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Section Manager Finance Controller Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Section Manager Finance Controller salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 1 Malaysian market observations · Manager level · how we calculate this

The median Section Manager Finance Controller salary in Malaysia is RM 19,300 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 19,300 at the 10th percentile to RM 19,300 at the 90th percentile, based on 1 Malaysian market observations.

P10

RM 19,300

P25

RM 19,300

Median

RM 19,300

P75

RM 19,300

P90

RM 19,300

RM 19,300RM 19,300

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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.

Junior

RM 2,649 – RM 3,843median RM 3,150

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Mid

RM 5,784 – RM 8,632median RM 7,357

Document Controller Financial Controller Material Controller Quality Controller159

Senior

RM 7,690 – RM 11,530median RM 9,210

Senior Credit Controller Senior Document Controller Credit Controller Senior Executive20

Manager

RM 13,100 – RM 14,433median RM 13,767

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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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