Finance Application Support Specialist

Company:

Marsh Corporate

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Application Support Team for the Finance Strategic Insights Group, responsible for supporting the Financial Applications used by Marsh FP&A.. This role will be based in Kuala Lumpur. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

You can expect to be part of a dilligent team responsible for the management of the data governance of the financial reporting hierarchies and managing access to Financial Systems.

Finance Application Support Specialist

​We will count on you to:

• Act as first line product support for the Planning and Reporting Applications and the Salary Planning Capture System (SPCS)

• Review and triage support items for other applications used by Marsh FP&A

• Monitor the Ticket Log, ensuring all incidents and requests are addressed within assigned SLA

• Prepare monthly ticketing reporting, identifying repetitious issues

• Deliver the daily, monthly and quarterly support activities as assigned, such as data copies, month end close, forecast close

• Manage all Data Governance requests and communications, partner with Data Governance team to review and correct issues

• Work closely within a small team of product support analysts

• Maintain training documentation and provide training to FP&A colleagues on how to effectively use the Financial Systems functionality

• Maintain existing process documents and templates and create new documentation as required

• Lead the ideas when it comes to machine learning and AI.

• Responsible for communicating complex data in a simple and actionable way

​What you need to have:       

• ​Candidate should be a IT/Business Degree holder

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in managing applications for Finance Transformation projects

• Excellent Excel skills

• Good communication skills with the ability to engage, manage and influence team members and senior stakeholders

• Strong financial and business acumen and project management with exceptional analytical skills

• Excellent documentation skills

• Ability to work with a global and diverse colleague base across multiple time zones

​What makes you stand out? 

• Specialist knowledge of Oracle Essbase & Planning strongly desired

• Knowledge of how to utilize AI to support FP&A a plus

• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to work independently

• Experience working in a support roll a strong plus

• Specialist knowledge of Oracle Essbase & Planning strongly desired

• Knowledge of how to utilize AI to support FP&A a plus

Why join our team?

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.