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Associate – Governance, Risk & Compliance Services (Penang)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Associate – Governance, Risk & Compliance Services
Grade
Graduate
Department
Governance, Risk and Compliance Services (Penang)
Descriptions
KPMG, a place where bold, new ideas are welcome and dedication is rewarded, is made up of outstanding people with a broad range of interests, talents and motivations. We invite you to join our team in Penang and to experience the KPMG difference as we continue to be The Clear Choice to our clients from every sector of business and industry imaginable. Aspiring to be an Employer of Choice, we create an atmosphere in which our employees will be inspired to excel. To this end, KPMG Penang office is seeking highly motivated and results oriented individuals to fuel our growth and embark on a journey of self-discovery. Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services (IARCS) provides a range of corporate governance advisory, enterprise risk management, internal auditing and controls compliance services built upon our clear understanding of business issues and opportunities. We help our clients optimize their risk management, control and governance processes to manage risks while identifying and pursuing important opportunities to enhance business.
Responsibilities
Acting as engaging team member in conducting assignments and supporting the engagement-in-charge in delivering the services contracted for, this includes but not limited to the following: - Identify and evaluate significant risks and internal controls for the areas being audited; - Conduct assessments of risks as part of the audit process in the assigned areas including discussion with the risk owners and review the effectiveness of the Risk Management process and documentation; and - Draft audit reports that describe the result of audit highlighting all exceptions, root causes and other deficiencies and to recommend corrective actions with consideration of adding value to improve the internal control system, operational effectiveness and efficiency. Support business development activities such as proposal writing and presentation.
Requirements
- A recognize degree in Accounting or equivalent with at least a CGPA of 3.20 or Second class upper classification and/ or a Professional Accounting qualification. Those who are currently pursuing are recognized Professional Accounting are also encouraged to apply. - Excellent academic credentials, leadership qualities anda good track record in extra curricular activities - A self-starter and must be a team player - Initiative, good interpersonal, analytical and communication skills as well as the ability to work in a team - High analytical and rationalization ability - Excellent command of English language, both verbal and written - Willing to travel
Associate – ESG Assurance (Petaling Jaya)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Associate – ESG Assurance
Grade
Graduate
Department
Corporate Solution and Innovation
Descriptions
KPMG in Malaysia provides audit, tax, and advisory services. Established in 1928, not only is our firm one of the oldest in Malaysia, but also the oldest KPMG firm in the Asia Pacific region. With approximately over 2000 staff positioned in 8 offices nationwide, our goal is turning knowledge into value for the benefit of our clients, our people, and the capital markets. This is an excellent opportunity to join a renowned, fast-paced and professional organization with good career development opportunities.
Responsibilities
Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Assurance typically involves assessing and providing independent verification of a company’s ESG practices, disclosures, data, and performance. Overview of the job scope by an ESG Assurance professional may involve the following: - Assessment and verification: Reviewing a company ESG reports, policies, data, and practices to ensure accuracy and compliance with relevant standards and regulations. - Data Analysis: Analyzing data related to environmental data, social responsibility, and corporate governance to evaluate its accuracy, relevance, and consistency. - Stakeholder engagement: Engaging with various stakeholders, including the company’s management, data process owners, investors, regulators, supplies, where required, to gather input and feedback. - Reporting: Responsible for producing ESG Assurance reports, which may be published and used by stakeholders to make informed decisions. - Recommendations: Required to offer recommendations for improvement in a company’s ESG practices based on their assessment. - Compliance: Engaged to assess a company’s compliance with ESG standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting Framework (IR), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) or the International Sustainability Standards Board’s IFRS S1 and S2. - Continues monitoring: Continuously be engaged and monitor a company’s ESG performance and provide updated assessments year by year. Regulatory compliance: Stay up to date with evolving ESG regulations and requirements to ensure that the company’s practices are aligned accordingly. Overall, the goal of ESG Assurance is to build trust among stakeholders by ensuring accurate ESG reporting and encouraging responsible business practices that consider the environmental and social impacts of a company’s operations.
