Treasury (Senior Associate Analyst)

Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

• Responsible for all the banking related activities for APAC
• Responsible for all the bank access & authorization including application and revocation of access rights for end users
• Treasury Authorized Personnel for Letter of Authority
• Responsible for Bank Guarantee Application
• Support internal, regional, and global projects of banking related topics

Main Tasks

Functional Tasks (including but not limited to):

• Managing e-banking platforms setup/migration with banks
• Managing e-banking access rights including application and revocation of access rights for end users
• Handling technical configuration in bank portals including user access entitlements, functionality setup, reports setup, technical error troubleshooting & support
• Updating Letter of Authority, contact persons with banks for Treasury Authorized Personnel
• Responsible for Legal Entity Identifier registration or renewal
• Handling Bank Guarantee Application
• Support on escalation of technical issue to banks in relation to bank account, bank statement & reports, user access rights, bank portals, etc
• Ad-Hoc assignment including Bank Signatory update, Board Resolution update, arrangement for approval of Bank Implementation Document
• Interact with various teams e.g. Banks, Local BASF, Regional teams and other project owners in BASF group

Project Management:

• Support in steering Internal, Regional and Global processes implementation in Asia Pacific Region
• Support Asia Pacific’s business requirement / variation from Global / Regional process, preparation of business case and escalate when necessary
• Develop working relationships with the local companies and project owners to ensure that project solutions are adopted, implemented, and maintained appropriately
• Assist to communicate project deliverables to ensure all stakeholders are kept informed on progress and issues/resolutions

Compliance:

• Participate in any compliance audits and respond to audit queries (for both internal and external)
• Ensure all work documentation and work processes are updated and met with BASF policies & guideline, local company’s policy, legal and statutory requirements

Quality and Continuous Improvement:

• Identify, recommend, and implement continuous improvement opportunities in quality and efficiency to support smooth implementation
• Prepare and review training materials and conduct end user trainings when required
• Support new and existing team members through proper knowledge transfer; and sharing of best practice thereby ensuring quality is maintained through any staff transition
• Participate in any audit activities and respond to audit queries related to bank related topics

Others:

• Support Business Continuity Plan (BCP) through resource planning, backup and communication
• Any other tasks due to Service Hub KL management strategy and/ or changing business environment may require to be performed

Requirements

Education

• Professional qualification in Finance /Accounting (e.g., ACCA, CPA, etc.) or Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Finance/ Accounting or related disciplines

Working Experience

• More than 3 years’ experience in Finance and Accounting
• Diploma in Finance or Accounting with 4-5 years workings experience in related fields
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate to service recipients
• Excellent time management, good organization skills and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to excel under pressure for meeting any tight deadlines
• Self-motivated, hardworking, and with management skills
• Curiosity to learn, adaptability to changes and agile and ability to challenge status quo

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Knowledge of MS Office Applications, especially MS Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Knowledge of SAP Systems
• Proficiency in English and other languages required
• Proficient knowledge and understanding on related processes
• Knowledge in programing or scripting are an added advantage but not mandatory

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has about 1,200 employees and growing. Focused on being a competency and digitalization driven hub, it also provides quality functional and know-how services in the areas of finance, controlling, human resources, real estate and facilities management, communications, environmental, health and safety, procurement, import-export order management, and information services to BASF companies and affiliates in the Asia Pacific region. BASF also has two other regional hubs located in Berlin, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay that cover the Europe and Americas regions.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S.

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Candidates must be resident in Malaysia, or have the right to work in Malaysia.