Finance Business Partner, HFDI

1. Financial Planning & Analysis
   

• Work closely with business leaders to develop strategic plans and initiatives.
  
• Assess the financial viability of proposed projects or investments, evaluate potential risks, and provide recommendations to support strategic decision-making.
  
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis to help management understand financial trends and make informed decisions.
  
• Performance Monitoring: track key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics to monitor business performance. Identify areas of improvement or concern and collaborate with stakeholders to implement corrective actions or capitalize on opportunities.
  
• Act as a bridge between finance and business functions, providing financial expertise and support to help HFDI achieve its goals.
  
• Support business with strategic business initiatives like REIT structures and reporting
  

2.Management Reporting

• Ensure end of month processes and procedures are adhered to and period close done as per the policy
  
• Ensure efficient and effective accruals for costs yet to be booked by the last day of each month
  
• Prepare the management reports
  
• Ensure that the TBs are reliable
  
• Investigate system anomalies and work with system teams and vendor to resolve system issues
  
• Ensure end of year processes and procedures are adhered to and year close done as per the policy
  
• Performing monthly comparative statistical analyses of financial numbers, following up on unusual variances with business teams, and preparing highlights of the major variations
  

3.Financial Reporting

• Prepare the financial reports to senior management and the board.
  
• Prepare the audited financial reports for the property business, joint ventures and support with the consolidated financials
  
• Provide guidance on accounting requirement (IFRS) like revenue recognition and consolidations
  
• Facilitate cross-functional learning programs on new accounting, reporting requirements
  

4.Tax Accounting & Planning

• Co-ordinate with the Group Tax Unit to have monthly tax computations done
  
• Ensure tax numbers (eg tax recoverable, deferred tax etc) reported is validated against tax computations and iTax ledgers.
  
• Work closely with the Group Tax Unit to identify tax planning opportunities
  

5.Coordination of internal and external audits

• Ensure audit schedules requested by the auditors are timely provided.
  
• Articulate management judgement to external and internal auditors on reporting standards, regulatory guidelines and internal controls
  
• Ensure audit queries are handled and where necessary escalations done.
  
• Assist to close finance related matters raised by external auditors.
  

6.Credit control

• Oversee sales collection & reconciliations
  
• Provide guidance on and enforce approved credit periods for policyholders and employers
  

Principal Outputs for this role

• Monthly management reports
  
• Quarterly publications
  
• Internal and external audit liaison