Manager - Finance (Cost Management)

Hong Leong Bank; Malaysia; Presencial; MYR 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Hong Leong Bank in Malaysia seeks an experienced FP&A professional to lead financial reporting, budgeting, and strategic cost management. The role requires delivering accurate management presentations and driving cost optimization across the group.

Responsibilities include CAPEX governance, ERP/EPM system optimization, and collaboration with business units to drive ROI aligned with digital transformation. A strong analytical mindset and storytelling ability are essential.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting with professional qualifications a strong plus.
• Minimum 4–5 years in performance management, management reporting or strategic financial analysis.
• Experience with ERP/EPM and data storytelling for leadership.

Responsabilidades

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: monthly Opex closing, variance analysis, and management slides.
• Budgeting, Forecasting and Flash: consolidate budget and quarterly forecasts, MEF; validate adjustments.
• Capex and Project Governance: CER tracking, depreciation projections, PPIR, and TRC/CERC secretariat.
• System Administration & Cost Optimization: maintain ERP/EPM, drive cost-savings and ROI.
• AI Initiatives & Digital Transformation: evaluate AI for finance workflows and ROI.

Conhecimentos

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Budgeting

Cost management

Data storytelling

Presentation skills

Formação académica

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting

ACCA/MIA (strong plus)

Ferramentas

ERP

EPM

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

Prepare monthly Opex closing, reporting, and management presentations. Conduct cost allocation and manage shared service computations. Analyze variance analysis (actual vs. budget vs. forecast) and provide insightful cost management slides for Management Committee meetings.

Budgeting, Forecasting and Flash Process and Governance

Coordinate and consolidate bankwide annual budget and quarterly forecast exercises, ensuring strict alignment with Group strategic cost-reduction mandates and headcount limits. Manage the Month-End Flash (MEF), provide accurate validation of late adjustments, accrual reversals, and opex recovery entries.

Capex and Project Governance & Support

Track and evaluate Capital Expenditure Requests (CER), ensuring strict policy compliance. Manage capital commitment reports, depreciation projections, and Capex budget submissions. Perform Post-Project Implementation Reviews (PPIR) to validate ROI against targets. Serve as secretariat for the Tender Review Committee (TRC) and Capital Expenditure Request Committee (CERC). Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure project delivery remains on track. Involve in the system development and enhancement for Finance Projects

System Administration

Maintain and optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) systems. Resolve ERP & EPM technical issues and support system users to ensure operational continuity.

Strategic Cost Management & Cost Optimization

Monitor initiatives to track realized cost savings and ensure alignment with bankwide profitability targets. Collaborate with business units to execute cost-cutting mandates and optimize expenditures.

AI Initiatives & Digital Transformation

Collaborate with IT and business units to evaluate and integrate AI solutions for workflow optimization within the Finance division. Monitor the financial impact and ROI of AI initiatives, ensuring alignment with the bank’s digital transformation roadmap and cost-reduction mandates.

Job Requirements

Education & Experience

Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related quantitative discipline. Professional qualifications (e.g., MIA, ACCA, CPA) are a strong plus. Experience: Minimum of 4-5 years of progressive experience in performance management, management reporting or strategic financial analysis. Candidates from Big 4 or established audit firms are highly encouraged to apply. We value a strong foundation in financial analysis, exceptional data-storytelling abilities, and a proven track record of delivering insights to senior leadership, regardless of your industry background.

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation. Hong Leong Bank (“HLB”) stands proudly as a leading financial services institution based in Malaysia, providing a wide range of comprehensive and innovative financial solutions across the region. These services are delivered through both digital and traditional means, via online and mobile banking, as well as our digital branch concept to provide customers with an efficient and seamless experience aided by technology. As the service and financial landscape changes rapidly with the ever-increasing use of technology, staying attuned to customers needs and desires becomes even more critical to HLB’s operations. To stay ahead of these dynamic changes, the Bank has adopted the approach of reimagining banking by embedding digital considerations and customer centricity in every aspect of our operations, from products and services as well as customer care and engagement. HLB’s ethos of being Digital-At-The-Core powered by customers-at-the-forefront will continue to lead us to innovate offerings in line with our aspiration of being a highly digital and innovative financial services organization.