Senior Project Manager – Finance & HC (FDM)

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Finance & HC. The role involves leading initiatives for the Financial Data Warehouse, ensuring project compliance, and fostering collaboration between teams. Candidates should have a minimum of 10 years in project management, with strong expertise in data warehousing and a background in finance. This position promises growth in a dynamic environment while driving significant projects aligned with core values.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of project management or delivery experience from finance industry.
• 5 years Data Warehousing experience or working experience on Big Data platform.
• Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage.
• Strong planning, communication, negotiation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Data Mappers, Business Analysts and Data Engineers.
• Manage the BAU support for Data Warehouse across all regional entities.
• Drive continuous improvement and employee satisfaction of Finance applications.

Skills

Project management

Data warehousing

Java

SQL

Python

Leadership

Education

Tertiary education

Tools

Hortonworks

MS SQL

Job description

Senior Project Manager – Finance & HC (FDM)

The candidate is required to lead, manage and drive initiatives relating to the Financial Data Warehouse and related Data Marts, and extend BAU support for on-going or new implementation.

Manage the BAU support for Data Warehouse across all regional entities

Ensure alignment of project deliverables with overall IT Strategy

Drives project workshop sessions and discussions to translate all business requirements into actionable technology deliverables for project and BAU.

Enforce compliance of project deliveries to comply with applicable policies, governance, standards, control and regulatory expectations/requirements

Build partnership and collaboration between BU, Technology and vendors to achieve synergy during implementation

Drive continuous improvement and employee satisfaction of Finance applications post Project Go-Live

Drive issue and defects managements and resolution across IT, users and vendors

Manage multiple deliverables concurrently to different business group while fostering strong users and customer relationship

Manage relationship with vendor, users, and internal IT teams to manage issues and enhancements

Work with key stakeholders to proactively shape the organisation’s culture and conduct environment that is aligned to the organization’s Core Values

Lead and manage a team of Data Mappers, Business Analyst and Data Engineers to meet business requirements, functions, performance, and governance

Champion culture and conduct behavioural expectations within the Department/Division.

Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.

Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

We are looking for people who

Tertiary education required

A team player who never takes “no” for an answer

Minimum 10 years of project management or delivery experience from finance industry, with at least one key project in data warehouse for Finance

5 years Data Warehousing experience or working experience on Big Data platform, data integration, transformation, management and governance

Related Big Data certifications such as Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Modeler, Data Architect, Data Administrator and Data Security Analyst will be an advantage

Working knowledge of Hortonworks data platform for data ingestions frameworks from multiple source systems e.g. AS400, Oracle Finance, MS SQL, etc.

Experience using Java, PL/SQL, SQL, Python, Scala with good knowledge of data models and data flows with strong understanding of dimensional and relational databases, including stored procedures, constraints, normalization, indexes, and security

Passionate on driving changes and proven ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy, and with a can-do attitude

A fast thinker who remains agile, adaptive and savy when under stress

Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage

Self-starter and fast learner with excellent leadership and team building skills

Have domain knowledge of financial and insurance reporting will be an advantage

General knowledge of business processes, data flows, risk management and compliance

Possess strong planning, communication, negotiation and presentation skills

Demonstrates alignment with the organisation’s core values through expected behaviours.

How you succeed

Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.

Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.

Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.

Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.

Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Who we are

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei.

The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia.

Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.

To all recruitment agencies:

Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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