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Chief Financial Officer Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Chief Financial Officer salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 20 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this

The median Chief Financial Officer salary in Malaysia is RM 40,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 24,080 at the 10th percentile to RM 69,600 at the 90th percentile, based on 20 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Chief Financial Officer salaries fall between RM 28,000 and RM 60,000 per month.

P10

RM 24,080

P25

RM 28,000

Median

RM 40,000

P75

RM 60,000

P90

RM 69,600

RM 24,080RM 69,600

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Career ladder — entry to director

A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.

Intern

RM 1,579 – RM 1,764median RM 1,671

Internship Financial Consultant Fstep Graduate Trainee Financial Services Industry Financial Consultant Intern Internship For Financial Planning/Finance Student7

Entry

RM 1,750 – RM 1,850median RM 1,800

Financial Data Entry Clerk2

Junior

RM 4,375 – RM 5,125median RM 4,750

Financial Assistant2

Mid

RM 7,527 – RM 10,691median RM 9,227

Islamic Financial Advisor Financial Controller Financial Accountant Financial Analyst126

Senior

RM 6,535 – RM 7,578median RM 7,057

Senior Financial Analyst Financial Accounting & Reporting Senior Executive Senior Financial & Planning Analyst Financial Planning And Analysis Senior Executive12

Lead / Specialist

RM 3,638 – RM 6,436median RM 4,594

Islamic Financial Consultant Financial Consultant Financial Consultant Financial Services Consultant78

Manager

RM 9,346 – RM 12,464median RM 10,714

Accounting and Financial Manager Financial Manager Financial Reporting Manager Deputy Financial Controller/senior Finance Manager22

Head

RM 16,250 – RM 18,750median RM 17,500

Head Finops & Technology Financial Management2

Director+

RM 26,729 – RM 54,021median RM 37,042

Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer Mining Company Regional Chief Financial Officer24

Median by year

The current year is measured from live Malaysian listings. Earlier years are estimated — back-cast from the current median using national wage growth in the DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey, not separately collected listings.

RM 16,557

2022est.

RM 17,292

2023est.

RM 18,046

2024est.

RM 18,704

2025est.

RM 40,000

2026measured

Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.

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