Assistant Manager, FP&A (SEA)

Plaza Premium Lounge; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Plaza Premium Lounge is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling for Singapore and the Philippines. You will consolidate forecasts, deliver management reports, and perform variance analysis to guide strategic decisions and performance improvements.

The role partners with Operations, Commercial, Marketing and HR to drive revenue growth, cost optimization, and capital investment analysis, while supporting regional finance projects and ad-hoc

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA, or equivalent is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for Singapore and Philippines.
• Prepare, consolidate, and review financial forecasts and business plans.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives and business decisions.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast targets.
• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and KPI analysis.
• Conduct detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Analyze revenue, costs, margins, and profitability trends across business units and locations.
• Identify business risks and opportunities and provide actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Operations, Commercial, Marketing, HR, and other functional teams to improve business performance.
• Provide financial insights and support for pricing reviews, cost optimization initiatives, and investment decisions.
• Support business case evaluations for new projects, capital expenditure, and growth initiatives.
• Participate in business review meetings with country leadership teams.
• Monitor and report key financial and operational performance indicators.
• Support management in achieving revenue growth, productivity, and profitability targets.
• Analyze labor costs, operating expenses, sales performance, and business efficiency metrics.
• Drive accountability through performance tracking and action-oriented recommendations.
• Improve reporting efficiency through automation and dashboard development.
• Enhance data integrity and reporting processes across the region.
• Support implementation and optimization of ERP, BI, and reporting systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial planning and reporting activities.
• Collaborate with Group FP&A, Country Finance Teams, and Shared Service Centers.
• Ensure consistency in reporting standards, assumptions, and financial methodologies.
• Support regional finance projects and transformation initiatives.
• Prepare financial analyses for new outlet openings, investment proposals, tenders, and strategic projects.
• Support management presentations and business reviews.
• Perform other ad-hoc financial analyses and special projects as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related discipline

CPA/ACCA/CA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for Singapore and Philippines.
• Prepare, consolidate, and review financial forecasts and business plans.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives and business decisions.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast targets.

Management Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and KPI analysis.
• Conduct detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Analyze revenue, costs, margins, and profitability trends across business units and locations.
• Identify business risks and opportunities and provide actionable recommendations.

Business Partnering

• Partner with Operations, Commercial, Marketing, HR, and other functional teams to improve business performance.
• Provide financial insights and support for pricing reviews, cost optimization initiatives, and investment decisions.
• Support business case evaluations for new projects, capital expenditure, and growth initiatives.
• Participate in business review meetings with country leadership teams.

Performance Management

• Monitor and report key financial and operational performance indicators.
• Support management in achieving revenue growth, productivity, and profitability targets.
• Analyze labor costs, operating expenses, sales performance, and business efficiency metrics.
• Drive accountability through performance tracking and action-oriented recommendations.

Process Improvement & Data Analytics

• Improve reporting efficiency through automation and dashboard development.
• Enhance data integrity and reporting processes across the region.
• Support implementation and optimization of ERP, BI, and reporting systems.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial planning and reporting activities.

Regional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Group FP&A, Country Finance Teams, and Shared Service Centers.
• Ensure consistency in reporting standards, assumptions, and financial methodologies.
• Support regional finance projects and transformation initiatives.

Ad-hoc Projects

• Prepare financial analyses for new outlet openings, investment proposals, tenders, and strategic projects.
• Support management presentations and business reviews.
• Perform other ad-hoc financial analyses and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA, or equivalent is preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Corporate Finance, or Financial Analysis.
• Experience supporting multi-country or regional operations is highly preferred.
• Experience within hospitality, aviation, travel retail, airport services, retail, or service industries is an advantage.
• Prior experience in finance business partnering preferred.