Expense Analyst - 200003S4
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Purpose
Support the regular performance management processes for the total company- General and Life segments business unit’s expenses (Conventional and Takaful), providing sound financial analysis and enhanced business insight
Your role
- Complete regular monitoring of expense accounts, to ensure expenses to be parked appropriately to the respective accounts
- To monitor recharges from Region, Group and shared services
- Prepare monthly expense accruals
- Prepare monthly expense and FTE reporting with insightful commentary
- To provide variance analysis and commentary on comparisons for Group, Regional and Local regulatory reporting
- Provide input for monthly expense forecasts, to ensure inputs from stakeholders such as HR, IT CREWS and respective cost center owner are prudence
- Liaise with Financial Accounting team to ensure the accuracy of monthly financial results submission.
- To analyse on the financial data and able to highlight the abnormally (if any) to the line manager.
- Assist in writes-up of commentaries for monthly performance packs and relevant segment reporting level
- Assist in providing solution to the queries from stakeholders
- Assist in annual planning exercise by working closely with the business functions to develop robust expense plans
- Be initiative to bring values to the business by enhancing the monthly reporting processes and providing insightful analysis to the businesses
- To respond to Ad-hoc expense queries
Key relationships
- To maintain a good relationship with respective cost center owners, HR and other Finance teams, such as accounting and operations.
Your Skills and Experience
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, Professional Degree, Finance/Accountancy/Banking or equivalent.
- At least 3 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
- Preferably Senior Executives specializing in Finance - Planning & Performance Mngmt or equivalent.
- Skills / Knowledge :
- Proficiency in balance sheet and Income Statement knowledge
- Good analysis and writing skill for commentary
- Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good sense or urgency and able to work under pressure
- Basic knowledge in SAP
- Excellent Excel skills
- Full-Time position(s) available.
Who we are
Looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? Thinking about insurance? Perhaps you should. Working for us is a totally different experience to what you probably expect. How do you feel about the things you truly love? Don’t you want to protect them in the best way possible? Imagine if you could help people do this all over the world. You’d give them confidence and reassurance by protecting what they love most. This is no easy task. In today’s interconnected world, tackling risk is fast, unpredictable and invigorating. You’ll have to think on your feet as you manage risks big and small, from flooding to cyber crime. You’ll be tackling issues like these in over 170 countries. It’s a big challenge, but you’ll have a truly diverse network helping you. As part of an international team, every day would provide opportunities to learn, grow and share ideas.
As you make an impact across borders, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company. A long-standing player in the insurance industry, we make every effort to address the career development needs and plans of our employees to ensure their success in the future.
So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.
Zurich Insurance has the policy to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to criteria such as race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
At Zurich we believe that having a culture of inclusion is essential in delivering good results. Attracting, retaining and developing a diverse workforce where employees feel valued, respected and empowered allows people to reach their full potential. As a business this diversity helps us to better reflect and understand our 4 million customers’ needs to allow us to drive better outcomes. As a global organisation, with an increasingly agile workforce, we're happy to consider flexible working arrangements.
Primary Location
: Malaysia
Schedule
: Full-time
Travel
: No
Job Posting
: 10/23/20
