Main Responsibilities
- Lead the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting process by working closely with relevant functions to produce key financials for the company
- Lead the formulation and setting of targets for functional leads, to ensure alignment with business plan on resources and execution
- Collaborate with other related functions to effectively manage financial & budgetary matters relating to strategic initiatives / business plan
- Monitor and manage actual financials against budget / targets, ensuring tracking of the company’s key performance metrics
- Conduct in-depth analysis of financial patterns to enhance senior management’s understanding of company financials. Collaborate closely with business leaders to develop business cases and actively engage in discussions to support the achievement on key performance indicators
- Spearhead presentation materials on a variety of topics including annual budget, target settings, business case proposals
- Continuously review and enhance processes and practices relating to company performance management to improve overall process effectiveness
- Handle ad-hoc assignments to support both internal and external stakeholders as finance business partners
Experience / Skills
- Degree in Accountancy/Finance/ Business Administration or relevant discipline
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in insurance, financial reporting and/or performance management
- Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with SAP, Essbase system, Tableau and Alteryx have an added advantage
- Strong analytical skills and data driven. Organised and methodical.
- Able to work closely with senior management to drive key strategic and business discussion, with proven ability to follow through key initiatives via effective stakeholder management
- Ability to drive strategic ideas into tangible action plans which can be implemented practically
- Strong leadership to motivate and develop team members
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively with other functions