Assistant Manager, Finance, Asia Investment Management

This role primarily focuses on supporting (a) Regional Office Hong Kong (“ROHK”) - Asia Investment Management (“AIM”) and Sun Life Investment Management Asia Limited (“SLIMA”)’s financial and group reporting and (b) ROHK vendor payment and staff expense reimbursement processes.

• Support financial close process SLIMA as a separate legal entity and ROHK AIM cost centers including journal entry creation and posting
• Prepare SLIMA’s Group financial reporting submissions on monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Coordinate with RO on AIM and SLIMA’s intercompany billing and settlement processes
• For ROHK, ROHK AIM and SLIMA, check/review all vendor payment requests, supporting documents and approval evidence to ensure timely and accurate business expenses payments to vendors and other Sun Life (SL) business units
• Check/review the ROHK staff reimbursement requests, supporting documents and approval evidence for arranging staff reimbursement payments
• Manage ROHK corporate card programs and ensure timely submission of concur reports by business users for proper internal review and settlement with the card issuing bank
• For ROHK, gather and compile all expenses, payment and reimbursement data as Payment Summary Reports and accurate accounting entries required for monthly financial reporting
• For ROHK, liaise with travel management companies and internal stakeholders to review incurred travel spends, and to review and manage the centralized settlements of travel expenses in an organized manner
• Review and monitor spends incurred by ROHK such as mobile charges and other thematic reviews
• Support online banking system user management for ROHK
• Support Finance new initiatives including system implementation; faster close initiatives and etc.
• Report to Senior Manager, Finance, Asia

• University graduate in in Finance, Accounting and Business Administration or related disciplines
• Preferably 5+ years of relevant experience in audit, accounting, business management and operations
• CPA qualification is a must
• Applies expert knowledge in expense disbursement, payment approvals, and banking system users setup and maintenance.
• Capable of organizing information from multiple sources into meaningful business information
• Capable of multitasking and working in cultural environment
• Has the ability to professionally manage multiple stakeholders of various levels (e.g., executive secretaries, department heads, functional leaders etc.) in handling the business expenses disbursement, staff reimbursement and treasury matters
• Have proven experience in the use of Word and Excel, and data compilation skills in consolidating payments data as monthly payment summary for financial reporting purpose
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Experience in asset and wealth management industry is a plus