Business Performance Analyst

Job Description

Business Performance Analyst | OCBC Bank

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at OCBC Bank, located in Malaysia. OCBC Bank is Singapore’s longest established bank, dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses through understanding their needs and providing tailored financial solutions. This role is pivotal in supporting a finance transformation initiative, ensuring timely and accurate financial data consolidation and insightful reporting across multiple regions, helping to build the bank of the future.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Malaysia

• Team: Global Consumer Financial Services (GCFS) Finance team
• Mission: Centralize and manage financial data, perform analytical tasks, and drive process improvements for regional finance operations.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, formulas, macros), Microsoft Access, SQL (plus)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Data Integrity: Ensure the integrity and consolidation of financial and non-financial data for the GCFS division across various markets.
• Performance Reporting: Prepare and analyze consolidated performance reports, conducting variance analyses to provide actionable insights.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Standardize budgeting practices, manage operational budgets and forecasts, and ensure accurate data loading and supplementary information for Group Finance.
• Transformation Support: Participate in finance transformation initiatives, including user acceptance testing, process proposals, and facilitating smooth transitions for new reporting systems.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance and automate workflows, develop documentation, and propose improvements for data consolidation and reporting.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; an experienced finance professional.
• Experience: 5+ years in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), financial reporting, or data analysis roles, preferably within the banking sector.
• Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access; good understanding of accounting principles (P&L, balance sheet) and financial processes; excellent logical reasoning and problem-solving skills; effective communication and collaboration.
• Bonus: Prior experience working in a shared services environment or regional finance team; experience setting up or working in a shared services/centralized hub team.