Assistant Finance Business Partner

Role Introduction

Reports to: Finance Business Partner

The Assistant Finance Business Partner sits under our Financial Services Department in Cathay mainly will be responsible for facilitating the regular accounting services to the Business Units. The Assistant Finance Business Partner will also be working together with Business Units closely as a partner to facilitate budgeting and forecasting, operating performance, cost monitoring and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Financial business partnering 

• Partner with the Director and People department teams to develop a financial  
  awareness and BU strategy 
• Develop a deep understanding of the business, its objectives, challenges, and  
  key drivers 
• Provide insightful business performance analysis and performance trending on a regular basis to support management decision making. 
• Support business case development for project investments applying  
  appropriate financial analysis and risk assessment. 

Financial analytics 
 

• Provide business performance analysis through the interpretation of results and  
  explanation of drivers of variance (e.g. Monthly Reporting packs) 
• Perform KPI review with BU and each Director on a regular basis; and provide assistance to BUs in relation to cost monitoring and performance review 
• Support DPPL team’s review on horizontal costs across departments, Hong  
  Kong and Regions 
• Coordinate preparation of Annual/Interim Business Reviews presentations; and support corporate transactions and ensuring technical account implications are aligned with financial reporting team 

Financial planning 

• Prepare budget and regular forecasts, including the annual budget and 3-year plan, and quarterly reforecasting (including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow, project related budget / forecast); 
• Meet with BUs to review forecast and budget numbers; assist with any other ad hoc budget analysis and lead the team to perform financial digitalisation transformation initiatives 
  

Requirements

• Holder of a Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.  
• Big four working experiences is preferred. Recognised CPA / Accountancy qualification is preferred 
• Minimum 5 years accounting related experience gained from a recognised audit firm 
• Good command of both spoken and written English and Cantonese/Chinese 
• Strong skills in MS Office applications, especially in Excel 
• Experience in using SAP advantageous 
• Strong communication skill to all levels in the organisation and agility to work within a team environment 
• Strong analytics and reporting skills in producing reports, documentation and presentation 
• A quick learner with the ability to work independently and be self-motivated and attentive to details 

Personal & Application Information

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