Associate Director / Director - Business Transformation - KPMG Malaysia

Associate Director / Director - Business Transformation

KPMG Malaysia

Full-time

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Responsibilities:

An experienced individual with knowledge and understanding of Insurance/Takaful operations.
The person will be responsible to lead a multidisciplinary team to execute engagements related to the Insurance sector;
The person will be part of the team responsible for planning and executing business strategies to optimise efficiency in operational and financial management areas of clients’ businesses. This includes leading enterprise-wide strategy and operations engagements in Insurance and managing the process from start to finish, including setting scopes, budgets, staffing resources, creating and coordinating final deliverables, and assisting with presentation of results;
The person will be responsible to manage and deliver large, complex Insurance-related engagements that identify, design, and implement creative business services. The engagement team could comprise Financial Management, Strategy, Operations, IT, project management and change management;
The person will be responsible to advise, and lead engagements related to the framework development and implementation of Insurance solution and related applications;
The person will be responsible to manage engagement staffing, financials, quality and risk; support building client relationships via high quality engagement delivery; coordinate client pursuits and proposal development related to the Insurance sector;
The person will be responsible to drive the development and presentation of final project deliverables, oversee the quality of engagements, and facilitate the development of staff.

Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field, e.g. Banking & Finance, Business Management, Accounting, Actuarial Science, from an accredited college/university.
Possess relevant professional qualifications.
Possess specialized knowledge of a typical Operational Landscape of an Insurance company and its Agency force. In addition to Insurance digital technology knowledge in the industry, ability to advise clients across a range of strategic topics in Insurance.
Possess knowledge on Business transformation/operational Transformation.
Worked in Insurance operations (preferably middle office) and have a knowledge on back office operations.
Success in participating in significant IT projects in an Insurance company.
Experience in strategic growth, or other relevant strategy experience, including but not limited to business model and technology disruption, digital transformation, Fintech proliferation, customer experience, data and analytics.
Strong business acumen, analytical/problem solving skills, and the ability to understand how business model decisions impact strategic operating model design/execution across operations, technology, and organizational design in Insurance.
A minimum of 10 years of working experience in the Insurance industry.
External consulting experience for a technology/business consulting firm or a combination of external consulting and technology industry experience, i.e. Focusing on Financial Services/Insurance/Digital Technology, including a track record of driving major IT-related business change in the sector.

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