Manager - Finance (Management Reporting & Analytics)

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us… Role Overview As a Manager in the Performance Management team within Group Finance, you will play a key role in tracking, analyzing and driving the bank's performance. Your role has two main focus areas: you will deliver core management reporting packs (such as monthly and quarterly financial reports) for the Board and Management Committee and you will lead our competitor benchmarking to see how we stack up against other banks. By connecting external market trends with internal customer and financial data, you will provide the insights needed to shape the bank's strategy. Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic Customer Analytics, Management Reporting and Analysis Executive Reporting & Variance Analysis: Prepare clear, high-quality financial performance reports for the Board and Management Committee, providing concise commentary to explain the "why" behind the financial results. Profitability Tracking & Margin Analysis: Deep dive into the bank's revenue streams, interest margins, and cost structures to monitor overall profitability, identifying key drivers of profit growth or erosion for senior management. Group-Level Customer Insights & Balance Sheet Impact: Synthesize complex data across various business lines to deliver high-level, panoramic insights on the bank's total customer base for the Management Committee. Balance Sheet Growth Tracking: Evaluate Group-wide New-to-Bank (NTB) acquisition and cross-selling depth, connecting customer portfolio dynamics (e.g., stickiness, attrition) directly to the bank's financial performance. Agile Ad-Hoc Analytics: Support the performance management team on critical, high-priority financial analysis and ad-hoc presentation requests from the CFO and senior leadership. 2. Peer Benchmarking & Market Positioning Drive Competitive Intelligence: Lead and oversee the benchmarking process, transforming raw data into high-impact insights for the Management Committee. Rapid-Response Reporting: Champion the swift delivery of competitor financial performance analysis immediately following quarterly earnings announcements. Contextual Analysis: Infuse internal financial reports with external benchmarking data, providing leadership with a holistic view of how the bank is performing relative to the wider market. Own the Data Ecosystem: Maintain a robust, up-to-date repository of competitor financial databases, analyst presentations, and Bank Negara Malaysia statistics to fuel strategic decks. Deliver Peer Analytics: Produce high-quality, timely analysis packs comparing the Top 5 Banks (MBB, CIMB, PBB, RHB, & AMMB) against HLBG to pinpoint market opportunities, flag competitive threats, and shape executive decision-making. 3. Continuous Innovation & AI Adoption: Champion the integration of generative AI and modern visualization tools across both reporting streams to automate workflows, elevate data storytelling, and transform complex peer and internal metrics into crisp visual narratives Job Requirements Education & Experience Background: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related quantitative discipline. Professional qualifications (e.g., MIA, ACCA, CPA) are a strong plus. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in performance management, management reporting or strategic financial analysis. Candidates from Big 4 or established audit firms are highly encouraged to apply. We value a strong foundation in financial analysis, exceptional data-storytelling abilities, and a proven track record of delivering insights to senior leadership, regardless of your industry background. Technical Skills & Competencies Financial Fluency: Robust understanding of corporate financial statements, performance metrics (e.g., profitability ratios, variance analysis, cost drivers), and corporate structures. Analytical Altitude: An analytical mindset capable of zooming into granular customer portfolio trends (NTB, cross-sell, attrition) and zooming out to connect them to macro balance sheet performance. Modern Tech Stack: High proficiency in data storytelling using modern visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau). Experience with or a strong aptitude for utilizing generative AI tools to streamline workflows and automate reporting is highly desirable. Advanced Modelling: Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, with a proven ability to maintain, organize, and draw insights from large, complex data repositories or competitor databases. Soft Skills & Leadership Traits Direct Exposure Readiness: Exceptional communication and data-storytelling skills, with the confidence and ability to translate complex financial concepts into crisp, executive-ready presentations for the C-suite. Agility & Drive: High resilience and agility to perform under tight timelines, particularly during high-pressure quarterly competitor result cycles. Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across various business units and Group Finance sub-teams. About Hong Leong Bank We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our "Digital at the Core" ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation. Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now. Hong Leong Bank ("HLB") stands proudly as a leading financial services institution based in Malaysia, providing a wide range of comprehensive and innovative financial solutions across the region. These services are delivered through both digital and traditional means, via online and mobile banking, as well as our digital branch concept to provide customers with an efficient and seamless experience aided by technology. As the service and financial landscape changes rapidly with the ever-increasing use of technology, staying attuned to customers needs and desires becomes even more critical to HLB's operations. To stay ahead of these dynamic changes, the Bank has adopted the approach of reimagining banking by embedding digital considerations and customer centricity in every aspect of our operations, from products and services as well as customer care and engagement. HLB's ethos of being Digital-At-The-Core powered by customers-at-the-forefront will continue to lead us to innovate offerings in line with our aspiration of being a highly digital and innovative financial services organization.