Finance Manager

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Job Profile Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for forecasting and reporting of financial KPIs which encompass budgeting, cashflow and P&L monitoring and projection, in-charge of department’s risk and governance processes, support head of department in all compensation and intercompany matters.

You must be astute in interpreting financial data and connecting processes within their scope of work, possess curiosity and take initiative to understand the relationship between processes, systems and stakeholders as well as having good understanding of regulations and standards. 

Job Description

Forecasting

• Develop forecasting and reporting process of key financial KPIs
• Responsible for accuracy and completeness of KPIs tracking and reporting
• Responsible for submission of business plan and forecasting, including timeline and scope management, submission of results and communication of such results to senior management and Group office
• Lead and drive preparation of Group dialogue and relevant meetings and support informed management decisions to drive company’s vision and targets

Sales reporting

• Develop sales reporting process, including obtaining financial data and preparing dashboard and presentation to senior management

Budget management

• Develop expense budgeting process, including pulling information from various sources (procurement system, financial reporting system, manual tracking) and building monthly summary of actual vs. budget

Governance

• Prepare and maintain all financial-related procedures and policy documents
• Support any group or local regulatory governance reporting

Others

• Support Head of Finance for financial advisers’ compensation matters, onboarding of new initiatives and schemes and ad-hoc investigation and establishing of new processes
• Support Head of Finance on other financial reporting and finance operations matters, including liaising and onboarding third party providers and products 

Who we are looking for:

Competencies & Personal Traits

• Strong project management and communication skills
• Take initiative when identifying areas of improvements and proactive in taking actions to make processes more efficient
• Strong analytics skills and possess technical financial knowledge and understanding of accounting standards and reporting requirements
• Meticulous and detailed
• Financial system knowledge is a plus (e.g. FinBI, macros, Alteryx, Anaplan, SUNGL, Oracle, OneStream, Hyperion, Coupa etc.)

Working Experience:

• 6 years in finance, preferably financial planning and analysis, financial reporting or financial governance
• Audit experience will be advantageous

Education:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Actuarial or Business
• Recognised accounting professional qualification

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.