Senior Executive, Finance

FWD Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FWD Group in Malaysia is seeking a Finance professional to oversee group reporting, budgeting and financial analysis within the takaful/insurance unit. You will prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reports, liaise with Group to ensure accuracy, and support EXCO and Board papers.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting and at least 5 years of experience in takaful or conventional insurance, with a focus on control improvements, cross-functional collaboration, and timely financial closes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting required.
• Minimum 5 years in finance for takaful or conventional insurance.
• Experience in group reporting and budgeting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual group reporting submissions.
• Handle queries from group office related to group reporting.
• Attend ad-hoc requests from Group on financial group management reporting.
• Communicate with stakeholders to ensure group reporting figures reconcile in FI and MI reporting.
• Identify gaps and provide alternative solutions/system enhancements to meet group reporting requirements.
• Prepare monthly EXCO and Board papers for financials and company KPI.
• Handle expenses management and accruals for month-end and period-end closing.
• Prepare reports (e.g., KPIs) and analyze gaps against plan.
• Prepare Annual Budget by liaising with Business and Group for timely submission.
• Participate in ad-hoc tasks or UAT as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Internal controls & risk management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Accounting

Job description

About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 40 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD's customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828.

For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

About FWD Takaful Berhad

FWD Takaful Berhad ("FWD Takaful") is a takaful provider in Malaysia that offers family takaful services. FWD Takaful is licensed under the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 and is regulated by Bank Negara Malaysia. FWD Takaful is a takaful business unit of FWD Group.

Visit https://www.fwd.com.my

Join us

We're proud to be a company that encourages and nurtures fearless innovation in achieving our vision of changing the way people feel about takaful. Our teams come from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds because we value developing a truly diverse pool of talent that brings different perspectives and experiences. Our values - committed, innovative, proactive, open, and caring - define who we are and what we do as we work together to bring our vision to life, every single day.

KEY ACCOUNTAIBILITIES

• Preparer for group reporting submission on monthly/quarterly and annually submission.
• Handle all the queries raised from group office related to group reporting.
• Attend to any ad-hoc request from Group in terms of group management reporting on financial.
• Communicate with the relevant stakeholders to ensure the group reporting figures are reconciled in both FI and MI reporting on financials related to Profit & Loss account.
• Constantly identify the gap and provide the alternative solutions/system enhancement to incorporate the reporting requirements rolled out by group office.
• Responsible to prepare monthly EXCO and Board Papers for financials and company KPI.
• Responsible to expenses management and accrual for month end and period end closing support.
• Responsible to prepare reports ie KRI etc requested by business and provide analysis on the gap against Plan.
• Prepare Annual Budget by liaising with Business and group to ensure it is submitted as per the timelines, and budget pack is accurate for the budget dialogue with Group.
• Participate in any ad-hoc task/project/UAT assigned by the immediate superior.

REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Finance / Accounting
• At least 5 years of working experience in Finance Department of takaful or conventional insurance
• Demonstrable experience in handing current potential issues.
• Ability to mitigate the risk of misstatement by implementing more control and improvement.