Finance Partner – Risk, CEO Office & CA (1 Year Contract)

A leading global financial services organisation is seeking a Finance Partner to join their team in Kuala Lumpur, supporting the Risk, CEO Office, and Corporate Affairs functions. You will be at the heart of decision-making, working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver insightful analysis, robust governance, and disciplined cost management.

Your role will involve :

• Serve as the finance subject matter expert for Group Risk, CEO Office, and Corporate Affairs by providing comprehensive financial modelling, budgeting guidance, and analytical support tailored to each function’s needs.
• Engage in business partnering with senior stakeholders to offer strategic financial advice that supports informed decision-making across multiple business units.
• Prepare and present monthly financial reports that deliver clear insights into performance metrics relevant to Risk, CEO Office, and Corporate Affairs functions.
• Own the monthly performance reporting process for these areas by analysing variances, run-rate trends, outlooks, staff costs, and non-staff expenditures.
• Collaborate with Group Risk teams on regulatory compliance programmes and operational risk tooling initiatives by ensuring robust investment cases are developed and benefits are tracked effectively.
• Support the CEO Office in managing executive operations and strategic programmes such as Board support or enterprise-wide initiatives through disciplined financial governance.
• Partner with Corporate Affairs on communications campaigns, brand initiatives, sponsorships, external engagement activities; design funding models and track return on investment for major projects.
• Lead annual budgeting cycles as well as quarterly forecasting exercises while coordinating headcount planning and optimising non-staff costs across all supported functions.
• Ensure strict adherence to financial compliance requirements by strengthening controls around procurement processes, contract management practices, intercompany recharge models; maintain auditable documentation at all times.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes by developing standardised dashboards for stakeholders; automate repeatable analyses; embed best practices across teams; provide ad hoc strategic analysis for executive committee members.

Your background should include :

• Demonstrated experience in finance business partnering within large organisations or matrix environments where collaboration with multiple stakeholders is essential.
• Proven ability to deliver detailed financial modelling alongside budgeting guidance tailored for executive-level decision making.
• Strong background in preparing monthly performance reports that highlight key metrics relevant to risk management or corporate affairs functions.
• Experience supporting regulatory compliance programmes or operational risk initiatives through robust investment case development and benefit tracking methodologies.
• Track record of providing disciplined financial governance for executive operations or board-level strategic programmes within complex organisations.
• Ability to design funding models for communications campaigns or brand initiatives while tracking ROI against major project milestones.
• Expertise leading annual budgeting cycles as well as quarterly forecasting exercises including headcount planning optimisation strategies.
• Comprehensive understanding of financial compliance requirements including procurement controls contract management practices intercompany recharge models audit documentation standards.
• Skilled at driving process improvement through development of standardised dashboards automation of repeatable analyses embedding best practices across teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly empathetically collaboratively among diverse stakeholder groups.

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