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title: 'Junior Controller at Monks'
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# Junior Controller at Monks

- **Company:** Monks
- **Location:** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://www.monks.com/careers/6135958004/job?gh_jid=6135958004

## Job description

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ([monks.com/careers](http://monks.com/careers)).

The Junior Controller will take ownership of financial reporting, maintain a high level of accuracy, and prioritize effectively. With strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and a forward-looking mindset, they will contribute to continuous improvement. A proactive, adaptable, and motivated approach is essential for success in Monks’ dynamic and ever-changing environment.

## Key Responsibilities

- Support month-end close and forecasting across multiple entities.
- Compile management reports and analyse global financial performance.
- Deliver timely financial results and insights to business stakeholders.
- Prepare financial information and analysis for stakeholder presentations.
- Improve financial processes, reporting clarity, and stakeholder understanding of results.
- Respond to ad hoc financial requests and provide commercially relevant insights.
- Manage the net revenue process, including revenue recognition, ideally within the media or advertising industry.
- Work effectively in a fast-paced environment while meeting global reporting deadlines.
- Oversee local statutory compliance, including quarterly GST lodgements and annual financial statement audits.

## Requirements

- Strong Excel skills; experience with Google Sheets is also preferred.
- Degree in Finance or Accounting. ACCA qualification and financial statement audit experience are preferred.
- At least two years of relevant experience in a controlling, accounting or business finance role, preferably within a high-growth international company.
- Good understanding of financial accounting; knowledge of IFRS is preferred.
- Experience with LucaNet or NetSuite would be an advantage.
- Excellent communication skills in English; additional languages would be an advantage.
- Strong financial insight and business acumen.

## #LI-CX1

## About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

## About Monks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Monks is a global digital-first marketing, technology services, and consulting company that connects content, data, and digital media to help ambitious brands grow.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Wholly owned subsidiary of S4 Capital plc, LSE: SFOR)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten, Terrence de Kat (formerly Terrence Koeman)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Marketing & Technology Consulting, Digital Content Production
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large Enterprises and global brands (Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including Netflix, Meta, HP, Dove, and Mondelēz) [monks.com]
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To be a catalyst for change in the industry and communities through technological innovation, creativity, and impactful work, aiming to "win the decade" by making best-in-class work and being the best place to work. [monks.com/careers]

## Products & Services
- **Monks.Flow (AI Platform)**: An AI-powered operating system designed to orchestrate marketing and technology into unified, intelligent systems for real-time brand management. [linkedin.com]
- **Marketing Orchestration**: A service that boosts efficiency and creativity to accelerate marketing results at any scale.
- **Glass Box Media**: A service offering total visibility and control for smarter, more impactful media investments.
- **Technology Services**: Modernizing infrastructure, accelerating product and platform innovation, and delivering next-generation customer experiences.
- **Content Production**: A global studio model blending strategy, talent, and production for effective content with cost savings.
- **Data & AI Consulting**: Services focused on transforming data to fuel customer experience, including AI-powered tools for creative asset production.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for the subsidiary. Parent company S4 Capital plc has a public market cap.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$1.5 Billion** (as per LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com]
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company S4 Capital plc (Founded by Sir Martin Sorrell). Key Technology Partners include Salesforce, Meta, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Marketing Platform, and Google Cloud. [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **Growth Signals**: Despite a -6.4% YoY headcount decline (now 4,787 employees), the company maintains a massive global footprint across 62 countries. It is actively investing in its AI transformation, highlighted by the "Monks.Flow" platform. The company recently rebranded from MediaMonks to Monks in 2024, signaling a strategic shift. [linkedin.com]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Global Reach**: Operates in 62 countries, giving it a unique ability to execute complex, global campaigns from a single P&L. [linkedin.com]
- **AI-First Approach**: Has aggressively moved into AI-powered services, including training custom AI models for clients (e.g., Dove's Real Beauty campaign) and building its own AI operating system (Monks.Flow). [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **"One P&L" Model**: Unlike traditional holding companies, Monks offers a unified, non-siloed approach to content, data, and media, which it markets as "foundationally different." [monks.com/careers]
- **Premium Client Roster**: Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including tech giants like Meta, Netflix, and HP, creating a strong "halo effect" for talent and capabilities. [monks.com/what-we-do]

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Acceleration**: The company's clear priority is embedding AI across its entire workflow ("from strategy to supply") and scaling its "always-on agents" to change how work is done.
- **Winning the Decade**: Pushing to become the dominant digital partner for brands by unifying marketing and technology into one performance system.
- **Radical Transparency**: A focus on data-driven performance and clear measurement, moving away from traditional opaque agency models.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture of Innovation**: Describes itself as a "digital-first" powerhouse that is "disrupting the industry." The emphasis on AI and technology suggests a challenging, forward-looking environment for engineers and data scientists. [monks.com/careers]
- **Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**: The company explicitly states a commitment to being a "catalyst for change" with a purpose-driven culture focused on DEI. [monks.com/careers]
- **Global & Hybrid Work Environment**: With offices in over 30 cities globally (including London, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo), the company offers significant opportunities for international exposure and likely supports a hybrid work model. [monks.com/careers, linkedin.com]
- **Focus on Engineering & Tech**: With job postings for roles like "Fullstack Engineer," "Implementation Engineer," "Battery Test Engineer," and "AI Craft Director," the company is actively building its technical practice, offering opportunities to work on complex systems at scale. [linkedin.com]
- **Warning**: The company states it will never ask for payment as part of the recruitment process. [monks.com/careers]

## Sources
1. [Monks Official Website](https://www.monks.com/)
2. [Monks Careers Page](https://www.monks.com/careers)
3. [Monks LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monks)
4. [Monks "What We Do" Page](https://www.monks.com/what-we-do)
5. [Monks Careers Search Page](https://www.monks.com/careers/search)

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