Senior Manager, Financial Planning & PMO

Job Description

Budgeting and 5-Year Projections

• Responsible to prepare annual budget and 5-Year Projections in a robust manner with details key drivers.
• Align the budget numbers according to LOB’s strategic priorities and business plan.
• Perform sanity check on existing or potential market trends with the budget numbers.
• Build dynamic financial modelling to analyze and evaluate revenue potential for new business and product.
• Ensure budget and business projections are appropriately articulated to management and investors.

Forecasting

• Liaise with LOB Leads on Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Forecast.
• Consolidate the Forecast submitted by LOB Leads.
• Perform sanity and reasonableness checking on numbers to ensure alignment to Company’s goal as a whole.
• Build dynamic financial modelling to analyze and evaluate revenue potential for new business and product.
• Ensure the Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Forecast are appropriately articulated to management and investors.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Responsible to prepare periodic reports, comparing actual to budget, quarterly forecast and prior year, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance in a robust manner.
• Independently drive solutions and demand actions from others to address any unexpected variances or gaps.

Management Information System (MIS)

• Accountable to ensure data is available for extraction and turning the data available into readable and presentable Dashboard.
• Championing and drive report automation through tools or Robotics Process Automation (RPA) and curb the increase in headcounts despite increased volume.
• Collaborate closely with the regional team and other departments to ensure data required is readily accessible.

Business Partnering

• Assist the LOB leads in performing financial simulations/modelling for new business initiatives.
• Perform sensitivity and what-if analysis for decision making.

Process Improvement and Ad-hoc Assignments

• Lead or assist in the implementation of advances in technology and software to improve financial planning, reporting, analysis and controls, including creating financial models using electronic spreadsheets/platform to deal with any adhoc financial analysis requests or management information requests.
• Working closely with CFO to initiate and drive continuous process improvement and best practices in all aspects of work.
• To assist on ad-hoc assignments as assigned by management from time to time.

Qualification:

• Degree in Accountancy / Finance / Math. Professional Accounting Qualification is a plus.
• Possesses minimum 5 years of experience in accounting firm or financial services industry.
• Agile and ability to thrive in a demanding, change-oriented, fast-paced environment requiring a high degree of deadline-driven productivity and manage well through ambiguity and complexity.
• Numbers-savvy, proactive and possessing a positive attitude. Must be meticulous and have an eye for detail in all aspects of work.
• Must be a team player and able to work independently. Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and people.
• Innovative and retain fresh thinking with a passion for solving problems and an ability to inspire others.
• High level of creativity and experience doing independent research.
• Strong project management skills to execute special projects and strategic initiatives. Work with speed and manage time effectively and meet tight deadlines.
• Possess strong computer skills in Excel/Google Sheet and PowerPoint/Google Slides.
• Experience in Google Data Studio is a plus. Good communication skills at all levels within an organisation and can demonstrate excellent report writing skills.