Job Description

                   

What you'll be doing?

 

Financial Analysis 

Identify and recommend efficiencies and cost saving opportunities across all Global Technology.  Collaborate with controllers to review month end financials and ensure all variances to budget are adequately explained.  Highlight any anomalies that require follow up actions.  Collaborate with IT business partners to evaluate the effectiveness of project spend via financial and non-financial KPIs.  Ensure up-to-date accounting standards regulations, quality level of data collection at source.  Attach to individual IT domains to gather more IT specific insights and facilitate a balanced discussion between operational efficiency and financial accuracy.  

 

Budget/Forecast Planning 

Analyze cost, projects and spending to identify trends and opportunities   Conduct frequent trend analysis and consolidate for management decision making  Lead the budgeting process from start to end, ensuring effective communication across global stakeholders and standardization of review process  Proficient in slides preparation and confident to present to senior management 

 

Reporting 

Proactively look to improvise existing processes to cope with the dynamic business environment  Develop and maintain reporting required to monitor results at global level  Standardize division PNL analysis, business case template and reporting tool  Assist IT leaders to assess capex requirements for new projects and facilitate official sign-offs   Support governance of spending through project managing the approval process for opex and capex items, including collation of documents required for approvals  Conduct training for basic financial literacy and handle upcoming changes like IAS38, Singapore GST increase, Fixed assets (software) distinction, etc. 

 

Control 

Document and refine SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) for both internal IT and external cross departments stakeholders; ensure the SOP is well communicated to corporate, compliance to company policies, accounting treatments, systems and audit standards  Gatekeeper to global IT spending request   Perform any other ad hoc duties requested by your manager  Proactive in finding efficiencies such as concentration risk in key vendors, proposing a more agile approval process, etc.  Ideal Candidate

 

Degree holder in Finance, Accounting, Business Management or related field  2 to 4 years related work experience as a Business Analyst in a sizable commercial organisation  Strong Microsoft PC based applications – Word, Excel and PowerPoint required    Microsoft Strategy, Power BI, SAP BPC, SAP FICO and SAP COUPA knowledge is a plus  Excellent command of the English language and excellent communication skills  Strong quantitative skills and able to analyse a business both statistically and conceptually  Ability to format analytical works into presentation forms.    Confident in dealing with ambiguity and resourceful to achieve results  Experienced in implementing change management from start to end, handling discussions with senior leaders, stakeholders and driving a change in mindset  High degree of integrity and confidentiality with a keen sense of business/financial acumen