VP, Monitoring & Control, GF-FBS-IARA

Job Title

• VP, Monitoring & Control, GF-FBS-IARA

Division

• Group Finance

Department

• Finance Business Services – Integrated Accounting, Reconciliation & Analytics (IARA)

Section

• Monitoring & Control

Unit

• Monitoring & Control

Job location

• Menara CIMB, KL Sentral

Job Purpose

• Support the HOD and Unit Lead in driving effective monitoring, control, and governance of GL reconciliation and closing balances, ensuring high-quality reporting, strong analytical insights, and robust control frameworks.
• The VP plays a hands-on leadership role, ensuring execution excellence, timely escalation of issues, accurate management reporting, and alignment with bank-wide policies, while also supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

1. Monitoring & Review & Validation

• Perform detailed review of GL reconciliation outputs (L1 & L2) to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Track and monitor aged/unresolved reconciliation items and proactively escalate key risks.
• Validate reconciliation quality and ensure adherence to Drive to Zero principles.
• Support the Lead in consolidating and validating reporting before escalation to stakeholders

2. Dashboard & Management Reporting

• Lead preparation of monthly MYMC dashboards, including analysis of open items and ageing balances.
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and timeliness of submissions across teams.
• Provide insightful commentary on abnormal balances and key risk areas.
• Partner with L1/L2 teams to improve data quality and reporting discipline.

3. Analytics & Control Enhancement

• Perform analytical reviews of GL balances and reconciliation trends.
• Develop and implement validation checks and control mechanisms to strengthen reconciliation processes.
• Identify process gaps and improvement opportunities, and drive remediation initiatives.
• Support transformation initiatives for automation and efficiency

4. Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key liaison with Business Units (BU), Business Enablers (BE), and Finance teams to ensure account ownership clarity and resolution accountability.
• Support discussions on accounting treatments, reconciliation ownership, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with COA and other governance teams to ensure consistency with accounting structures and policies.

5. Write-Off / Write-Back Governance

• Consolidate, review and challenge write-off/write-back proposals for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.
• Support preparation of management papers, summaries, and approval documentation.
• Track proposal status and ensure timely closure across stakeholders.

7. Others

• Handle other ad-hoc tasks/projects as assigned.

Job Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Accounting Professional Qualification.

Relevant Work Experience

• Skills in financial, planning & analysis, with more than 10 years of working experience in finance or relevant industry

Required Competencies and Skills

Technical/Functional skills

• Sound accounting technical knowledge with an in-depth understanding of Accounting Standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational abilities.
• Possess advanced understanding & knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint and Access will be an added advantage

Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])

• Good motivator to the team to insipire them to produce the required results.
• Strong comunicating skills, required in guiding and assisting Business partners to reach outcome for both parties.