Manager, Financial Reporting, Process Optimization

About FWD Group

FWD Group is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves approximately 30 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and digitally enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance.

For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

For more information about FWD Hong Kong, please visit www.fwd.com.hk/.

The Job:

• Process improvement: work closely with the BAU team to analyse current financial closing process and systems, identify the areas for improvement in terms of efficiency and accuracy.

• Automation: To, or to collaborate with IT to, build templates by using various automation tools (e.g. Alteryx) that enable FR team users to prepare various deliverables (e.g. journal entries) effectively and efficiently without or with minimal human intervention.

• Project management: To manage the overall timeline of planning, execution and implementation of the initiatives. To work closely with FR team to ensure the alignment of the requirement, UAT, implementation and post-implementation

• Training and development: To prepare the training materials and conduct the knowledge transfer to FR team users regarding the new processes or tools.

The Person:

• CPA holder with at least 6 years of working experience

• Hands-on experience on automation tools (e.g. Power BI, Alteryx and ettc.) is a must

• Familiar with IFRS Accounting standards. Knowledge in insurance and IFRS 17 is an advantage but not a must

• Good command of written and spoken English and Chinese.

• Good project and time management skills

• Good communications and interpersonal skills

• Strong sense of ownership of the tasks assigned

We offer 5-day work, 20-22 days annual leaves, excellent learning & development opportunities and an attractive package to the right candidate.

Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purpose. The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter. When there are vacancies in any of our subsidiaries, holding companies, associated or affiliated companies of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with the Company during that period, we may transfer your application to them for consideration of employment. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability or family status in employment process.