Accounting

Financial Director Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Financial Director salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 0 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this

The median Financial Director salary in Malaysia is RM 18,803 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 16,347 at the 10th percentile to RM 27,360 at the 90th percentile, based on 0 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Financial Director salaries fall between RM 18,178 and RM 22,320 per month.

P10

RM 16,347

P25

RM 18,178

Median

RM 18,803

P75

RM 22,320

P90

RM 27,360

RM 16,347RM 27,360

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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 16,095

2022est.

RM 16,810

2023est.

RM 17,543

2024est.

RM 18,183

2025est.

RM 18,803

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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