Requirements
- Degree from an accredited university, be it accounting and finance or sustainability academic focus. - Efficient, highly effective work ethic - able to work in a fast-paced environment; - Ability to work in 3 or more projects at one time; averaging 3 projects at one time; - Ability to work in and contribute to the effective delivery of project deliverables, outputs, and support the growth of project team members; - Ability to analyze regional and client sustainability data as well as information, create interesting and engaging findings, and present the information in a concise manner; - Ability to support Project Manager in conducting sustainability trainings at the most senior levels (executive management teams and boards); - Ability to support in client interviews and catalyze engaging conversations with stakeholders); - Highly proficient with computers, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the internet; - Fluent in English – reading, speaking, writing.
Tax Consulting Assistant - Transfer Pricing (Penang)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Tax Consulting Assistant - Transfer Pricing
Grade
Graduate
Department
Global Transfer Pricing
Descriptions
KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing Services is a team of professionals dedicated to providing clients with effective transfer pricing planning, documentation and dispute resolution solutions. We assist clients in developing commercially and fiscally viable transfer pricing policies and our dedicated team of professionals in experienced in the Malaysian and OECD transfer pricing guidelines and associated requirements. We work closely with our clients to create and implement robust transfer pricing methodologies to meet their business goals and local tax authorities’ expectations.
Responsibilities
- Assist to prepare transfer pricing documentation and reports. - Computation of financial ratios and revised tax computations. - Support the team in proposal writing and development of presentation materials. - Assists to prepare analysis and other information for submission to the tax authorities during tax audits.
Requirements
- A recognized university degree or a professional qualification in Economics/Accounting/Finance. - Possess good oral and written communication skills. - Must be able to work independently as well as in a team. - Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.
Tax Consultant - Transfer Pricing (Penang)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Tax Consultant - Transfer Pricing
Grade
Experienced
Department
Global Transfer Pricing
Descriptions
KPMG’s Global Transfer Pricing Services is a team of professionals dedicated to providing clients with effective transfer pricing planning, documentation and dispute resolution solutions. We assist clients in developing commercially and fiscally viable transfer pricing policies and our dedicated team of professionals in experienced in the Malaysian and OECD transfer pricing guidelines and associated requirements. We work closely with our clients to create and implement robust transfer pricing methodologies to meet their business goals and local tax authorities’ expectations.
Responsibilities
- Providing transfer pricing services to clients. - Assists management with building and maintaining relationships with tax authorities and clients. - Assist management with timely completion of projects. - Analyse financial and economic data for transfer pricing planning and tax audit defence. - Support management in the preparation of firms’ internal and external trainings and workshops.
Requirements
- A recognized university degree or a professional qualification in Economics/Accounting/Finance or a member of a recognized professional accounting/taxation body. - Minimum of 2 to 3 years direct experience in transfer pricing. - Must be analytical, self-motivated, organized and able to multi-task and work independently. - Must be a team player to work in a robust team of multi-disciplinary professionals. - Must be able to assist in research to support project and practice development works, presentations, and proposal development. - Good presentation, oral and written communication skills.
M&A Advisory (CF) (Experienced) (Petaling Jaya)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
M&A Advisory (CF) (Experienced)
Grade
Experienced
Department
Corporate Finance
Descriptions
The Corporate Finance – M&A Advisory practice provides independent advisory services to clients on strategic acquisitions (buy side) and divestments (sell side).
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead day-to-day deal execution, from marketing phase through to negotiations and legal completion - Responsible for stakeholder management, i.e. clients, other advisors, bidders, targets, etc - Directly support deal origination, including generating prospects, developing pitch books and delivering proposals - Responsible for all client and engagement acceptance matters - Directly support other initiatives in relation eminence building, go-to-market activities, etc.
