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Workplace Management – Regional Finance Lead

What This Job Involves

Support Account Lead & account leadership team in handling business, operational, financial decision making, risk mitigation, other pricing advice and all account specific finance related matters. Your key responsibilities will be:

Job Description:

Business Partnering and Contract Management

• Team member of Account Relationship Team with client

• Partnering with Account Lead in providing financial reports and analysis for business decision making.

• Interaction with different stakeholders including third-party service providers/vendors and key client personnel.

• Expense and debtors’ management

• Setting, review and monitoring of financial key performance indicators

• Resolving system issues

• Implementation of process improvements, encouraging efficiencies in financial management

• Ensure the Finance team assists with on-going cost saving projects, including identification, monitoring and analysis.

Reporting/Forecasting/Planning

• Responsible for developing and implementing financial plans, budgets, and forecasts.

• Analyse financial data to provide insights on performance, identify areas for improvement, and measure the financial impact of business initiatives.

• Accurate and timely monthly, quarterly & ad hoc reporting and variance analysis for client and corporate requirements, Annual budget & quarterly forecasts for both client and corporate stakeholders.

• Working closely with the local country Finance teams on profitability/revenue variances, issues and other requirements and task

• Reviewing and monitoring of potential risk and opportunities within the account

• Perform sensitivity analysis and scenario modelling where requested.

Invoice Payments & Billings

• Manage Vendor Payments

• Ensure accurate and timely client billings.

• Support and maintain all necessary guidelines and manuals associated with the accounts payable / receivable process

• Accountable for the timely coordination of the JLL invoice processing and monitoring the accounts receivable ensuring management of JLL cash flow.

• Optimizing working capital and monitoring liquidity on the account. Develop and execute strategies to maximize cash efficiency while minimizing financial risks.

General Ledger Management, Policies & Procedures & Audit

• Management of Month End processes

• Responsible in ensuring month end closing procedures are properly performed and investigated i.e. Bank Reconciliation, GRNV

• Ensure data integrity of the systems across the region and audit data from time to time.

• Working with different finance teams (i.e Controllership, FP&A teams) to compliance to accounting standards such as revenue recognition (fee at risk), cost capitalisation and etc.

• Ensure that appropriate process and systems controls are in place and maintained to guarantee the integrity of all transactions.

• Ensure that all financial accounting and reporting is audit worthy and in keeping with recognised quality management processes

• Ensure all finance staff are well trained on the financial systems & are effectively able to extract data.

• Co-ordination of adhoc financial requests as required by regional finance team

Sound like you? Here is what we’re looking for:

Being Analytical and Meticulous

Your role will involve coordination with various teams. You will be paying attention to detail and have excellent problem-solving skills. You will be using logic to trouble shoot problems; and assign and monitor financial aspects. You should have a good knowledge of the working procedures.

Qualifications

What we can do for you:

At JLL, we make sure that you become the best version of yourself by helping you realise your full potential in an entrepreneurial and inclusive work environment. We will empower your ambitions through our dedicated Total Rewards Program, competitive pay and benefits package.

Location:

Remote –Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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