Finance BP Manager - IT Projects (Capex & Opex)

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute is seeking a qualified accountant to partner with Global IT for overheads governance, budgeting and forecasting. You will manage Capex/Opex accounting, provide timely financial data, and support leadership reviews with detailed spend analysis.

You will collaborate with Budget holders, Portfolio Management and Group Finance to deliver accurate annual budgets and periodic reforecasts, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights for cost control decisions.

Qualifications

• Detail oriented with a bigger-picture mindset and drive for improvements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong Excel and Financial Systems (SAP) skills are essential.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and meet strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Challenge current ways of working, driving efficiencies and cost savings and execute the Overheads efficiency Strategy across the Global IT Function.
• Focus on IT Projects portfolio and provide accurate financial management information for leadership reviews.
• Manage Capex/Opex accounting treatments and prepare timely budgets, forecasts and actuals.
• Support monthly financial reviews with Senior budget holders and the Global CIO, advising on commercial, capital and investment proposals.
• Create monthly performance views, forecasts, and budget variance analyses for the Function.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Excel proficiency

SAP

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

SAP

Job description

About the role

• Challenge current ways of working, driving efficiencies and cost savings and execute the Overheads efficiency Strategy across the Global IT Function to support them in achieving their ambitious cost growth targets
• Focus on IT Projects portfolio.
• Knowledge of Capex/Opex accounting treatments To ensure accurate and timely financial management information is prepared for IT Stakeholders and key Leadership reviews, with detailed analysis of spend presented in a highly accessible format to ensure adhesion of non-finance Leaders
• Work in close partnership with the individual Budget holders, Portfolio Management Team and the Group consolidation team to provide accurate, timely and comprehensive annual Global budgets as well as Monthly/Quarterly re-forecasts and actuals
• To provide support for monthly Financial review meetings with Senior budget holders including the Global CIO and to act as a key point of contact to support the budget holders with commercial business, capital and investment proposals
• Feed into a monthly presentation of the Function Financial performance, full year forecast and Budget variances including the reporting of Financial opportunities and risk
• To build strong relations across Group Finance and each Market and provide financial support to cost control decision making
• Support the development of relevant KPIs, reporting and analysis in partnership with the Global Overheads Team Reporting Manager
• Review of monthly commitments and preparations of monthly accruals and prepayments reconciliations including timely follow up on queries
• Be comfortable dealing with and working through issues and operational challenges with the Global IT Teams, getting into the appropriate level of detail to ensure your understanding of their cost drivers and your ability to input into our Global Cost or Business Reviews
• Be dependent on your resourcefulness and ability to influence and partner with the Function's non-finance leads

About You

Qualified Accountant Proactive approach to business partnering

• Detail orientated but able to see the bigger picture. Process minded and always driving for improvements. Experience of process improvement
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• High levels of integrity Strong technical skills especially in Excel and Financial Systems(SAP ideally Ability to build working relationships with stakeholders Ability to work to strict deadlines
• Flexible in approach with excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity. At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn't just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.