Requirements
- Degree and/or professional qualification in finance / accounting / economics / engineering / CFA - More than 6 years of relevant experience from an investment bank or accounting / consulting firm - Successfully completed transactions from start to end, with a deep understanding of process and deal issues - Strong analytical skills, i.e. transaction structuring, financial modelling / valuation, financial statement review, synergies analyses, etc. - Strong command of language (both written and spoken), with the ability storyboard and articulate effectively. Mandarin abilities (at business level) is an added advantage - Strong commercial acumen, with good understanding of business and industry dynamics - Motivated, have a strong sense of ownership, and able to lead teams with a “commit, not comply” principle
Internship - Audit Assurance (Kota Kinabalu)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Internship - Audit Assurance
Grade
Internship
Department
Audit Assurances
Descriptions
KPMG, a place where bold, new ideas are welcome and dedication is rewarded, is made up of outstanding people with a broad range of interests, talents and motivations. We invite you to join our team in Kota Kinabalu and to experience the KPMG difference as we continue to be The Clear Choice to our clients from every sector of business and industry imaginable. Aspiring to be an Employer of Choice, we create an atmosphere in which our employees will be inspired to excel. To this end, KK office is seeking highly motivated and results oriented individuals to fuel our growth and embark on a journey of self-discovery
Responsibilities
Under this function, our interns will acquire these competencies: • Understanding of Accounting standards in Malaysia • Audit assessment & compliance • Drafting of financial statements
Requirements
• Undergraduates who have completed their first two (2) years’ of Degree course in one of these fields, with preferably a CGPA of 3.2 or Second Upper - Accounting or Finance • Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written • Active in extra-curricular activities, with strong leadership qualities • Applicants must be able to undergo an internship placement for a minimum duration of 12 weeks.
Associate - Audit Assurance (Kota Kinabalu)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Associate - Audit Assurance
Grade
Graduate
Department
Audit Assurances
Descriptions
KPMG, a place where bold, new ideas are welcome and dedication is rewarded, is made up of outstanding people with a broad range of interests, talents and motivations. We invite you to join our team in Kota Kinabalu and to experience the KPMG difference as we continue to be The Clear Choice to our clients from every sector of business and industry imaginable. Aspiring to be an Employer of Choice, we create an atmosphere in which our employees will be inspired to excel. To this end, KK office is seeking highly motivated and results oriented individuals to fuel our growth and embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Responsibilities
•Assisting in the planning, execution and finalization of audit assignments supporting the audit seniors and managers •Performing tests of controls, audit testing and preparation of audit working papers and relevant documentation for the audit files to support all opinions and testing conclusions
Requirements
• A recognized degree in Accounting or equivalent with at least a CGPA of 3.00 or Second class upper classification and / or a Professional Accounting qualification. Those who are currently pursuing are cognized Professional Accounting qualification are also encouraged to apply • Excellent leadership qualities and a good non-academic track record in extra curricular activities • Initiative, good interpersonal and communication skills as well as the ability to work in a team
Manager - Data Privacy - TRC (Petaling Jaya)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Manager - Data Privacy - TRC
Grade
Experienced
Department
Tech, Risk, Cybersecurity
Descriptions
At KPMG we are currently seeking Data Privacy Manager to join our Technology Risk & Cyber Consulting practice. This role mainly provides input and contributes to the planning and delivery of engagements related to the Data Privacy area.
Responsibilities
- Support projects related to data privacy gap assessments/Audits, program design, building strategies, frameworks, solution designs, and implementation related to data privacy and protection tools. - Support project communications involving technology partners and member firms. - Ensure quality in project deliverables and documentation. - Support client presentations. - Support project management meetings including: - Privacy and information security - Gap analysis and impact analysis of regulations - Status updates - Audit / technical assessment reports - Support the development of data privacy frameworks including TOMs, policies, procedures, and -templates, that align with data privacy laws and regulations. - Perform Data Privacy Impact Assessments to identify privacy issues early and reduce privacy risk and cost through corrective actions. - Review and maintain the privacy management workflows that enable clients to identify, log, investigate and resolve data privacy-related issues in accordance with industry best practices. - Support responses to client RFPs and pitches. - Deliver quality deliverables to clients along with the development of compliance risk assessments. - Provide privacy, data protection and information security trainings. - Adhere to project management guidelines and financial budget management for engagements. - Adhere to the firm’s risk management guidelines.
