# Associate Director, Business Management

**Company**: Prudential
**Location**: Kuala Lumpur
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future.

The Finance & Workforce Business Partner serves as the primary financial and headcount governance lead for Information Security & Privacy, responsible for end-to-end budget management, forecasting, cost tracking, and workforce planning.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Cost Center Ownership – Serve as secondary cost center owner, managing Coupa approvals and acting as signatory for lower-value contracts and all cost center-related workflows.

- Budget Management – Lead annual budget review and submission processes, including top-down verification and bottom-up breakdowns across functions, ensuring alignment with finance targets.

- Forecasting & Financial Reforecasting – Coordinate periodic forecast updates with SMEs and Tech Finance to ensure available budget meets planned operational needs.

- Cost Tracking & Spend Management – Monitor procurement tagging accuracy, reallocate budgets as strategy changes, and assist teams with unbudgeted funding requests.

- Financial Reporting & Governance – Prepare financial summaries for senior management and collaborate with Tech Finance on monthly finance reviews to ensure accuracy.

- Recharge Cost Allocation Management – Manage LBU recharge discussions, including full understanding of allocation models and keys, partnering with Tech Finance and LBUs.

- Investment Management – Lead investment submissions including the ACR process, collecting funding requirements, ROI analysis, and securing necessary LBU approvals.

- Procurement Oversight – Validate purchase requests for budget availability and accuracy, support the team on procurement processes, and provide Coupa and TPA guidance.

- Workforce Planning – Drive workforce planning aligned to efficiency targets, establishing current vs. future state views and validating organizational plans with SMEs.

- Headcount Management & Demand Governance – Manage new demand requests, validate role justifications, track leavers/joiners, and govern contingent workforce and location distribution.

- Audit Management – Support team leads in coordinating audit meetings and responses.

- Strategic Planning – Facilitate strategic planning forums aligned to governance, security leadership by preparing presentation decks and taking meeting notes.

**Job Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or Technology Business Management.

- Minimum 3 years of experience in financial operations, planning, or administrative roles.

- Strong proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools.

- Experience in IT, Technology Security, Privacy is a plus.

**Skills & Competencies**

- Excellent organizational and communication skills.

- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

- Proactive problem-solving and stakeholder management abilities.

- Experience with procurement, budgeting and planning is advantageous.

## Skills

### Required
- Budget Management
- Financial Reporting
- Procurement Oversight
- Workforce Planning
- Headcount Management

### Nice to have
- Experience in IT
- Technology Security
- Privacy

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