhd

(2025-06 - 2026-06)

Advertising industry

• Preparing and reviewing monthly finance closing process and reporting, ensuring reporting deadlines are met.
• Liaise across departments and coordinate internally to ensure workflow continuity.
• Manage various internal reporting requirements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Supports management on financial (cash flow planning) and operational issues (payout issue)
• Ad hoc projects as needed and additional duties as assigned
• Reason for leaving: Company experiencing financial stability challenges.

Finance Manager - Dropicks Sdn. Bhd. (Pickupp)

(2021-07 - 2025-06)

Logistic tech industry

• Oversee financial operations for Malaysia and Singapore, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Manage all finance (including cash flow, accounts receivable, and accounts payable), HR, administrative and business.
• Develop and implement policies and process flow to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy.
• Implement Quickbooks to streamline financial management and reporting.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders including company secretaries, auditors, tax agents, to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Manage tax related matters including SST (Malaysia) and GST (Singapore), ensure timely submissions and compliance.
• Partner with local directors to drive annual budgeting, forecasting and fund request processing.
• Identify and execute process improvement initiatives in financial planning and analysis to optimize performance.
• Reason for leaving: Corporate downsizing due to financial pressures.

Associate Finance Operations Manager - Klook Travel Technology Sdn Bhd

(2021-01 - 2021-06)

Travel tech industry

• Supervise daily operations of payment team, ensuring efficient workflow.
• Ensure timely payment processing, accurate reconciliation of Accounts Payable and bank accounts, and the completeness of financial records.
• Collaborate with internal/ external teams to resolve payment related issues promptly.
• Maintain and provide statistical data and reports for in-depth analysis and decision making.
• Assist in various ad hoc tasks and special projects as required.
• Reason for leaving: Had a limited scope focused solely on overseeing the payments team.

Accountant - BE-P Pharmacy Sdn Bhd (BP Healthcare Group)

(2020-06 - 2020-11)

Healthcare industry

• Oversee financial accounting, reporting, cost analysis, submitting applicable taxes and full set of accounts.
• Lead and manage a team in financial planning, budgeting control and cash flow management.
• Liaised with external auditors to ensure a smooth and efficient audit process.
• Report directly to the President and Directors and providing key financial insights and updates.
• Perform ad hoc analyses assigned by the management to support strategic initiatives.
• Reason for leaving: Mismatch with company culture and challenges within the work environment.

Accountant (Share Service Centre); Assistant Accountant (Share Service Centre); Accounts Executive (Share Service Centre); Accounts Assistant - Warner Music (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

(2012-10 - 2020-04)

Music industry. Job positions hold: Jan’19- Apr’ 20: Accountant (Share Service Centre); Jun’17- Dec’18: Assistant Accountant (Share Service Centre); Jan’15- May’17: Accounts Executive (Share Service Centre); Oct’12- Dec’14: Accounts Assistant. The Share Service Centre was set up in 2015 (knowledge transferred by piecemeal basis), involving the establishment of standardized process flow, knowledge transferred from affiliates and drafting Service Level Agreement (SLA).

• Involved in the setup and implementation of systems such as Citibank online payment, Concur, Purchase Order module, Oracle AR module and so on.
• Assisted in improving internal processes to ensure operational efficiency.
• Review subordinate’s works to ensure accuracy, timely execution and compliance with accounting principles.
• Assisted and supported the training and development of team members to meet the expected skills required for their roles.
• Supported Accounts Receivable, Account Payable, General Accounting and other support services for affiliates (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippine, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)
• Other support services:
• Perform system month end closing for Affiliates.
• Maintain system data.
• Manage cash inflow and outflow for cash forecasting.
• Participate in UAT (User Acceptance Test) and arrange the test scopes related to Share Service Centre.
• Assist and provide data that related to job functions performed by Share Service Centre for internal and external auditor.
• Oversee day-to-day operations.
• Reason for leaving: Seeking greater career growth opportunities

Account Executive - High Valley Contract Manufacturing (GMP) Sdn Bhd

(2010-11 - 2012-05)

• Handle full set of accounts.
• Reason for leaving: Seeking greater career growth opportunities

Trainee (Internship) - T.E. Lim & Co.

(2010)

3 months

Trainee (Internship) - W.L. Chong & Associates

(2009)

3 months

Fellowship status (1974654) - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (2019)

Member status (45438) - Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) (2019)

Certificate of Business Accounting in Business Management - Business Management - Chung Hwa Correspondence School, OCAC (2014)

Bachelor of Arts with Honours - Accounting & Finance - Sheffield Hallam University (2010)

Advanced Diploma in Business Studies - Accounting - Tunku Abdul Rahman College (2008 - 2010)

Diploma in Business Studies - Accounting - Tunku Abdul Rahman College (2006 - 2008)