Senior Manager, Finance

GSS AirAsia SEA Sdn. Bhd.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

GSS AirAsia SEA Sdn. Bhd. is seeking a Senior FP&A professional in Kuala Lumpur to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis for loyalty program and regional business lines.

The role requires building robust financial models, ensuring alignment with strategic plans, and delivering clear reports and dashboards to management and investors, with a focus on automation and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy/Finance/Math; professional qualification is a plus.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in accounting or financial services.
• Agile and able to thrive in a fast-paced, change-oriented environment.
• Meticulous with an eye for detail; team player yet able to work independently.
• Strong English and excellent report-writing skills.
• Strong computer skills in Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budget and 5-Year Projections with key drivers.
• Align budget numbers with Tribe/LOB strategy and business plan.
• Sanity-check market trends against budget.
• Build dynamic financial models to analyze revenue potential for new business.
• Ensure budgets and projections are clearly articulated to management/investors.
• Liaise with Tribe/LOB Leads on Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Forecasts and consolidate them.
• Conduct variance analysis and explain causes; drive actions.
• Deliver readable dashboards; automate reports using tools like RPA and data platforms.
• Assist in financial simulations/modelling for new initiatives; perform sensitivity/what-if analyses.
• Lead or assist in process improvements and continuous best practices.

Skills

Numbers-savvy

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team player

Detail-oriented

Self-motivated

Education

Degree in Accountancy/Finance/Math

Professional Accounting Qualification (CPA/ACCA) is a plus

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

PowerPoint/Google Slides

Google Data Studio

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Budgeting and 5-Year Projections

Responsible to prepare annual budget and 5-Year Projections in a robust manner with details key drivers.

Align the budget numbers according to Tribe/LOB's strategic priorities and business plan.

Perform sanity check on existing or potential market trends with the budget numbers

Build dynamic financial modelling to analyze and evaluate revenue potential for new business and product.

Ensure budget and business projections are appropriately articulated to management and investors.

Forecasting

Liaise with Tribe/LOB Leads on Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Forecast

Consolidate the Forecast submitted by Tribe/LOB Leads

Perform sanity and reasonableness checking on numbers to ensure alignment to Company's goal as a whole

Build dynamic financial modelling to analyze and evaluate revenue potential for new business and product.

Ensure the Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Forecast are appropriately articulated to management and investors.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

Responsible to prepare periodic reports, comparing actual to budget, quarterly forecast and prior year, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance in a robust manner.

Independently drive solutions and demand actions from others to address any unexpected variances or gaps.

Management Information System (MIS)

Accountable to ensure data is available for extraction and turning the data available into readable and presentable Dashboard.

Championing and drive report automation through tools or Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and curb the increase in headcounts despite increased volume.

Collaborate closely with the regional team and other departments to ensure data required is readily accessible.

Business Partnering

Assist the Tribe/LOB leads in performing financial simulations/modelling for new business initiatives

Perform sensitivity and what-if analysis for decision making

Process improvement and ad-hoc assignments

Lead or assist in the implementation of advances in technology and software to improve financial planning, reporting, analysis and controls, including creating financial models using electronic spreadsheets/platform to deal with any adhoc financial analysis requests or management information requests.

Working closely with Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to initiate and drive continuous process improvement and best practices in all aspect of work.

To assist on ad-hoc assignments as assigned by management from time to time

Qualification

Degree in Accountancy / Finance / Math. Professional Accounting Qualification is a plus.

Possesses minimum 8 years of experience in accounting firm or financial services industry. Experience in finance of a loyalty program industry is a plus.

Agile and ability to thrive in a demanding, change oriented, fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline driven productivity and manage well through ambiguity and complexity

Numbers-savvy, proactive and possessing a positive attitude.

Must be meticulous and an eye for detail in all aspect of work.

Must be a team player and able to work independently.

Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and people.

Innovative and retain fresh thinking with a passion for solving problems and an ability to inspire others

High level of creativity and experience doing independent research.

Strong project management skills to execute special projects and strategic initiatives

Work with speed and manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines.

Must have good command of English.

Possess strong computer skills in Excel/Google Sheet and PowerPoint/Google Slides. Experience in Google Data Studio is a plus.

Good communication skills at all levels within an organisation and can demonstrate excellent report writing skills.