Assistant Manager, FP&A

Jurong Port Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jurong Port Pte Ltd in Singapore is seeking a Finance Business Partner to manage monthly financial performance reviews for assigned business units, critically analyse revenue, costs and profitability, and engage stakeholders to explain variances against budget and forecast.

You will oversee the month-end close, support budgeting and forecasting for corporate departments, assess cost drivers, and provide financial insights to department heads using Oracle and Workday Adaptive Planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; CA/ACCA a plus.
• 2–3 years in finance/accounting with analytics or reporting background.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel; Oracle and Workday an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Analyse monthly financial performance for units and explain variances.
• Support month-end close and resolve reporting issues.
• Partner with departments to manage expenditure and budgets.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for divisions.
• Evaluate investments and business cases to guide decisions.
• Improve planning and reporting processes using Workday and Oracle.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Business partnering

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accountancy

CA/ACCA certification (advantage)

Tools

Oracle

Workday Adaptive Planning

Excel

Job description

The Job

• Manage monthly financial performance reviews for assigned Business Units, critically analyse revenue, costs, profitability and key performance drivers, and engage stakeholders to explain variances against budget and forecast. Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions.

• Manage the monthly pre-close review process for assigned areas, assess the reasonableness of financial results, investigate material variances and engage relevant stakeholders to resolve stakeholders to resolve financial anomalies and reporting issues before month-end closing.

• Acts as the finance business partner to assigned Corporate Departments, providing financial oversight of departmental expenditure, monitoring budget utilisation, assessing cost drivers and advising department heads on financial performance and expenditure management.

• Mange and coordinate budgeting and forecasting activities for assigned Corporate Departments and Business Units. Critically evaluate financial assumptions, assess the reasonableness of projections, challenge submissions and identify financial risks and opportunities to improve forecast reliability.

• Undertake financial evaluations, scenario analyses and business case assessment for assigned initiatives. Evaluate financial viability, key assumptions, risks and sensitivities, and provide recommendations to support management’s assessment of operational and investment decisions.

• Identify and implement improvements to financial planning, reporting and analytical processes, leveraging Workday Adaptive Planning and other available tools to enhance reporting efficiency, data integrity and analytical capabilities.

The Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accountancy or a related field. Relevant certifications for example, CA or ACCA are a plus.

• At least 2-3 years of relevant finance and accounting roles, with a preference for candidates who have exposure to financial analysis or reporting background.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Sound knowledge of Oracle and Workday Adaptive Planning reporting systems will be advantageous.