Manager, Asia Finance Operations & Systems

Summary The Manager, Asia Finance Operations & Systems serves as the regional techno-functional lead for the Finance Process & Operations (FPO) team across the Asia-Pacific region including offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Mumbai, and Singapore. Based in Hong Kong, this role operates within a coordinated reporting structure, reporting directly to US FPO leadership while maintaining a collaborative reporting relationship with Hong Kong finance leadership to align regional operations with global standards.  The role pairs deep regional process and systems knowledge with hands-on technology capability - spanning AI, low-code/no-code development, and scripting - to evaluate processes, deliver solutions, and modernize finance operations across the region. Unlike a single-function role, this position spans financial systems broadly, owning how Asia operations map to the firm’s global platforms. The Manager acts as the AI and technology champion for the region, identifying high-impact opportunities to apply emerging technology and building solutions directly - from generative AI workflows and Power Platform applications to scripted automations and integrations. A defining feature of the role is accounting for Asia-specific requirements, including GST, withholding taxes, multi-currency, cross-border, and local statutory and regulatory reporting nuances, when scoping and validating solutions. Stakeholder management sits at the heart of this position. The Manager serves as the primary liaison and trusted partner between Asia end-users and US FPO/GTS, bridging time zones, facilitating alignment across geographically distributed teams, and influencing outcomes without direct authority. The role operates with a high degree of independence, owning regional requirements end to end and leading small-to-medium initiatives with limited oversight.

Regional SME & AI/Technology Leadership (~35%) Serve as the regional SME for Asia finance business processes across financial systems broadly, not limited to any single function, owning how regional operations map to firmwide platforms Serve as the regional SME for the Asia technical landscape - systems, integrations, and data flows - and how it connects to the US/global environment Act as the AI/technology champion for the Asia region, identifying high-impact opportunities to apply AI and emerging technology and driving adoption across regional teams Apply AI tooling - generative AI, prompt engineering, agent workflows, SQL, and BI - to analyze data, accelerate work, and design more efficient regional workflows Account for Asia-specific regulatory and operational requirements – such as GST, withholding taxes, multi-currency, cross-border, and local statutory and reporting nuances - when scoping and validating solutions Solution Development & Delivery (~30%) Design, build, and maintain low-code/no-code solutions and workflow automations on the Power Platform, and comparable platforms such as Appian, to solve regional process problems directly Apply hands-on scripting and coding such as Python, SQL, and VBA where appropriate to build integrations, automations, or data transformations beyond what low-code tools allow Create and maintain reusable components - prompt libraries, automation templates, and documentation - that scale across the region and back to global teams Document business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria Lead business-side testing, including UAT, for regional initiatives, validating that delivered systems meet documented requirements Oversee small-to-medium regional initiatives end to end, from discovery through deployment and stabilization, participating in agile delivery and proactively flagging obstacles Stakeholder Management & Regional Partnership (~20%) Serve as the primary liaison and trusted partner between Asia end-users and US FPO/GTS, bridging time