Assistant Finance Manager

Requisition Number: 44832

Job Location: Kuala Lumpur, MYS

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 02/12/2025

Posting End Date: 15/01/2026

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Job Summary

This is a regional role to manage Account Receivable (AR) & Fixed Asset for Standard Chartered Global Business Services Sdn. Bhd (FA) & Account Payable, Account Receivable, Fixed Asset, Cash Management(CM), Regulatory Requirement on computer application system compliance update for Standard Chartered Group Services, Manila Incorporated.

• Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Fixed Asset (FA)
• Accounts Payable (AP)
• Cash Management (CM)
• Regulatory Compliance requirement

This role to ensure the AP, AR, FA and CM operate smoothly and comply Group's policies and standards, relevant international / local tax, accounting standard, and compliance to local government requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• This role is to provide 'real time' support and analysis, to be trusted advisor and add value that will assist in Finance Operations.
• Experience from other financial roles in Finance Operations relates to AP/AR/FA/CM. In addition to this, one must have a vast knowledge of the business industry and have a range of skills.
• Accounts Receivables: Coordinate with business stakeholders and work closely with Group Chief Financial Office (GCFO) billing team to ensure monthly billings process accurately and within the timeline.
• Work closely with respective country to ensure collection within the timeline and aging not exceeded 180 days.
• Fixed Assets: Ensure accurate recording and tagging of company assets, including proper depreciation, disposal, and write-off processes.
• Perform assets verifications annually.

• Establishes and maintenance of records and procedures for the accountability of asset.

• Accounts Payables:

• Managing vendors payment and employee expense claims process
• Planning and execution of the vendor payment pay cycles, ensure payment on time.
• Vendor Reconciliation.
• Work closely with internal stakeholder (GCFO) and external stakeholder i.e. vendor to ensure compliant of local regulatory requirement i.e. Value Added Tax, Sales and Services Tax, Withholding Tax & etc.
• Manage Group Delegation Authority Limits (GDAM) for e-Procurement and system request.
• Cashflow Management:
• Cashflow Management i.e. monitor balance for payroll, vendor and staff payment and loan settlement.
• Work closely with correspondent bank to ensure smooth operations
• Manage risk i.e. fraudulence transaction.
• Compliance on Onboarding correspondent bank.
• Others:
• Manage month end closing, perform journal posting for payment and bank reconciliation.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement through control, process, and system improvement projects.
• Manage relevant IGA/SLA's and production KPI's. Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of any queries or disputes.
• Audit request
• Active participation in any Group / GBS Hubs projects or initiative.

• Update Process Operating Instruction document upon required / as per timeline.

• Assist the Senior Finance Manager and the Unit Operation Risk Manager in identifying and managing key risk areas; ensure compliance and improve internal controls and financial processes for the Company. This includes building management and operational control awareness within Country Finance team and ensure applicable policies and procedures are documented and embedded in operating manuals and instructions

• Support compliance initiatives relevant to the function.
• Review and challenge remediation / treatment plan set by the function to effectively mitigate risks / remediate control weaknesses / issues
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• GBS & SCGS Country Finance and employee
• SCB MY & PH Country Finance
• GCFO Finance Business Partner
• GCFO R2P/R2R
• GBS Corporate Secretary
• Correspondent Bank

Skills and Experience

Relevant Assistant Finance Manager experience, including:

• Financial compliance.
• Accounting standards/ policies and Financial Control framework.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Data Analysis
• Results and outcome focused
• Communication skills at the individual and organisation levels:
• Clearly conveys information and ideas.
• Build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge in financial system eg: MS Office, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft
• Continuous Improvement (CI) within the function.
• Experience in MNCs

Requirements:

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in accountancy
• Minimum 2 – 3 years of working experience as Assistant Finance Manager with strong knowledge in Finance Operations
• Experience in financial services industry will be added advantage.
• Hands on approach and result oriented.
• Intermediate / Advanced excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Performed variance analysis in previous roles.
• Dealt with auditors, regulatory authorities

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Microsoft Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• SAP
• Oracle
• PeopleSoft

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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