Group FP&A Head

About us

About SATS – Feed and Connect Communities

SATS is a global leader in gateway services and Asia's pre-eminent provider of food solutions. Using innovative food technologies and resilient supply chains, we create tasty, quality food in sustainable ways for airlines, foodservice chains, retailers, and institutions. With heartfelt service and advanced technology, we connect people, businesses, and communities seamlessly through our comprehensive gateway services for customers such as airlines, cruise lines, freight forwarders, postal services, and eCommerce companies.

Fulfilling our purpose to feed and connect communities, SATS delights customers in over 210 locations and 27 countries across the Asia Pacific, UK, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. SATS has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since May 2000. For more information, please visit www.sats.com.sg.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of cross-border FP&A managers and analysts across different locations to provide analysis and insights of the Group’s financial performance and financial position to Management and Board of Directors.
• Manage and oversee monthly and quarterly reporting packages comprising financial performance, financial position, and management reports.
• Prepare and ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial performance to Group management. In-depth analysis of BUs’ performance providing insights into the underlying business and operational drivers.
• Track performance against budget and analyze variances identified.
• Performance KPI tracking and analysis.
• Preparation and review of materials to be released onto SGX: SGX announcement, press release, presentation slides.
• Preparation of reports and presentation slides for quarterly AC and Board meetings.
• Quarterly deep dive analysis of P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow of the Group.
• Drive, coordinate, and manage Group annual budget exercise and twice-yearly outer years projections exercise.
• Drive, coordinate, and manage Group quarterly rolling forecast preparation.
• Consolidation of capex budget, review returns of projects, and recommend prioritization upon evaluating investment return and strategic importance.
• Support management in preparation of materials for Board approval.
• Undertake proactive steps to simplify, automate, optimize, and improve systems and transform reporting processes related to financial reporting as part of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead and participate in the design and implementation of the transformation roadmap of budgeting, planning, and consolidation system.
• Drive operational excellence, process improvement, and productivity enhancement.
• Formulate, review, and implement financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and systems in line with Group’s financial policies.
• Establish/enhance finance SOPs.
• Finance support of M&A projects, including financial due diligence, agreements review, accounting impact, post-merger integration, purchase price allocation.
• Lead finance initiatives for projects.
• Support CFO in investor relations, including presentation preparation and responding to questions and clarifications from analysts/investors.
• Work with Treasury to support the Group’s credit rating exercise.
• Lead/Drive transformation initiatives and change management.
• Ad-hoc assignments and projects, including capital structure review of investments and Group.

Key Requirements

• Degree in Accounting from a recognized university, CFA/CA (or equivalent) preferred.
• At least 15 years of experience in Group FP&A, SGX reporting, investment monitoring, corporate finance, and finance business partnering.
• Highly proficient with MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
• Excellent financial modeling skills. Able to build 3-statement models for dynamic scenario analysis.
• Strong technical knowledge in accounting and corporate finance.
• Strong analytical skills, logical thinking capability with strong inductive and deductive reasoning.
• Acumen to anticipate issues, address challenges, problem solve, and propose actionable holistic solutions.
• Meticulous with an eye for detail while keeping a big picture perspective of the expected overall outcome.
• Sharp strategic thinking ability and decision-making gumption.
• Value-based, resilient, and able to operate in ambiguity.
• High curiosity and self-learning drive, able to stay focused under demanding time pressure.
• Independent, self-motivated, results-oriented, confident, and resourceful team player.
• Strong planning skills to support dynamic business requirements and meet tight reporting timelines.
• Able to work on multifaceted projects in conjunction with business-as-usual day-to-day activities.
• Good report writing and communication skills – succinct, relevant, and clear.
• Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills with the ability to build collaboration and partnership with business units and functional groups across different geographies, and good presence in front of senior management.
• Team leader with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively, and empower team to deliver required results.
• Prior project and portfolio management experience is an advantage.