Lead end-to-end planning and execution of SOX activities for actuarial and finance process controls, including resource allocation, overseeing the development and delivery of SOX plans, timelines, and milestones scheduling and stakeholder communication.
Support annual SOX scoping, risk assessment, and control rationalisation - ensuring key financial reporting risks are appropriately identified, substantiated with rationale, and addressed with minimal late scope changes.
Review and challenge the design of controls, provide technical oversight over walkthroughs, control documentation, management review controls, IPE considerations, and testing conclusions.
Ensure process documentation, risk and control matrices, testing work papers, and supporting evidence meet Group SOX methodology and external audit standards.
Review testing outputs and support the assessment of control deficiencies, including root cause, severity, remediation actions, and read-across implications.
Coordinate across business units, Group Financial Controls, Actuarial, Finance, and external auditors to ensure alignment on scope and testing approach, monitoring delivery progress and escalating risks early.
Actuarial & Finance Process Controls SME
Support the assessment of new or changing processes, systems, and transformation initiatives (e.g. Oracle and other finance systems implementations) that may impact controls, embedding 'control-by-design' thinking to reduce late-stage issues.
Provide practical guidance to control owners on evidencing standards, documentation expectations, and remediation requirements.
Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering
Build effective working relationships with senior stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial, Risk, IT, business units, and external auditors - acting as the key point of contact for assigned business units on SOX planning, testing, deficiencies, and reporting matters.
Communicate complex control matters clearly to senior stakeholders, including preparation of Group Audit Committee (GAC) materials, SOX status updates, and deficiency reporting, supporting the SOX Director and Group Financial Controls leadership in presenting to senior management and the GAC.
Facilitate pragmatic, risk-based issue resolution between control owners, SOX teams, and auditors, operating with a high degree of independence and sound judgement.
Lead the assessment, monitoring, and resolution of actuarial and finance process control deficiencies - challenging remediation plans to ensure actions address root causes, are sustainable and tracking evidence of closure.
Drive timely issue resolution across business units, coordinating with control owners and auditors to agree on deficiency descriptions, ratings, accountability, and remediation timelines, maintaining the issue log for real-time senior management visibility.
Identify recurring themes, read-across risks, and opportunities to strengthen the control framework.
Support management in concluding on the impact of deficiencies on the overall SOX assessment.
Team Leadership, Delivery Management & Continuous Improvement
Lead, coach, and provide tech
Additional Information
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Job Purpose
The Senior Manager will lead the planning, execution, and oversight of SOX 404 compliance activities across actuarial and finance process controls for in-scope Prudential business units. This includes ensuring that key financial reporting controls are appropriately scoped, designed, documented, tested, and remediated in line with Group SOX methodology and external auditor expectations, with senior-level coordination across Finance, Actuarial, Risk, IT, and external auditors.
Critically, this is a transformation role. As part of the Group's shift from externally dependent testing to in-house capability, the successful candidate will take ownership of the Actuarial and Finance Process SOX testing pillars. This requires a leader who combines strong technical SOX expertise with practical business partnering, disciplined project management, and the ability to drive outcomes across multiple stakeholders and locations.
Prudential · Kuala Lumpur (group Head Office)