Senior Associate - Financial Management (Finance Transformation)

Description:

KPMG Malaysia Financial Management practice provides support to organisations with the goal to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their finance function through services covering Enterprise Performance Management, Finance Strategy & Transformation, Efficient Finance Operations, Finance Shared Services & Outsourcing and Malaysian Business Reporting System (MBRS) Implementation. This position specifically supports the delivery of Finance Strategy & Transformation.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the engagement team, manager and client representatives in carrying out and delivering Finance Transformation project activities and discovery sessions.
• Lead/ assist/ work independently in implementation and execution of project deliverables with emphasis on ability for project work, provision of relevant insights through study of applicable materials, and good time management.
• Diagnosis of concerns and issues, and problem-solving through relevant solutions on Finance Transformation-related projects.
• Delivery of project deliverables to clients including quality review.
• Communicate and escalate project updates, status, risks and issues to internal team members and supervisors.
• Support in the development of business proposals and presentations.

Preferred Skills :

• A proven ability to translate client objectives into deliverable design, and develop deliverables that address complex situations.
• Knowledge of the key strategic business drivers, regulatory constraints, and finance processes.
• Ability to define a strategy, develop business cases and define the target operating model.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• A solid team player who's also an independent thinker with robust analytical skill set.
• Excellent communication, presentation, writing and group facilitation skill.
• Endless curiosity and a penchant for thinking the impossible.
• Energetic, analytical, hardworking and willing to learn.

Requirements :

• A minimum of 3 - 5 years of professional experience in areas related to professional services or consulting.
• Have a professional qualification such as CPA/ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA; OR Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Accounting/ Business Administration/ those within the management and accounting ambit.