Manager, Group Transformation
Prudential · Kuala Lumpur
Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
Key Accountabilities
Transformation Insights & Decision Support
- Lead the development and evolution of transformation reporting and analytics capabilities across the Group.
- Provide executive-level insights and analysis to support investment decisions.
- Identify trends, risks, opportunities and performance drivers across the portfolio.
- Develop meaningful KPIs and performance measures to support effective portfolio management.
Portfolio, Financial & Benefits Analytics
- Automate portfolio, financial, people and benefits reporting across portfolio.
- Establish integrated views of delivery performance, investment spend, benefits realisation and strategic outcomes.
- Support leadership discussions through data-driven insight & scenario analysis.
- Ensure reporting provides a clear view of portfolio health, value delivery.
Reporting, Data & Governance Ownership
- Own reporting standards, data definitions and governance processes across transformation reporting.
- Establish controls to ensure data quality, consistency and reporting integrity.
- Act as custodian of portfolio and benefits management data.
- Lead data remediation, validation and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support audit, assurance and regulatory requests relating to transformation data and reporting.
Analytics Platform & Continuous Improvement
- Own the administration, optimisation and adoption of transformation reporting tools.
- Lead the design and delivery of dashboards and automated reporting capabilities.
- Drive continuous improvement of reporting processes, data management practices.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual reporting effort through automation.
- Promote self-service analytics capabilities where appropriate.
Stakeholder Leadership & Business Partnering
- Influence reporting priorities and drive accountability for data quality standards.
- Manage relationships with external partners and vendors supporting analytics and reporting capabilities.
Capability Leadership
- Provide coaching and guidance to analysts and project resources where required.
- Promote a data-driven culture and enhance analytical capability across the transformation community.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Finance, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in analytics, business intelligence, portfolio reporting or management information roles.
- Strong Power BI, data visualisation and dashboard development expertise.
- Strong SQL and data analysis capabilities.
- Experience designing executive reporting and management information solutions.
- Experience establishing data governance and reporting standards.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into practical analytical solutions.
Preferred
- Experience within insurance, financial services or large-scale transformation programmes.
- Experience with portfolio management, benefits management or transformation governance frameworks.
- Experience with Kiplot, portfolio management platforms or similar reporting solutions.
- Knowledge of Power Query, Python and reporting automation tools.
- Experience supporting audit, regulatory or assurance activities.
Leadership Competencies - Stakeholder Influence, Data-Driven Decision Making, Continuous Improvement, Change Leadership, Collaboration and Business Partnering
Success Measures
- High confidence of transformation reporting across leadership teams.
- Improved quality, consistency and timeliness of executive reporting.
- Increased visibility of portfolio performance, benefits and investment outcomes.
- Strong data governance and reporting control environment.
- Reduced manual reporting effort through automation and process optimisation.
- Successful adoption and utilisation of reporting and analytics capabilities across the transformation community.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.