Assistant Manager, Finance Business Partner (Budget & Analysis)

SAIC Motor Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; Sur place; MYR 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SAIC Motor Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is seeking an Assistant Manager, Finance Business Partner (Budget & Analysis) to lead annual budget processes and monthly monitoring.

You will partner with Sales, Production and Product teams to deliver insights, pricing analysis, and project profitability assessments. The role requires strong Excel, ERP and BI capabilities, with Mandarin communication for financial documents and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification is an advantage.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate annual revenue, processing-fee, manpower, consumables, administrative and selling expense budgets; monitor monthly performance, investigate variances and track approvals for budget revisions.
• Work with Sales, Production and Product teams to provide financial insights, quotation costing, contract manufacturing pricing analysis, gross margin assessment and project profitability evaluations.
• Prepare monthly management reports analysing revenue, expense composition, profit movements, loss-making work orders and unusual expenses, with actionable commentary.
• Monitor departmental spending against budgets, highlight overspending and support departments in reviewing costs and implementing improvements.
• Provide relevant business, production and departmental financial data to support performance measurement and assessments.
• Review vehicle/model incentive policies from a financial perspective, calculate and verify dealer incentives, coordinate payment processing and maintain an accurate incentive register.

Connaissances

Financial modelling

Budgeting

Variance analysis

Profitability assessment

Excel skills

ERP systems

Power BI

Stakeholder communication

Commercial awareness

Analytical thinking

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Professional accounting qualification

Outils

ERP systems

Power BI

Description du poste

Assistant Manager, Finance Business Partner (Budget & Analysis)

1. Annual Budget and Monthly Monitoring: Coordinate annual revenue, processing-fee, manpower, consumables, administrative and selling expense, and capital expenditure budgets; monitor monthly performance, investigate variances and track approvals for budget revisions.

2. Finance Business Partnering: Work with Sales, Production and Product teams to provide financial insights, quotation costing, contract manufacturing pricing analysis, gross margin assessment and project profitability evaluations.

3. Management and Business Analysis: Prepare monthly management reports analysing revenue, expense composition, profit movements, loss-making work orders and unusual expenses, with actionable commentary.

4. Expense Control and Cost Optimisation: Monitor departmental spending against budgets, highlight overspending and support departments in reviewing costs and implementing improvements.

5. Performance Reporting Support: Provide relevant business, production and departmental financial data to support performance measurement and assessments.

6. Dealer Incentive Administration: Review vehicle/model incentive policies from a financial perspective, calculate and verify dealer incentives, coordinate payment processing and maintain an accurate incentive register.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field; a professional accounting qualification is an advantage.

Typically 4 to 7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), budgeting, management reporting, finance business partnering or commercial finance.

Strong financial modelling, budgeting, variance analysis and profitability assessment skills.

Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems, Power BI or other reporting tools is an advantage.

Ability to translate financial data into practical recommendations and engage confidently with non-finance stakeholders.

Commercial awareness, analytical thinking, accuracy, ownership and clear communication skills.

Experience in automotive, manufacturing or distribution.

Proficiency in Mandarin (spoken, written and reading) is required for communication with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders and handling financial documents.

Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia, both spoken and written, for day-to-day business communication and local financial matters.

SAIC Motor Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is an international subsidiary company of SAIC Motor and the official distributor of MG cars in Malaysia.

SAIC Motor Malaysia plays a key role in handling distribution, sales and marketing, and after sales services.

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