Requirements
- An established consulting professional with strong experience in supporting projects focused on data protection and privacy regulations. - Proven experience in international standards e.g., PDPA, GDPR, and any other Data Privacy regulations across the region. - The ability to efficiently understand clients’ business models and to tailor relevant processes to privacy requirements. - Proficient in the following areas of data privacy: - Data Privacy current state/ maturity assessments - Data Privacy Programme Design and implementation - Report development and roadmap design - Development and review of data privacy and protection strategies - Data Protection Impact Assessments & Privacy by Design - Development of data privacy framework including TOM, policies, procedures, and templates - Development & implementation of data privacy processes (e.g. Consent Management, DSR requests, - - Data Privacy incident management, RoPA’s, DPIAs, Third Party Management, etc.) Must have aleast 1 or 2 of the below certifications: - CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/E/US - ISO 27701 Lead Auditor/Implementor - CISM
Manager - Governance, Risk & Compliance - TRC (Petaling Jaya)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Manager - Governance, Risk & Compliance - TRC
Grade
Experienced
Department
Tech, Risk, Cybersecurity
Descriptions
As the pace of digital continues to accelerate, organizations are expected to make faster decisions and move from ideation to revenue with speed. In the race to harness emerging technologies faster than the competition, organizations are sidestepping the IT function and neglecting governance, which can lead to significant costs, risks and diminished value of IT investment. It is becoming ever more apparent to Board members and senior management alike that emerging technology risk is one that must be understood and managed effectively. At KPMG’s Tech, Risk and Cybersecurity Team, we help our clients to bridge the gap between company leadership and the increasingly complex requirements being placed on companies by regulators and international standards alike. We help our clients to establish a strong governance and compliance framework that embraces disruptive technologies and encourages innovation while ensuring risks are identified and managed. We believe this is a critical success factor for any organization to survive and thrive in this digital era.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Director and Associate Director to deliver exceptional work and manage day-to-day operations matter. - Manage and deliver regulatory/industry standard compliance assessments, risk control assessments and supply chain & third-party security assessments, including the identification of areas for improvement, development of remediation action items and providing awareness training - Manage and support the team in various cyber risk related engagements including security strategy, policy and architecture, information privacy and governance, certification and compliance, business and technology resilience and security testing - Communicate technical engagement findings in business terms to senior management and convince the adoption of best practices and KPMG recommendations - Identify performance improvement opportunities for internal team and clients - Monitors trends and continuously assesses staff/security system capabilities to meet business demands. - Documents and revises procedures and playbooks for teams, processes and technology to provide a standard security practice and increase team effectiveness. - Collaboration with other KPMG service lines to identify synergies in offerings - Build and maintain relationships with existing and prospective clients, and develop / improve your network of business contacts - Remain up-to-date on the latest cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities and regulatory requirements relating to existing and emerging technologies such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing and NIST Framework.
Requirements
- A recognized university degree in technology, engineering, or business studies with information systems major/minor from an accredited college / university along with deep interest in technology risk, security and IT governance will be considered - Professionally qualified preferred (e.g. CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, PMP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Implementer or other relevant qualifications) - More than 5 years of relevant experience in technology audit, risk management, regulatory compliance - Experience working in the Big Four is an added advantage - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - Able to document technical information for executive level reporting and presentation - Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior level executives - Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing client engagements - Strong analytical and management skills - Strong technical knowledge in operating systems, networking, applications, and a good understanding of security issues - Independent, self-motivated, organized, and results oriented individuals capable of handling multiple tasks and achieving tight deadlines - A client centric mind-set, understanding of IT within a Business context is desirable
Internship - Audit Assurance (Kuching)
Closing Date: Dec. 31, 2025
Position Details
Job Title
Internship - Audit Assurance
Grade
Internship
Department
Audit Assurances
Descriptions
KPMG, a place where bold, new ideas are welcome and dedication is rewarded, is made up of outstanding people with a broad range of interests, talents and motivations. We invite you to join our team in Kuching and to experience the KPMG difference as we continue to be The Clear Choice to our clients from every sector of business and industry imaginable. Aspiring to be an Employer of Choice, we create an atmosphere in which our employees will be inspired to excel. To this end, Kuching office is seeking highly motivated and results oriented individuals to fuel our growth and embark on a journey of self-discover.
Responsibilities
Under this function, our interns will acquire these competencies: • Understanding of Accounting standards in Malaysia • Audit assessment & compliance • Drafting of financial statements
Requirements
• Undergraduates who have completed their first two (2) years’ of Degree course in one of these fields, with preferably a CGPA of 3.2 or Second Upper - Accounting or Finance • Excellent command of the English language, both verbal and written • Active in extra-curricular activities, with strong leadership qualities • Applicants must be able to undergo an internship placement for a minimum duration of 12 weeks.