Assistant Manager, FP & A

GC ASIA DENTAL PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GC Asia Dental Pte Ltd is seeking an FP&A professional to lead regional financial planning across GC Asia Group entities, including Singapore, Australia and India. You will partner with commercial, supply chain and country finance teams to deliver actionable insights and drive performance.

The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, KPI reporting, and Power BI-based dashboards, with responsibility for year-end group reporting and finance transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant FP&A, management reporting, or accounting experience.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and business performance analysis.
• Experience in regional finance and group reporting.
• Proficient in Power BI, Excel, and data analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting, forecasting, rolling forecasts, scenario analysis and financial projections across regional entities.
• Prepare monthly management reports and analyze sales, margin, and costs across countries and segments.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain for commercial decision-making and profitability insights.
• Develop Power BI dashboards for financial and performance reporting.
• Support group reporting submissions and intercompany reconciliations.
• Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes and automate reports.

Skills

Financial analysis

Management reporting

Financial commentary

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting

Tools

Power BI

Excel (Advanced)

Business Central

Power Query

DAX

Job description

About this opportunity

Thecandidatewillberesponsibleforsupportingregionalfinancialplanning,budgeting,forecasting,managementreporting,andbusinessperformanceanalysisacrossGCAsiaGroupentities,includingSingapore,Australia&India.Therolewillpartnercloselywithcommercial,supplychain,countryfinance,andmanagementteamstoprovidemeaningfulfinancialinsights,identifybusinessrisksandopportunities,andsupportdata-drivendecision-making.

Thisroleisresponsibleforpreparingbudgetversusactualanalysis,salesandgrossmarginanalysis,profitabilityreviews,KPIreporting,andmanagementdashboards.Thecandidatewillalsosupportgroupreportingdeliverables,PowerBIreportingenhancements,andcontinuousimprovementoffinanceprocesses,reportingautomation,anddataaccuracy.

Theidealcandidateshouldhavestrongfinancialanalysisskills,goodaccountingknowledge,soundcommercialacumen,andtheabilitytotranslatefinancialandoperationaldataintoclearinsightsandactionablerecommendationsformanagement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Accounting, Budgeting&Forecasting

• Support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, rolling forecasts, scenario analysis, and financial projections across regional entities.
• Work with stakeholders to gather assumptions, validate inputs, and prepare budget and forecast submissions.
• Perform budget versus actual analysis and explain key variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support development and monitoring of financial KPIs, including revenue, gross margin, OPEX, profitability, and working capital indicators.

2. Management Reporting & Business Performance Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reports and performance packs for leadership review.
• Analyse sales, gross margin, OPEX, profitability, and business trends across countries, products, customers, and segments.
• Provide clear commentary on performance drivers, including volume, pricing, mix, rebates, discounts, and cost changes.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and improvement actions to support profitability, cost efficiency, and business performance.

3. Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and country teams to support commercial decision-making.
• Provide analysis for pricing, customer profitability, product profitability, sales campaigns, and margin improvement initiatives.
• Translate financial data into practical insights that help stakeholders understand performance and required actions.
• Support cross-functional discussions by presenting financial implications in a clear and business-oriented manner.

4. Sales, Margin & Profitability Analysis

• Analysesalestrendsbycountry,product,customer,channel,andbusinesssegment.
• Reviewgrossmarginmovementsandkeyprofitabilitydrivers,includingpricing,discounts,rebates,freight,andinventory-relatedcosts.
• Supportproductmix,customermix,andchannelprofitabilityanalysistoidentifymarginopportunities.
• Highlightmarginrisks,underperformingareas,andrecommendedcorrectiveactionsformanagementreview.

5. Power BI Reporting & Data Analytics

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards for financial and business performance reporting.
• Build dashboards for sales tracking, margin analysis, profitability, budget versus actual analysis, forecasting, and KPI monitoring.
• Improve reporting efficiency through automation, standardisation, data modelling, DAX measures, and dashboard usability.
• Ensure data consistency, accuracy, and integrity across reporting systems to improve visibility and speed of management reporting.

6. Group Reporting & Financial Reporting Support

• Support group reporting submissions into consolidation or reporting systems, including Cognos or other group reporting platforms.
• Prepare and review financial information required for management and group reporting.
• Reconcile financial data between local systems, group reporting systems, and management reports, including intercompany follow-up where required.
• Ensure reporting outputs are accurate, complete, and submitted within required timelines.

7. Process Improvement & Finance Transformation

• Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes, reporting workflows, data accuracy, and recurring finance deliverables.
• Support automation and standardisation of manual reports, budgeting, forecasting, dashboards, and management reporting processes.
• Participate in finance transformation, reporting enhancement, and data analytics projects.
• Contribute to stronger finance controls, documentation, and master data governance where relevant.

8. Accounting,Audit&ComplianceSupport

• Provideaccountingandfinancialreportingsupportformonth-endclose,audit,statutoryreporting,andgroupreportingmatters.
• Preparefinancialinformationforaudit,managementreview,andreportingpurposes
• Coordinatewithinternalstakeholdersandexternalauditorsonfinance-relatedquerieswhenneeded.
• Ensurecompliancewithinternalpolicies,accountingstandards,andstatutoryreportingrequirement

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, management reporting, business analysis, commercial finance, or accounting.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Experience in regional finance, group reporting, Microsoft Business Central, is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong financial analysis, management reporting, and financial commentary skills.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, financial statements, and business performance drivers.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, variance analysis, and data analysis.
• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard design, Power Query, DAX, data modelling, report automation, and familiarity with Business Central or other analytics tools.

Business & Analytical Skills

• Strong business acumen and ability to understand commercial performance drivers.
• Ability to analyse complex financial and operational data and convert them into meaningful insights.
• Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail, data accuracy, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Commercially minded, proactive, and comfortable recommending practical improvement actions to stakeholders.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Able to work independently while collaborating effectively with regional and cross-functional teams.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Proactive, accountable, professional, and comfortable challenging assumptions constructively.

Preferred Candidate Profile

The preferred candidate is an FP&A-oriented finance professional with strong analytical capability, solid accounting knowledge, and experience in regional management reporting. The candidate should be comfortable partnering with business stakeholders, preparing budgets and forecasts, analysing financial performance, and using Power BI to improve reporting visibility and decision-making.

The candidate should be commercially minded, data-driven, proactive, and confident in translating financial results into clear insights and practical recommendations. Experience with Business Central, Cognos, Power BI dashboards, and regional finance reporting will be considered an added advantage.