Manager, Finance (Corporate Financial P&A)

Job Summary

Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager and as part of the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis team, the Finance Manager is responsible for managing the Club’s financial planning & analysis activities (Including financial budgeting and forecasting) as well as management reporting process focusing on P&OD (HR) Division and Residential Governance Committee. He/She will support the team to provide strategic and operational financial information, insight and recommendations to the Club’s senior management for effective decision making at the Club-wide level. Collaborating with the broader finance team, he/she will be the integral member to deliver a programme of financial process re-engineering across the finance teams within the Club (including, where possible, a focus on process efficiency, standardisation and automation) to establish and maintain best practices in end-to-end finance processes, systems and management reporting to better align business income and business activities to enable intelligent decision making, leading to a culture of continuous improvement.

Major Tasks

1. Business Partnering 
   • Work closely with P&OD to align business objectives with financial and operational strategies. 
   • Serve as a liaison between P&OD and other stakeholders to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing, e.g. other finance team, HR and IT. 
2. Financial Reporting and Analysis
   • Prepare accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financials for management with variance analysis.
   • Develop dashboards and reports to support decision-making analysis for Clubwide and divisional levels and provide timeline updates to management for actionable insights.
   • Perform analysis following ad-hoc requests from management.
   • Assist in exercising overall budgetary control on a Clubwide basis, monitoring overall financial performance, and identifying and analyzing major budget variances and trend deviations from divisions/operations.
   • Conduct financial and operational analysis to evaluate business cases and funding request. 
3. Financial Planning and Budgeting
   • Communicate an integrated budget planning process with a comprehensive timeline to stakeholders.
   • Facilitate budget/forecast reviews with analysis and follow up on action items and required additional reviews.
   • Validate budget/forecast assumptions on OPEX, CAPEX, headcount before submission in system. 
   • Assist in drafting the Budget Paper for BOM and Finance Committee review.
   • Provide accurate and timely reviews to management with analysis on the Clubwide performance and outlook.
4. Change and Transformation
   • Contribute to financial process re-engineering across the finance teams, including, where possible, a focus on process efficiency, standardisation and automation.
   • Leverage existing and new technology to improve our financial processes, such as extending the use of visualisation, dashboards, and advanced analytics into our modelling.

About You

• At least 7-8 years of professional experience in the finance/accounting industry with knowledge of financial planning and analysis.
• Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or related disciplines with recognised accounting qualification.
• Relevant professional qualification(s) such as CPA.
• Good business acumen and strategic thinking with strong analytical skills.
• Skills in Data preparation and/or Financial modelling, such as Power Query is an asset.
• Data Visualization experience in managing datasets and creating dashboards is perferred. 
• Interest or experience in Advanced Analytics (Machine Learning and AI) is desirable.
• Experience working in organizations with diverse operations and dealing with multiple stakeholders is beneficial.
• Other proficiencies includes:
  • Strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation and team player
  • Good communication skills in English and preferably Cantonese and Putonghua
  • Strong computer literacy in using Excel, PowerPoint and Word
  • Working knowledge of Oracle Hyperion Financial System is an asset

Terms of Employment

The level of appointment will be commensurate with qualification and experience.

How to Apply

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