Business Performance Analyst

OCBC company; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Holistic benefits package

Community initiatives

Learning & development opportunities

Wellbeing and growth focus

Job summary

OCBC Bank is establishing a Malaysia hub for its Global Consumer Financial Services Finance team. The Business Performance Analyst will centralize financial data across Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macau, delivering consolidated results, insights and reports.

You will help drive the finance transformation and standardize budgeting across markets. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting or Economics and 5+ years FP&A, with advanced Excel, Power Query, and knowledge of SQL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field (required).
• 5+ years in FP&A, financial reporting, or data analysis in banking/shared services is preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills with pivot tables, Power Query, formulas and macros; familiarity with SQL or similar data tools.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate and manage financial data across markets to produce timely, accurate reports.
• Perform variance and trend analyses to identify insights and drive recommendations.
• Standardize budgeting, forecasting practices across markets and support monthly/quarterly closes.

Skills

Excel

Power Query

Macros

SQL

Data analysis

Variance analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

Microsoft Access

Job description

WHO WE ARE

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Role Overview

Join our Global Consumer Financial Services (GCFS) Finance team as a Business Performance Analyst in a newly established Malaysia hub. In this role, you will centralize and manage financial data across Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Macau, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of results. You will also work on analytical tasks such as performing variance and trend analysis, as well as generating insightful financial reports. This is an exciting opportunity to drive process improvements and play a pivotal part in our finance transformation initiative across the regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Integrity & Management: Ensure the integrity of consolidated financial and non-financial data for the GCFS division. This entails cleaning and mapping raw General Ledger data to create customised and reliable financial statements and consolidating data from various markets into a single database.
• Performance Reporting & Analysis: Prepare and analyze consolidated performance reports for the GCFS division. This involves conducting variance analyses to identify trends and provide actionable insights.
• Centralized Budgeting & Forecasting: Standardize budgeting practices across markets and manage the operational budget and forecasts. This includes reviewing current practices, standardizing procedures, accurately loading budget data, and providing necessary supplementary information to Group Finance.
• Finance transformation initiative: Participate in and support transformation initiatives such as new reporting system rollout. This includes understanding current workflows, performing user acceptance tests, proposing new processes or solutions, and facilitating a smooth transition to enhance operational efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance and automate workflows for efficiency. Develop process documentation and propose improvements to streamline data consolidation and reporting.

Qualifications & Skills

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

Experience: 5+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), financial reporting, or data analysis roles, preferably within the banking sector. Prior experience working in a shared services environment or regional finance team an added advantage.

Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including pivot tables, Power Query, formulas, macros) and Microsoft Access for database management and reporting. Familiarity with SQL or other data tools is a plus. Demonstrated ability to handle large datasets efficiently and accurately.

Finance Knowledge: Good understanding of accounting principles (P&L, balance sheet) and financial processes (budgeting, forecasting). Ability to interpret financial results and perform meaningful variance analysis.

Analytical Mindset: Excellent logical reasoning and problem-solving skills. Able to spot data anomalies and investigate root causes. Strong attention to detail and a passion for accuracy and data integrity.

Communication & Collaboration: Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills. Able to work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple countries and with various levels of management. Confident to challenge current assumptions and build consensus.

Self-motivated and Proactive: Continuously seeks ways to improve processes and systems. Able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment. Bonus if you have experience setting up or working in a shared services/centralized hub team.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.