E&E Finance Partner for Strategic Planning & Insights

The British Council Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

The British Council Malaysia is seeking a finance professional to partner with the English & Exams business, delivering financial insight, planning, budgeting and forecasting to optimise commercial performance.

You will work with operational teams across Teaching Centres and delivery models, building business cases, scenario analyses and multi‑year planning to inform strategic decisions and drive performance. Hybrid work is available with UK‑based processes and English language standards.

Qualifications

• Intermediate experience in financial management, FP&A, or management accounting.
• Strong financial modelling, forecasting and analytics skills.
• Experience providing financial support to operational teams with positive feedback.
• Strong communication skills, including story telling supported with data, and the ability to explain financials to non‑finance colleagues.
• Experience handling multiple deadlines and working with a portfolio of activities.
• Experience in Exams, Teaching, or broader education environments.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP platforms.
• Experience with Anaplan or similar EPM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance Directors and Market Leads, providing decision support and profitability analysis.
• Enable stakeholders to understand financial performance and identify cost drivers, KPIs, risks and opportunities.
• Manage multiple stakeholder requests prioritising by risk and business impact.
• Develop financial analysis and business cases for Teaching Centres and delivery models.
• Produce cost‑benefit, ROI and payback analyses to optimise pricing and delivery channels.
• Conduct scenario and financial modelling for regulatory and organisational changes.
• Support annual planning, forecasting and scenario modelling across regions.
• Provide management reporting, KPI dashboards and variance analysis.

Skills

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Analytics

Communication skills

Multi‑tasking

Education sector knowledge

SAP

Anaplan

Tools

SAP

Anaplan

Job description

The British Council Malaysia is seeking a finance professional to partner with the English & Exams business, delivering financial insight, planning, budgeting and forecasting to optimise commercial performance.

You will work with operational teams across Teaching Centres and delivery models, building business cases, scenario analyses and multi‑year planning to inform strategic decisions and drive performance. Hybrid work is available with UK‑based processes and English language standards.