DRSC AP Finance - Special Project Lead (Senior Manager/Director)

Title: DRSC Asia Pacific Finance (based in Kuala Lumpur) – Finance Special Projects Lead, Senior Manager/Director

Are you ready to unleash your potential?

Deloitte Asia Pacific brings together our geographies in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Taiwan with more than 4,000 partners and 90,000 professionals. The formation of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Member Firm enhances our ability to provide a more seamless client experience across geographical boundaries, while at the same time offering you unique and unrivalled career experiences and opportunities.

Our environment is dynamic and changing, and our finance capability is expected to adapt and respond to the needs of the business. The special projects lead will lead strategic finance and finance transformation projects, integrating deep financial technical capabilities and commercial acumen with proficiency in executive-level communication and cross-function stakeholder management.

Work you’ll do

Strategic Financial Analysis and Reporting

• Lead the review, analysis, and interpretation of member firms financial data (P&L, Balance Sheet, Personnel, and key financial metrics), providing actionable insights and recommendations for regional and organizational performance.
• Own the development and delivery of comprehensive executive-level reports and presentations for Deloitte Asia Pacific and member firm finance leadership, ensuring timely communication of financial results, trends, and strategic impacts.
• Drive the enhancement and integration of financial reporting technologies (e.g., SAP) to enable advanced analytics, automation, and improved data quality.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with partner and director-level stakeholders across member firms, proactively providing expert guidance and tailored feedback to optimize reporting accuracy and business outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, identifying, designing, and implementing process efficiencies that improve data collection, validation, and analysis.

Project and Change Leadership

• Drive financial transformation projects—setting strategy, allocating resources, and driving cross-functional teams for successful project delivery and sustainable results.
• Develop and cascade project roadmaps, risk mitigation frameworks, and performance tracking tools to drive effective management of key financial and operational projects across the region.
• Present compelling business cases and strategic recommendations to senior leadership using data visualization, business intelligence, and executive storytelling.

People and Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of finance professionals, setting clear goals and expectations aligned with firm vision.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning, with special focus on developing future finance leaders at all job levels.
• Oversee delegation of responsibilities and resource allocation within the team to ensure delivery of objectives and support of professional development.
• Champion knowledge sharing through formal training programs on both technical financial acumen and essential soft skills.

Stakeholder and Executive Communication

• Act as a trusted advisor to Asia Pacific Executives and regional leadership, translating complex financial and operational data into actionable insights that inform decision-making.
• Ensure robust, transparent, and timely communication with stakeholders on all financial reporting, analysis, and project initiatives.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We connect our purpose and shared values to identify issues as well as to make an impact that matters to our clients, people and the communities. Additionally, Senior Managers/Directors across our Firm are expected to:

• Establish a strong leadership brand and inspire their team through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others.
• Make effective use of resources to optimise value.
• Demonstrate the success and efficiency of Deloitte through leveraging its network and people.
• Deliver exceptional quality results and stakeholder value by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams across businesses and borders.
• Apply deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement.
• Build deep professional relationships across a diverse network and use a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact.
• Translate broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals as well as align the team and sets priorities to achieve objectives.
• Contribute to building an inclusive talent pipeline by creating a talent experience that attracts, develops and retains diverse, top talent and high performing teams.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an accounting/ business or equivalent

Years of Experience: 10-15 years’ experience in financial accounting, reporting and analysis preferably in a senior finance role.

Other Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong knowledge of financial accounting (P&L, balance sheet, cash flows) and key KPIs in professional services.
• Advanced Excel skills for financial modeling and PowerPoint for executive presentations; familiarity with standard office tools.
• Expert in SAP financial systems and quick to adopt new reporting platforms.
• Clear and effective communicator with all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated in interactions with executive leadership, global member firms, finance teams, internal clients, and stakeholders at every level.
• Highly self-motivated and able to work independently or lead teams under tight deadlines.
• Proactive problem-solver, skilled in risk management and issue resolution.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and research skills.

Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorised Deloitte Recruiters via firm’s business contact number or business email address.