About Suria
Finance AI advisory grounded in careful practice
We work with Malaysian finance teams who want to understand — before they deploy — exactly what AI can and cannot do in their close cycle. Our role is to help you make that assessment clearly and prepare the documentation your auditors will ask for.
Our Story
How Suria came to work in this space
Suria began when a small group of professionals with backgrounds in financial reporting, internal audit, and enterprise software found themselves fielding the same question from controllers and CFOs across the Klang Valley: "We keep hearing about AI for finance — but how do we know which parts of our workflow it should actually touch?"
The answer, we found, was not a product. It was a process. Someone needed to sit with the finance team, read the process documentation, observe a close, and write an honest brief — one that a controller could hand to an auditor without hesitation.
That is what Suria does. We are not a software vendor. We do not earn commission on platforms we recommend. Our only output is structured, written analysis and the supervised deployments we describe in our engagement scopes.
We are based in Kuala Lumpur and work primarily with Bursa-listed subsidiaries, Sdn Bhd companies preparing for audit, and regional finance teams of multinational companies operating under MFRS requirements.
Mission
"To help Malaysian finance teams adopt AI with the same discipline they bring to a year-end close."
What we are not
- We are not a software reseller or implementation partner for any platform
- We do not manage your books or act as your outsourced finance function
- We do not make posting decisions — every AI suggestion routes to a named human approver
The Team
People behind the engagement
Nadia Razali
Founding Partner
Fifteen years in financial reporting and internal audit across Bursa-listed companies. Leads close process reviews and audit documentation.
Farid Kamarudin
Technical Lead
Enterprise software background with deep experience integrating read-only connections to SQL Account, AutoCount, Xero, and NetSuite environments.
Lim Wei Shan
Advisory Lead
MFRS and LHDN specialist. Prepares audit committee memos and quarterly stewardship reports for finance leaders and board-level stakeholders.
Our Standards
How we keep the work rigorous
Every engagement follows a defined protocol. These are not aspirations — they are the specific practices we hold ourselves to on each file we open.
Read-only integration only
We never request posting rights. Our platform connections are read-only, and all credentials are documented and returned to you at engagement close.
Data processing agreement
For Invoice Triage and Stewardship engagements, a formal data processing agreement is signed before any transactional data is accessed or analysed.
Scoped engagement letters
Every engagement begins with a written scope letter. We do not begin work until the scope is agreed, so your team knows exactly what we will and will not do.
MFRS and LHDN alignment
All recommendations and memos note the relevant MFRS and LHDN position. We update our templates each quarter to reflect regulatory changes in Malaysia.
Named human approver requirement
Before any AI-assisted workflow goes live, we confirm that a named person in your team holds approval authority. No entry is posted on AI suggestion alone.
No data retention post-engagement
Transaction-level data is not retained after the engagement closes. We document this commitment in our data processing agreement and observe it without exception.
Our values in practice
Finance advisory that respects the audit trail
Suria operates at the intersection of finance process design and applied AI. Our engagements are structured around a simple premise: AI assistance in accounting workflows is most useful when it is narrow, supervised, and documented. A well-scoped coding suggestion on incoming invoices saves your AP team time. An undocumented automation creates a gap your external auditors will query.
Our advisory practice draws on direct experience with Malaysian finance operations — the constraints of LHDN e-invoice requirements, the reporting cadences of MFRS-compliant subsidiaries, and the practical realities of close cycles run by teams of four to twelve people. We do not apply frameworks designed for large multinational finance departments to SME and mid-market clients without adjustment.
We write for controllers, CFOs, and audit committees. Our deliverables are brief documents — not slide decks — that describe what was found, what was changed, and what the remaining human responsibilities are. Every document is written with the assumption that an external auditor may read it.
Talk to us before your next close
A discovery call takes thirty minutes. We will tell you clearly whether your current process is a candidate for AI assistance and, if so, which part to address first.
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