Specialist - FP&A

Marsh Agency; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh seeks a Specialist in FP&A to join the Kuala Lumpur team. The role is hybrid, requiring at least three days per week in the office, and involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders across Marsh.

You will enhance financial analysis and strategic planning within a diligent FP&A division while benefiting from career development and regional leadership exposure. Ideal candidates have 6–8 years in FP&A, strong modelling and advanced Excel/Power BI skills, and a proven ability to engage

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of FP&A experience, preferably regional in a large organisation.
• Strong communication skills with ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
• Exceptional analytical ability with financial and business acumen and project management

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial data and provide the APAC region with sound, defendable recommendations.
• Review and summarize financial planning information and reports, tracking trends.
• Assist month-end close with standard and ad hoc reports and variance analysis.
• Collaborate with management to ensure sound fiscal management and budgeting accuracy.
• Support development of budgets and quarterly forecasts; monitor initiatives and track results.
• Prepare financial planning information by collecting and summarizing data and trends.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team at Marsh. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

You can expect to be part of a diligent FP&A division where you will enhance your financial analysis and strategic planning skills while collaborating with diverse colleagues and stakeholders across various lines of business within Marsh. In return, you will benefit from career development and training opportunities, gain exposure to strong regional leadership, and be at the forefront of new decisions that will help you learn, grow, and advance your career.

Specialist - FP&A

We Will Count On You To

• Analyze basic financial data and quantitative analyses, in order to support sound and defensible recommendations for the APAC region.
• Review and conduct simple analysis of financial planning information and reports, by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Conduct basic audit activities, in order to comply with requirements.
• Communicate with management on a consistent basis, to ensure sound fiscal management.
• Assist in the month end close process by preparing recurring/standard and ad hoc reports, researching general ledger activities and variances to budget and prior year.
• Evaluate financial plans by identifying financial outcomes and potential returns.
• Assist in the development of budgets and quarterly forecasts; tracks and reports initiatives.
• Prepare financial planning information and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

What you need to have:

• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in FP&A preferably in a regional capacity with a large organisation.
• Good communication skills with the ability to engage, manage and influence team members and senior stakeholders
• Strong financial and business acumen and project management with exceptional analytical skill

What makes you stand out?

• Experienced background in FP&A within financial services industry.
• Positive attitude and ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment.
• Exceptional skills in financial modelling to execute the forecast, financial planning and reporting processes
• Proficient in Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Power BI
• Innovative and technically inclined to drive solutions using system applications

Why Join Our Team

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being..

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.