Senior Financial Analyst (MY Based)

About the role

This role provides finance business support for an enterprise business, delivering comprehensive, timely and effective financial analysis, insights and recommendations. It covers forecasting, budgeting, month-end closing, project cost control and financial modelling.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare monthly/quarterly forecasts and the annual budget by reviewing financial assumptions and highlighting risks and issues.
• Provide variance analysis between actuals, budget and forecast, and give key findings to the business.
• Perform month-end closing for project-based business, ensuring accurate revenue and cost recognition in line with accounting standards.
• Analyse financial performance and review project costs against approved budgets while keeping project files up to date.
• Prepare earned revenue and billed revenue reports for business stakeholders.
• Take part in annual sales target allocation and cost syndication exercises, including product profitability analysis.
• Support reviews of business cases, bids and tenders with financial recommendations.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to assess the feasibility of initiatives.
• Answer finance-related queries from business units and advise on accounting implications under financial reporting standards.
• Handle ad hoc projects as assigned.

Required profile

• Degree in Accountancy or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience; at least 2 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience preferred.
• Meticulous and analytical, with strong communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently in ambiguous situations and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Tenacious problem solver.

Required skills

• ERP systems such as SAP and Workday
• MS Excel
• Power BI