Finance Analyst (FP&A)
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Finance Analyst (FP&A)
6 Mar 2025
GENERAL OVERVIEW
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Finance Analyst to join our finance team. As an Analyst, you will be responsible for a full spectrum of the Financial Planning & Analysis role including budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and analysis. You will also be required to leverage appropriate technological or analytics solutioning to automate and enhance current finance reporting processes for better efficiency and effectiveness.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The candidate shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Analyse monthly financial results against budget/forecast, establish trends, identify and analyse key variance drivers, work with the business groups to understand and provide variance commentary
- Preparation of management reports (variance analysis and underlying drivers) for Management, Board and Shareholders, and other internal stakeholders
- Business partnering role for cost management and other finance related matters
- Engage and influence cross-functional stakeholders
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Assist in the preparation and continuous improvement of budgets, forecasts and financial projections.
- Hands-on interfacing with Business Groups to establish assumptions and justifications.
- Analyse and review reasonableness of budget and forecasts submissions, consolidation and preparation of reports and presentations for review and approval.
Maintain and enhance forecasting & budgeting process
- Review and streamline existing reporting and tracking processes
- Assess and recommend appropriate solutioning to automate existing financial processes. Support the implementation of dashboard report to provide insightful analysis of business performance.
Others
- Participate in ad-hoc project meetings and provide business partnering support as required.
- The candidate shall also participate in special projects and oversee other responsibilities as directed by the reporting manager from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in Accountancy / ACCA / CPA or equivalent.
- At least 2-3 years of working experience in financial analyst/ management reporting in a large organisation
- Hands-on experience in high-end ERP system is required (SAP S4 Hana and SAP Analytics Cloud preferred)
- Hands-on experience in data visualization software (e.g Power BI) is preferred.
- Candidates from oil and gas industry or other complex utility infrastructure will be considered favourably
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
- Analytical, quick-thinking, resourceful, and independent.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills. Able to deep dive into the data and be inquisitive and ask questions to fully understand the information.
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel and Powerpoint.
- Manages relationships with Business Owners at the working level well with strong communication and interpersonal skills.