Data Analyst (Budget & Cost)

Manpower Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Singapore is looking for a budget analyst proficient in SQL and Tableau to optimize cost management and drive efficiency. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and be bilingual in English and Mandarin. This role involves collaborating with finance teams, developing dashboards, and using Python for data automation, ensuring effective budget oversight and reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker required.
• Advanced SQL skills essential for data extraction.
• Experience building data pipelines for big data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with finance and operations teams to optimize budgets.
• Visualize data trends using Tableau to inform decision-making.
• Support development of budget management systems and dashboards.

Skills

Tableau

SQL

Data analysis

Python

Mandarin proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Budget & Cost Data Analysis & Insights

• Collaborate closely with finance, operations, and cost management teams to identify pain points (e.g., budget over/under-spending, abnormal fixed/variable cost ratios).
• Extract multi-source data (budgets, actuals, expenses, resource usage) from different systems via SQL.
• Visualize with Tableau to create dashboards (budget-vs-actual, cost trends, department/project breakdowns), then deliver reports and optimization recommendations to drive cost reduction.
• Facilitate requirements discussions, translate specifications, and prepare reports by gathering and documenting requirements in both English and Mandarin with stakeholders in China who communicate solely in Mandarin.

Budget & Cost Tool Efficiency

• Support development/iteration of budget management systems and cost dashboards.
• Design interactive tools: real-time budget progress trackers (with alerts) and dynamic cost trackers (project allocation, inter-period expenses).
• Use Python to build scripts (data cleaning, anomaly detection, auto-reporting) to reduce manual financial work, improving accuracy and efficiency.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical and engineering fields.
• Proficiency in using Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker; advanced SQL skills are essential.
• Excellent understanding of various types of databases, including relational and distributed databases.
• Experience with Python is a plus.
• Proven analytical and technical skills in building batch or streaming data pipelines for big data.
• Proficient (written and spoken) in ENGLISH and CHINESE (Min B3 in GCE "O" Level Chinese) or equivalent) to facilitate requirements discussions, translate specifications, and prepare reports with Mandarin-speaking only stakeholders in China.

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