Finance Specialist

PERSOL; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Singapore is seeking a Finance Specialist on a contract basis to provide insights and analysis for decision-making. The role demands at least 8 years of finance experience with a focus on FP&A. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and advanced Excel, with knowledge of Power BI being a plus. Responsibilities include optimizing cost levels, facilitating BI tool adoption, and performing complex financial analysis. This is a hybrid role, offering 1 day a week of work-from-home.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of work experience in Finance, with a minimum of 6 years in FP&A.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing value-added financial analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing complex financial data into executive summaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable insights and run simulations for site management.
• Facilitate adoption of BI tools, especially Power BI.
• Perform analysis using large, complex datasets to enhance reporting.

Skills

Finance experience

Financial analysis

Data management

Advanced Excel skills

Power BI skills

Analytical skills

Tools

Power BI

MS Office

Job description

Job Details

• 3 months + 3 months contract

• Working hours 8.30am to 5.30pm

• 1 day a week WFH

The Finance Specialist will provide timely, relevant, and accurate information, along with insightful analysis, to support decision-making. The role involves enabling swift data extraction and visualization and enhancing visibility and transparency of key business metrics. The focus is on delivering meaningful insights to support the continued and sustainable profitable growth of the Filtrona business.

Responsibilities

• Provide actionable insights, identify focus areas, and run simulations to help site management optimize cost levels in line with forecasted business activity. This includes monthly tracking and action monitoring, working collaboratively with site teams across functions, and creating visibility for the global manufacturing team regarding improvement actions.

• Facilitate adoption of BI tools, especially Power BI. This includes developing dashboards and Power Query models to improve efficiency in data extraction and visualization.

• Understand diverse internal and external data sources and their architecture. Be able to integrate various data sources to enable seamless automation of business analysis, resulting in optimized financial workflows and enhanced efficiency.

• Perform analysis using large, complex datasets and enhance reporting to improve performance tracking against targets and identify trends.

• Contribute effectively to the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes, including developing templates to support end-to-end planning and forecasting.

• Collaborate across business units and stakeholders, especially with group support functions such as Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, and Procurement.

• Conduct price, mix, and volume analysis to support margin improvement initiatives.

• Participate in various business projects.

Qualifications and Skills

• At least 8 years of work experience in Finance, with a minimum of 6 years in FP&A

• Strong financial and quantitative analytical skills

• Ability to take ownership of tasks or processes and see them through from inception to completion

• Proven track record in developing and implementing value‑added financial analysis

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing and synthesizing complex financial data into meaningful executive summaries

• Advanced Excel skills; proficiency in MS Office and data management; Power BI skills are an added advantage

• Self‑awareness and the ability to handle tight deadlines

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.