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Senior Specialist, Financial Reporting Jobs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam at Sun Life
Title: Senior Specialist, Financial Reporting
Company: Sun Life
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
About the Role
This role will be in charge for financial reporting of the Sun Life Vietnam business both to the Regional Office (RO) and to the local senior management team including the development of detailed analyses. This position produces and supports direct managers preparing the monthly and quarterly management reporting and provides accurate and timely business information to enable effective decision making and support business initiatives.
Responsibilities
Financial reporting / IFRS report
- Conduct and validate Bond Reports prepared by Treasury, ensuring data accuracy, reasonableness, and compliance with reporting standards.
- Support direct manager to prepare the monthly net income and financial variance analysis to be used for critical financial decisions all while ensuring that thorough analysis has been completed and Key ICFR Controls have been executed.
- Conduct Business Overview under local ledger and provide commentary for variance.
Other management reports
- Support direct manager to manage and control Expenses and commission Hyperion Allocation Process.
- Green Button and RI processing checking, ensure the IFRS17 closing process smoothly.
- Check and confirm Key Disclosure Analysis on Finance side.
- Closely cooperate with RO, Corporate on the process and fix issues (if any).
- Conduct Fund Charge checking and manual booking.
- Validate IFRS 17 SLGSP/SLGSI Billing to SLV on monthly basis.
- Closely work with Corporate and Regional on testing SAP S4 upgrade, Alteryx system, and feed file enhancement.
- Work closely with IT, products, RO/CO on testing and setting up mapping NDIC, new products related to IFRS ledger.
- Log JIRA and follow-up for all mapping BAU or issue related to IFRS 17 Closing.
- Support NDIC testing and other IFRS 17 ad-hoc tasks.
Others task in IFRS to support manager
- Actively engage in the process improvement including current processes, revise and enhance Operating Guideline, Policy.
- Support manager to update F&A policies, procedures and operating guidelines to ensure alignment with corporate standards, local regulations, and IFRS requirement.
- Coordinate with related departments to identify policy gaps, proper documentation for governance and audit purposes.
- Work closely with Legal teams to manage PAC approval and notification processes, ensuring adherence to governance and regulatory protocols.
- Lead the rollout and adoption of new or revised policies and guidelines, including planning and delivering training sessions and walk‑throughs to ensure effective understanding and execution.
Regulatory Reports
- Manage and prepare MOF, IAV, Statistic Department reports.
- Deep dive analysis and provide the explanation for any variance or discrepancy in regulatory reports.
- Coordinate cross-functions/teams on the concerns related to regulatory reports.
- Prepare, deep dive the variance and works closely with stakeholders on the statistical reports.
- Support External Audit on the concerns related to regulatory reports.
- Ad-hoc request related to VAS financial analysis.
Qualifications
- University graduate (Accounting, Finance major as plus).
- A minimum of 2 year business experience, preferably in financial reporting and analysis within the financial services or life insurance industry.
- Good accounting and financial background.
- Previous experience working closely with Operation and IT department.
- Experience in IFRS 17 is an advantage.
Required Skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet established deadlines.
- Detail oriented, well organized, self-starter.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and ability to learn new system (Oracle Sun system, Tableau, SAP…).
- Adaptable, flexible and self-motivated in a fast-paced and frequently changing business environment with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Ability performs well under pressure.
