Lead Specialist - Group Financial Reporting (Controls & Governance)

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About the Role

Provide assistance to Finance Consultancy, Operations & Controls (Group FCOC) for various projects implementation and daily business operations.

Job Description:

• Ensure internal controls deliverables are consistent with reporting closing timeline and meet the company required level of quality

• Support the Group FCOC to define, implement, document, assess and monitor internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and/or Environment, Socialand Governance (ESG)

• Support the delivery of timely reporting on ICFR and/or ESG to ensure appropriate escalation and adequate action plans

• Ensure appropriate level of communication is maintained on internal controls matters to management and business units

• Maintain a continuous improvement approach to ensure controls and processes keep up with changes in business, organization, economy, technology, and accounting

• Maintain awareness of significant changes impacting the business, both internally and externally, and ensure appropriate pre-emptive actions to modify/expand control activities to mitigate risk

• Support Group FCOC to establish consistent methodologies/standards/guidelines of ICFR and/or ESG and oversee the execution by group functions and business units

• Assist in drafting/ updating of internal controls documentation/policy and ensure it is understood and agreed by company's management, control functions, and auditors

• Assist in updating/ developing adequate training material on the internal controls and related reporting processes objectives, approach and methodology and provide guidance to the team and business units as needed

• Support other financial reporting activities and other risk and control projects/initiatives as assigned

• Assist projects implementation and work closely with BUs to review their working progress and submission

• Communicate and coordinate with external auditors to ensure key deliverables timeline

Job Requirements:

• Degree holder in Accountancy with professional qualification in ACCA or equivalent

• Minimum 6 years of experience in financial reporting functions with emphasis on financial controls ideally in insurance, banking or asset management or business experience in insurance with audit or control background.

• 2 + years of supervisory or management experience in the above position

• Strong demonstrable knowledge of risk management and internal control principles

• Knowledge of Insurance industry and their operational processes desired

• Knowledge of IFRS including consolidation and financial reporting