Senior Manager, Financial Control & Regulatory Reporting

About the role

AIA Investment Management is looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Control & Regulatory Reporting. The role ensures the integrity, accuracy and compliance of the group's financial and regulatory reporting framework, leads the development of robust financial controls, oversees regulatory reporting obligations and drives governance, process improvement and automation. It works closely with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Audit, Governance and business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and continuous enhancement of the financial control framework, strengthening internal controls, policies, procedures, documentation and change management.
• Drive process improvements, automation and system enhancements to improve the efficiency, accuracy and scalability of financial and regulatory reporting.
• Evaluate accounting treatment of complex investment transactions against IFRS and Group Accounting Policies, and implement and monitor key financial control metrics.
• Lead regulatory reporting, ensuring timely and compliant submission of MAS returns, and maintain governance over controls, documentation, audit trails and SOPs.
• Act as primary liaison with regulators, auditors and compliance teams, manage regulatory reviews and audits, and prepare and review capital, liquidity and financial position reports.
• Monitor regulatory developments, support engagements with MAS, CPF and other government agencies, and track and resolve reporting, audit and regulatory issues.
• Lead annual statutory audits, prepare audit schedules and technical accounting papers, and drive remediation of audit and regulatory findings.
• Support finance operations, monthly reporting and month-end close, and contribute to digitalisation, automation and AI initiatives.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline; CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• At least 8 years of experience in financial and regulatory reporting, audit, accounting operations and internal financial controls.
• Strong understanding of MAS regulatory requirements, financial reporting standards and internal controls in a regulated environment.
• Experience in investment management, financial services, FinTech, Big 4 or similar regulated industries is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with integrity, risk awareness and attention to detail.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience in digitalisation, process improvement, automation and AI initiatives is advantageous.