Director, Enterprise Expense Reporting – Future Finance Programme (FFP)

PSS Prudential Services Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious financial services firm in Singapore seeks a Director for Enterprise Expense Reporting. This leadership role focuses on enhancing reporting capabilities, optimizing processes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, strong analytical skills, and an ability to lead a diverse team. The position offers a full-time employment opportunity with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant Financial Planning & Analysis and expense management experience.
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting complex data.
• Experience in Finance transformation including systems implementation.

Responsibilities

• Drive Enterprise Cost Reporting and ensure timely reporting to Senior Leadership.
• Evaluate and enhance expense reporting processes.
• Champion the development of expense management capabilities across Finance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Risk management

Financial acumen

Partnering ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field

MBA or relevant certification (e.g., CPA, CMA)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Company Overview

Prudentials purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured for our people customers and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business and we support our peoples career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect Grow and Succeed.

Role Purpose

The purpose of this new Director Enterprise Expense Reporting (FFP) role is to focus on establishing a new standard of core performance reporting capabilities in support of the Group Executive Committee and other Senior Leaders building on the recent data & process enhancements established to provide Group Function level expense transparency across all Business Units.

Responsibilities

• Driving authoritative effective & efficient Enterprise Cost Reporting
• Ensuring the delivery of timely and accurate reporting of Group level expense outcomes to Senior Leadership via a transparent authoritative & effective monthly reporting rhythm
• Coordinate the identification, understanding and explanation of key expense highlights and translate these to recommended actions for discussion with senior leadership
• Partner with relevant subject matter experts to perform independent reviews of expense categories and trends to identify opportunities for optimization
• Collaborate with HR to integrate Headcount Reporting into the Enterprise Expense Reporting outcomes
• Continuously evaluate and enhance expense reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Implement best practices and industry standards in expense management reporting including external benchmarking
• Partner with Group Financial Reporting to integrate internal & external expense reporting outcomes
• Champion the development of expense management capabilities and mindset across Finance, providing training and toolsets for the wider Finance and business community
• Build and maintain industry networks to develop views on emerging tools and approaches to enterprise expense management
• Driving successful delivery of Enterprise Expense Reporting sub-workstream, including:
  • Optimised resource and financial planning ensuring we have the right people doing the right things at the right time at the right price
  • Ownership & management of any third party engagements required to ensure successful delivery of the Transformation including both Strategic advisors and technical implementation partners
  • Ownership of all elements of transformation delivery planning resource oversight & financial forecasting
  • Responsible for all programme governance requirements including integrated programme planning & Design Authority adherence & Steerco level updates, ensuring adherence to all Finance Programme and group Transformation policies and guidelines
  • Ensure all elements of best practice risk management are followed within the Transformation
  • Act as the single point of contact for business units providing a clear channel for communication and escalations, facilitating the identification and integration of business unit opportunities within the programme
  • Continuous Improvement: Instill a continuous improvement mindset within the team and broader organisation, driving ongoing optimisation to meet global best practice standards
• Data and systems: Identify and prioritise system changes to support process improvement
• Metrics and Measurement: Ensure we have the right input process and output measures to be able to understand and improve our processes whilst evidencing effectiveness and efficiency to stakeholders as required to deliver the defined global finance KPI framework
• Capability Delivery: Work with Finance leadership to identify opportunities to establish & leverage Centres of Scale (CoS) and Centres of Expertise (CoE) and Communities of Practice (CoP) for both change delivery and the optimized performance of future state BAU processes being established via FFP
• Risk Governance and Conduct: Ownership of the Global standard risk control framework policies and procedures for all processes; Understand local and global regulatory frameworks and ensure compliance; Role model exemplary conduct and live the Group’s values and code of conduct; Effectively identify, mitigate, and resolve risk conduct and compliance matters; Ownership of any Regulatory level impact assessments & action plans relating to change activity

Candidate Specifications

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant Financial Planning & Analysis and expense management experience within a Financial Services context
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field. MBA or relevant certification (e.g., CPA, CMA) is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.
• Proficiency in financial software and data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau).
• Experience in delivering Finance transformation, including both systems implementation and organisational change (people, process, systems). (Proof of business side delivery experience is particularly valuable.)
• Demonstrated ability to develop and communicate a clear strategic vision for finance capabilities aligned with organisational goals.
• Expertise in process optimisation, identifying and implementing improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to support decision‑making and risk management.
• Proficiency in leveraging technology advancements for process optimisation and data‑driven insights.
• Exceptional leadership skills, inspiring and leading a global team while fostering collaboration and driving change.
• Partnering ability – building strong relationships with stakeholders to facilitate collaboration and successful project execution.
• Track record in attracting, retaining, and developing high‑performing finance professionals.
• Deep knowledge and expertise in risk management and compliance, ensuring regulatory requirements are met and controls are continuously improved.
• Strong business acumen and industry knowledge, aligning finance strategies with organisational objectives.

Employment Details

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

EEO Statement

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex race age ethnic origin educational social and cultural background marital status pregnancy and maternity religion or belief disability or part‑time / fixed‑term work or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third‑party suppliers taking into account the context of grade job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.