Lead Specialist, Finance (Investment Management)

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The budget and business planning team of AIA Investment Management Private Limited is responsible for the annual budget, forecasting, business planning as well as strategic projects of the Company.

The incumbent will be based in Cyberjaya but will be a member of the budget and business planning team in Singapore and be responsible for the preparation and analysis of monthly management reports (actual vs budget), assisting in monthly/quarterly/year-end close activities for project cost accruals.

Management Reporting

• Performing monthly allocation of cost across cost centres/lines of business post month-end closing

• Preparing departmental cost reports/dashboards (actual vs budget/forecast) - MTD/QTD/YTD for analysis.

• Providing in-depth and insightful analysis of actual vs budget management reports for department heads/senior stakeholders.

• Maintain cost centre and department list. Assist departments with creation/deletion of cost centre and WBS (project codes) in SAP.

• Prepare and submit budget templates for Group reporting requirements.

• Perform ad hoc analysis where required to assist in management decision making.

Project Cost Reporting

• Update actual project expenditure in actual vs budget project reports on a monthly basis for Project Managers.

Month-End Close

• Receive, prepare and submit accruals of project cost to General Accounting team for month-end close.

• Review accruals of project costing

Ad hoc duties

Perform other responsibilities and duties periodically assigned by supervisor

Job Requirements :

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, management reporting, FP&A

• Asset management experience a plus

• CPA or equivalent.

• Strong MS Excel (able to use pivot tables, lookup formulas, build models), Powerpoint, Word Skills a must. Experience in Microsoft BI/building dashboards/financial modelling templates is a huge plus.

• Strong analytical & presentation skills

• Good stakeholder management skills

• Strong written and verbal English skills

• Confident in working with management and colleagues across different cultures

• Good team player, with demonstrable experience of building strong and effective working relationships with colleagues and business partners.