Business Performance Analyst

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad is seeking an experienced Finance professional to provide Business Financial Insights and control oversight for Consumer Financial Services. You will support budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting while driving finance transformation initiatives across regional markets.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in FP&A or related roles within banking, strong Excel/Access skills, and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset to improve processes and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years in FP&A, financial reporting, or data analysis in banking preferred.
• Experience in shared services or regional finance advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Data integrity & management for consolidated financial/non-financial data across markets.
• Prepare and analyze consolidated GCFS performance reports with variance insights.
• Standardize budgeting across markets; manage budgets and forecasts.
• Participate in finance transformation and new reporting system rollout.
• Identify opportunities to automate workflows and improve reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

FP&A

Power Query

SQL basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

SQL

Job description

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.

This is the broad job description of the job profile. Definitive job description should be reviewed and discussed between you and your manager.

Overall Responsibility

The purpose of the role is to provide Business Financial Insights and control oversight to Consumer Financial Services (CFS) business. The role is critical in driving the performance of the business from a customer segment and product perspective through the provision of strategic insights and decision support to Head of Business Finance and Product/ Distribution team.

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.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ 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: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders. 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.

This role is ideal for an experienced finance professional who thrives in an analytical, data-driven environment and is passionate about improving financial processes. You will have the chance to make a significant impact on regional finance operations and help drive a major finance transformation initiative, all while collaborating with a diverse team across multiple markets.

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.

This is the broad job description of the job profile. Definitive job description should be reviewed and discussed between you and your manager.

Overall Responsibility

The purpose of the role is to provide Business Financial Insights and control oversight to Consumer Financial Services (CFS) business. The role is critical in driving the performance of the business from a customer segment and product perspective through the provision of strategic insights and decision support to Head of Business Finance and Product/ Distribution team.

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.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ 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: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with diverse stakeholders. 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.

This role is ideal for an experienced finance professional who thrives in an analytical, data-driven environment and is passionate about improving financial processes. You will have the chance to make a significant impact on regional finance operations and help drive a major finance transformation initiative, all while collaborating with a diverse team across multiple markets.

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.

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OCBC Bank, is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southest Asia by assets and one of the world’s most high-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. It is also ranked by Bloomberg Markets as the world’s strongest bank.

OCBC Bank and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of specialist financial services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.

OCBC Bank’s key markets are Singapore’s Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has a network of over 600 branches and representative offices in 18 countries and territories, including more than 330 branches and offices in Indonesia that are operated by its subsidiary, Bank OCBC NISP

OCBC Bank’s insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the largest Insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia by assets. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Group Investor, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southest Asia. Private Banking services are provided by subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which continued to gain industry recognition in 2011 including being voted ‘Outstanding Private Bank in Asia Pacific’ by Private Banker international

After being actively involved in offering Islamic banking products and services since 1995, OCBC Bank launched its wholly-owned Islamic banking subsidiary, OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad, on 1 December 2008. OCBC Al-Amin offers products and services which are developed based on the applicable Shariah contract and with the endorsement of the Shariah Advisory Committee to meet the requirements of both Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

OCBC Bank, is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southest Asia by assets and one of the world’s most high-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. It is also ranked by Bloomberg Markets as the world’s strongest bank.

OCBC Bank and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of specialist financial services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.

OCBC Bank’s key markets are Singapore’s Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has a network of over 600 branches and representative offices in 18 countries and territories, including more than 330 branches and offices in Indonesia that are operated by its subsidiary, Bank OCBC NISP

OCBC Bank’s insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the largest Insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia by assets. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Group Investor, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southest Asia. Private Banking services are provided by subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which continued to gain industry recognition in 2011 including being voted ‘Outstanding Private Bank in Asia Pacific’ by Private Banker international

After being actively involved in offering Islamic banking products and services since 1995, OCBC Bank launched its wholly-owned Islamic banking subsidiary, OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad, on 1 December 2008. OCBC Al-Amin offers products and services which are developed based on the applicable Shariah contract and with the endorsement of the Shariah Advisory Committee to meet the requirements of both Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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