lead specialist - Cyberjaya, Malaysia - AIA

Description

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About the Role

Responsible to ensure all required financial reporting and analysis are provided to Integrated Reporting Finance or other parties within AIA Group timely, accurately, without compromising on the quality and in accordance to AIA Group accounting policies and its related regulations.
Provide timely support of the Group's financial reporting functions (such as day to day accounting function, financial statements preparation, provide support to local business units on financial reporting related tasks).

Roles and responsibilities

Review and consolidate submissions from local business units for various for external and internal reporting requirements such as IFRS, HKIO, HKFRS, Bermuda or management reporting

Ensure all required financial reporting and analysis are provided to Group Office timely, accurately, without compromising on the quality and in accordance to AIA Group accounting policies and its related regulations

Ensure information received from the local business units complies with Group standards for both financial and management reporting

Prepare analytical review, accounting journals, consolidation workings, reporting deliverables, Group announcement and financial statements in accordance to the AIA policies and external and internal reporting requirements

Support Group Office and local business units on relevant Group financial reporting and analysis matters by providing timely and satisfactory response on all queries to enable business decisions

Support various Group financial reporting related initiatives and coordinate with various departments in Group Office and local business units on rolling out of the initiatives

Support the Manager to develop and recommend areas for enhancements and improvements for the current systems and processes to meet the challenges and needs of stakeholders

Assist in projects for any development, design, and implementation of new processes, controls and functionally changes to existing systems to improve current processes, controls and overall effectiveness of the team

Responsible to update Business Process Manuals, Control Checklist and Training Materials as and when new enhancement identified, implemented and communicated, and at least on an annual basis

Performs other responsibilities and duties periodically assigned by supervisor in order to meet financial reporting and/or other requirements

Minimum job requirements:

Degree holder in Accountancy with professional qualification in ACCA or equivalent

Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience gained within a multinational environment with regional exposure and/or accounting and auditing experiences in a big-size accounting firm

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

Experience in financial reporting

Experience with insurance and financial services industries preferred

Knowledge of IFRS

Good analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills

Knowledge of systems e.g. SAP / BPC preferred

Ability to work well under tight deadlines

Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Excellent PC skills especially MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Fluency in both written and spoken English