Manager/Assistant Manager, Business Controller

CAH Medical Centres Sdn Bhd; Subang Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CAH Medical Centres Sdn Bhd in Malaysia seeks a Manager/Assistant Manager, Business Controller to lead financial planning, performance monitoring, and reporting for hospitals and corporate functions.

You will analyse actual results against budget, prepare monthly packs, support budgeting/forecasting, and drive CAPEX governance across projects, ensuring accuracy and data integrity in management reports.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting/Finance or business or professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, and ICAEW).
• 5-8 years' experience in financial planning, business controlling, or management reporting roles.

Responsibilities

• Support Group and hospital-level performance monitoring by analysing actual results against budget and forecast.
• Prepare monthly performance packs, variance analyses, and commentaries for hospitals and corporate functions.
• Partner hospital management teams to explain performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support corrective actions.
• Track delivery of agreed performance initiatives and cost management actions.
• Support the annual budget, rolling forecast, and outlook processes under the direction of the Head of BPPM.
• Ensure timely collection, consolidation, and validation of hospital submissions and assumptions.
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess volume, case-mix, cost, and margin impacts.
• Assist in improving planning accuracy and consistency across hospitals.
• Support CAPEX governance processes by reviewing business cases, ensuring completeness, financial rigour, and alignment with Group guidelines.
• Track approved CAPEX spend against budget and highlight variances, delays, or risks.
• Maintain CAPEX trackers and support post-investment reviews by analysing actual returns versus approved business cases.
• Assist in preparing materials for CAPEX Committee discussions.
• Prepare detailed financial analyses on hospital performance, service lines, cost drivers, and productivity metrics.
• Support development and maintenance of performance dashboards, KPIs, and management reports
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial and operational data used in reporting.
• Support the use and maintenance of planning and reporting systems (e.g. TM1/Cognos), including cost centre and hierarchy updates.
• Assist in implementing process improvements, standard templates, and reporting automation initiatives.
• Adhere to data governance, data integrity, and system control requirements.
• Act as a key finance point-of-contact for assigned hospitals and corporate functions.
• Coordinate with hospital finance teams to ensure alignment with Group planning and reporting requirements.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and management requests from the Head of BPPM and CFO

Skills

Financial Planning

Management Reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance Analysis

Education

Degree in Accounting/Finance

ACCA/CIMA/CPA/ICAEW

Tools

TM1

Cognos

Job description

Manager/Assistant Manager, Business Controller

Performance Monitoring & Business Partnering

Support Group and hospital-level performance monitoring by analysing actual results against budget and forecast.

Prepare monthly performance packs, variance analyses, and commentaries for hospitals and corporate functions.

Partner hospital management teams to explain performance drivers, identify risks and opportunities, and support corrective actions.

Track delivery of agreed performance initiatives and cost management actions.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning Support

Support the annual budget, rolling forecast, and outlook processes under the direction of the Head of BPPM.

Ensure timely collection, consolidation, and validation of hospital submissions and assumptions.

Perform scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess volume, case-mix, cost, and margin impacts.

Assist in improving planning accuracy and consistency across hospitals.

CAPEX Control & Investment Tracking

Support CAPEX governance processes by reviewing business cases, ensuring completeness, financial rigour, and alignment with Group guidelines.

Track approved CAPEX spend against budget and highlight variances, delays, or risks.

Maintain CAPEX trackers and support post-investment reviews by analysing actual returns versus approved business cases.

Assist in preparing materials for CAPEX Committee discussions.

Financial Analysis & Management Reporting

Prepare detailed financial analyses on hospital performance, service lines, cost drivers, and productivity metrics.

Support development and maintenance of performance dashboards, KPIs, and management reports

Ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial and operational data used in reporting.

Systems, Data & Process Support

Support the use and maintenance of planning and reporting systems (e.g. TM1/Cognos), including cost centre and hierarchy updates.

Assist in implementing process improvements, standard templates, and reporting automation initiatives.

Adhere to data governance, data integrity, and system control requirements.

Stakeholder & Team Support

Act as a key finance point-of-contact for assigned hospitals and corporate functions.

Coordinate with hospital finance teams to ensure alignment with Group planning and reporting requirements.

Support ad-hoc analysis and management requests from the Head of BPPM and CFO

Job Requirements:

Degree Accounting/Finance or business or professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, and ICAEW

5-8 years' experience in financial planning, business controlling, or management reporting roles.

Exposure to healthcare or service-based operations is preferred.

Experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.

Familiarity with CAPEX evaluation and tracking processes.