Accounting
Financial Controller Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 24 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median Financial Controller salary in Malaysia is RM 25,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 15,480 at the 10th percentile to RM 34,800 at the 90th percentile, based on 24 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Financial Controller salaries fall between RM 18,000 and RM 30,000 per month.
P10
RM 15,480
P25
RM 18,000
Median
RM 25,000
P75
RM 30,000
P90
RM 34,800
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.
Mid
RM 5,784 – RM 8,632median RM 7,357
Senior
RM 7,690 – RM 11,530median RM 9,210
Manager
RM 13,100 – RM 14,433median RM 13,767
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.
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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- Account AssistantRM 2,650
- Finance ExecutiveRM 4,000
- Finance ManagerRM 12,000
- Senior Account ExecutiveRM 5,500
- AccountantRM 5,000
- ExecutiveRM 3,600
- Accounts AssistantRM 2,800
- Assistant ManagerRM 6,500
- Senior Accounts ExecutiveRM 5,000
- InternRM 1,000