Data Analyst

Bell Ward; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the luxury sector is looking for a Finance Data Analyst to join their team in Kuala Lumpur. The role involves supporting financial teams with data analysis and reporting solutions while ensuring accurate and reliable information is distributed. Candidates should have a strong educational background in finance or Data Sciences, along with a successful track record in data analysis, particularly using PowerBI and SQL. Join their dynamic and diverse environment to help build the future of Business Intelligence.

Qualifications

• Successful track record in Data analysis and reporting implementation.
• Strong knowledge of PowerBi platform and DAX.
• Fluent in English (written & spoken).

Responsibilities

• Support finance teams in Business Intelligence projects from data integration to report design.
• Develop and maintain Finance Business Intelligence interfaces and visualizations.
• Ensure accuracy and reliability of operational reporting across finance processes.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting implementation

DAX

SQL

Education

Engineering/Business school degree or master's degree in finance or Data Sciences

Tools

PowerBi

Job description

About Kering

A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods and

Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo,

Qeelin, Ginori 1735 as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering

enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable

and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”. In 2023, Kering had nearly

49,000 employees and restated revenue of €19 billion.

Started in 2020, ‘Insight’ Finance Business Intelligence project aims at leveraging advanced reporting capacities to support

multiple functions and departments in their use of Finance transactional data, including but not limited to:

• Transformation projects with data migration, data cleansing, change management, adoption, workflow

optimization and bottlenecks identification

• FP&A with performance monitoring, cross system analytics, multi granularity

• Accounting process excellence with closing monitoring, continuous accounting support, transaction matching (in

conjunction with Blackline)

• Internal controls with exception reports, data quality monitoring, alert-based workflows, event detection

We are currently seeking a Finance Data Analyst to join our Finance Data & Analytics team in Kuala Lumpur, in Kering

Finance department.

How you will contribute

You will support functional teams (Accounting, Controlling, FP&A, Treasury, …) in their use of Finance Transactional data

by participating to Business Intelligence projects from data integration to report design and distribution.

Macro Objectives

• Successfully implement Insight Analytics solutions supporting global and system agnostic reporting to finance

teams globally

• Develop, deploy and maintain Finance Business Intelligence interfaces, including query tools, data models, data

visualizations, interactive dashboards and ad hoc reporting.

• Establish Insight as a reliable source for accounting & audit (internal and external) activities

• Within COSO framework, enhance and strengthen data driven Internal Controls through implementation of

exception reports, alerts, fraud detection, anomaly detection algorithms

Sub-Objectives

• Securely distribute accurate operational reporting to cover all finance processes (P2P, R2R, O2C, A2R, FP&A…)

• Answer reporting objectives by selecting / collecting the accurate data, building pertinent data models and data

visualization analyzing the required results, and reporting those using appropriate data visualization techniques

• Support, together with finance teams, the continuous improvement of existing Finance analytics reports

• Contribute to the design and enrichment of Insight data catalog in order to cover all Finance data within 2022

• Monitor new technologies and releases and make recommendations to improve current developments and

methodologies

• Ensure all developments are properly documented to avoid knowledge loss or destruction, using Confluence

shared platform

• Monitor and measure reliability and performance of all distributed data models, and design optimization

strategies for those not reaching quality standards

• Provide technical expertise to the team on data modeling with PowerBI (Data modelling principles, advanced

DAX, optimizing data models…)

• Create and maintain proper technical training and onboarding resources on Data analysis and PowerBI

• Execute Insight delivery roadmap ensuring that proper quality and testing methodology is applied for each

development and on each step of the implementation.

Who you are

• Engineering / Business school degree or master’s degree in finance or Data Sciences

• Successful track record in Data analysis and reporting implementation in a Finance environment

• Strong knowledge of PowerBi platform, DAX and SQL is essential

• Fluent in English (written & spoken)

Why work with us?

Would like to help build the future of BI and analytics with an ambitious program combining shifts in processes and

technologies, in a multicultural environment? Join our teams!

Kering is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture,

religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent,

both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity

Employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.