Finance Business Partner

HFG Insurance Recruitment; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

HFG Insurance Recruitment seeks a Head of Finance for its Shared Services Centre, reporting to senior leadership and partnering with Group Finance and LBU CFOs. This role shapes financial strategy, controls, and investment governance while driving efficiency across locations.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, building robust models to support demand, utilisation, and cost optimisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting as a prerequisite.
• Professional accounting qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA or equivalent) is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal financial adviser to SSC and functional leadership—shape and execute financial strategy aligned to Group priorities and enterprise transformation.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for SSC operations, including robust financial models for demand forecasting and cost optimisation.
• Evaluate investments and drive ROI through SSC expansion, automation, and capability development.
• Ensure strong financial governance, controls, and risk management across SSC activities.
• Partner with SSC leadership and Group CFOs to align centralised services with local business needs and drive commercial outcomes.
• Coach finance resources supporting SSC to raise decision quality and drive continuous improvement.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline

Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent)

Job description

Senior Leadership | Group Finance | Shared Services

About the Role

The Company is seeking a strategic and commercially sharp Head of Finance to serve as the principal financial adviser for its Shared Services Centre (SSC) — a shared services delivery environment spanning multiple functions and geographies. This is a high-visibility, senior leadership role that sits at the intersection of finance strategy, shared services economics, and enterprise transformation — partnering directly with C-suite, Group Finance, and LBU CFOs to shape and execute financial direction across the SSC.

What You'll Be Doing

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Serve as the principal financial adviser to SSC and functional leadership — shaping and executing financial strategy aligned to Group priorities, Efficient Growth targets, and enterprise transformation
• Drive long-term value creation through strategic capacity planning, service model optimisation, and investment prioritisation across SSC operations
• Lead financial scenario modelling and strategic trade-off discussions on location strategy, demand management, and service scalability

Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting

• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for SSC operations
• Develop and maintain robust financial models supporting demand forecasting, utilisation tracking, and cost optimisation
• Provide clear, decision-oriented insights for C-suite, Group Executive Committee, and Board-level discussions on SSC performance and efficiency metrics
• Ensure alignment between SSC financial plans and Group financial targets
• Lead cost management and optimisation initiatives across SSC — focusing on productivity, utilisation, and service efficiency
• Drive transparency of recharges to local business units, ensuring charges are explainable, defensible, and free from cost distortions or under-recovery
• Identify and address cost leakage, underutilisation, and inefficiencies in the service delivery model

Investment, Transformation & ROI

• Evaluate and prioritise investments related to SSC expansion, automation, and capability development — ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and maximising ROI
• Lead financial due diligence and business case assessments for transformation initiatives including process digitisation and automation
• Support optimisation of the delivery footprint and vendor/partner strategies to maximise value

Financial Governance, Risk & Control

• Ensure strong financial governance, controls, and compliance across SSC activities
• Oversee financial risk management — proactively identifying and mitigating cost leakage, inefficiencies, and structural issues in cost allocation and cross-border recharge models

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted adviser to SSC leadership, Group Finance, and LBU CFOs — providing constructive challenge, commercial insight, and fact-based recommendations
• Enable alignment between centralised service delivery and local business needs — fostering strong collaboration across markets and functions

Capability Building

• Provide coaching, guidance, and mentorship to finance resources supporting SSC — fostering consistency in insight quality, commercial rigour, and decision support
• Foster a culture of commercial excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline
• Professional accounting qualification — CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent

Experience

• 15–20 years of finance experience, including exposure to business partnering, cost management, or shared services environments
• Proven track record in financial planning, cost optimisation, and investment governance
• Deep understanding of offshore/shared services delivery models, recharge frameworks, utilisation metrics, and service costing
• Proven ability as a trusted adviser to senior Finance leadership, influencing key decisions and strategic direction

Core Competencies

• Strategic financial leadership — capacity planning, cost optimisation, long-term value creation
• Executive business partnering — trusted adviser to C-suite and senior Finance stakeholders
• Strong analytical capability — translating complex financial data into clear, forward-looking insights
• Leadership across a distributed model — driving consistency and capability through coaching and influence
• Stakeholder navigation — operating effectively in a complex, matrixed multi-stakeholder environment