Manager - Reporting & Business Analysis - Reporting - BFSI/BPO/KPO/Insurance

Manager, Reporting and Business Analysis - Reporting

We have 2 positions i.e. one for life & the other for General insurance

The key responsibilities of this role are to:

Manage the financial and management reporting processes including Group Monthly Dashboard, Clearance packs, Quarterly Business Review and Regional Finance Dashboard incorporating profit, value, margin analysis and supporting commentaries/footnotes :

- Review and understand Group financial reporting instructions

- Assist to draft clearly defined, tailored and timely financial reporting instructions / timetables to Local Entities, ensuring they are consistent with Group standards, documented, widely understood and enforced

- Review and analyse local results in performance reports and associated commentaries / analysis. Participate in clearance and follow up with Local Entities / Finance Business Partners

- Produce Asia performance results across the region incorporating high quality standards of analysis and insightful commentaries that provide a clear and transparent view of performance

- Produce the Asia consolidation with good file maintenance of the historical data. Propose ways to develop consistent and effective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) wherever possible in line with Group and Regional requirements for continuous assessment and comparison across all countries

- Leverage the support of Finance Business Partners to conduct critical review of performance reports and associated analysis / commentaries prepared by Local Entities

- Report findings and clearance results to the Group and Regional management

- Work closely with the Reporting & Governance team to ensure all management and performance results reporting consistent with financial reporting

- Provide ad-hoc technical accounting support for transactions across the business

- Regularly review financial and management reporting processes to identify opportunities for improvement in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

- Propose/ discuss changes to existing reports/ KPIs to improve the benefits generated from reporting activities

- Ensure regional reports whenever possible are centralized and entities have minimal dual reporting to regional/ group

- Ensure only useful financial reporting activities are undertaken in a costs effective manner

- Prepare for clearance meetings with key stakeholders to understand the business performance and resolve issues with local entities/ finance business partners as needed in an efficient manner

Manage the budget revision, forecasting and strategic planning processes :

- Prepare the consolidated Asia packs in a timely and clear manner

- Ensure consistency, uniformity and quality of forecasting e.g. monthly forecast, pre-close half year, pre-close full-year through clear articulation of Group / Regional requirements to Local Entities and critical review/analysis of results to provide a forward looking view of performance

- Leverage the support of Finance Business Partners to conduct critical review of forecast and associated analysis / commentaries prepared by Local Entities

- Provide support if required to the strategy team to deliver the process of strategic planning and STI reporting processes

- Support the delivery of STI reporting at the Local Entity Level

Work with the regional finance transformation team on the Management Information System project :

- Assist to select and define KPIs

- Understand differences in reporting between numbers from the policy administration system and the ones provided directly from entities, propose resolution and way-forward

- Streamline the reporting processes in Local Entities and the Regional Office

Prepare and deliver training to enhance Local Entity capabilities around financial, management and performance reporting disciplines, including performance driver concepts, reporting process & technology and key performance indicators used across the Group

Project Support :

- Provide ad hoc accounting and reporting support

Experience/Qualification :

- Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business discipline.

- CA, CPA

- Minimum of 5 years insurance industry experience

Knowledge :

- Strong knowledge of performance drivers and measurement within life insurance business

- Good understanding of management accounting and reporting regimes and concepts

- Knowledge of IFRS

- Understanding of KPIs and value measures used by the Group - highly desirable

Skills :

- Excellent communication skills with good command of spoken and written English

- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills. Good at leading change.

- Good team player with excellent project management skills and good experience in monitoring, analysis and reporting performance

- Self-motivated and strong analytical mind, well-organized and attention to details

- Strong at effectively handle multiple priorities under time and delivery pressures in a changing business environment

- Good business sense and presentation skills

- Demonstrated experiences in engaging and working with senior management