Finance Business Partner

Coopervision; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Coopervision in Singapore is seeking a Finance Business Partner to analyze financial performance, develop scenario analyses, and provide actionable insights to support regional decision-making. The role partners with stakeholders across APAC to drive revenue, cost, and OpEx initiatives and to prepare management presentations.

Based at the Singapore Regional Office, reporting to the APAC FP&A Manager, you will lead monthly outlooks, forecasts, and budget submissions, while mentoring regional

Qualifications

• Budgeting & forecasting experience required.
• Experience tracking and controlling actuals, forecasts and metrics.
• Excel-based financial modelling (P&L) experience.
• Variance analysis with drivers and operational relevance.
• Strong business partnering with senior leadership.
• Experience working with APAC regional stakeholders.
• Knowledge of accounting preferred.
• Ability to prepare Excel/PowerPoint presentations quickly.
• Proficiency in Hyperion EssBase, Cognos or Tableau an advantage.
• Cross-cultural collaboration across APAC.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly/quarterly outlooks, forecasts, budget submissions for APAC.
• Coordinate and consolidate regional revenue estimates with trend insights.
• Deliver financial reports, variance analysis, and insights for close.
• Develop scenario modelling to assess risks and opportunities.
• Monitor headcount movements against budget and hiring plans.
• Review country CapEx forecasts and budgets.
• Evaluate country revenue performance and provide recommendations.
• Develop benchmarking metrics to improve P&L efficiency.
• Enhance financial reporting processes for actuals, forecasts and budgets.
• Partner with teams to support strategic decisions.
• Lead training for local Controllers and analysts on analytics tools.
• Manage regional forecasts, budgets, variance analysis and cost center reporting.
• Support R&O assessment using demand planning.
• Undertake additional duties as needed.

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial modelling

Stakeholder partnering

Excel

PowerPoint

Hyperion EssBase

Cognos

Tableau

APAC coordination

Education

Bachelor Degree in Accounting / Finance

Tools

Hyperion EssBase

Cognos

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The role involves analyzing financial performance, generating insights, and developing scenario analyses to evaluate risks and opportunities. Based on these analyses, the Finance Business Partner provides recommendations to support informed decision-making. The role partners with stakeholders across the region to drive initiatives, including revenue and cost analysis, OpEx efficiency benchmarking, and development of management presentations with clear, actionable insights.

The scope of the role includes Revenue, Gross Margin, OpEx, and CapEx across APAC.

This is a highly visible role within the region, requiring strong analytical capability, business acumen, and the ability to translate data into meaningful insights that drive business impact. The position is based in the Singapore Regional Office and reports to the Regional FP&A Manager, APAC.

Responsibilities

Prepare the monthly and quarterly outlook, quarterly forecasts, annual budget, and required submissions for the APAC region.

Coordinate and consolidate regional revenue estimates from country teams on a weekly / semi-monthly basis, including trend analysis and provision of insights and recommendations.

Deliver financial reports, variance analysis, commentary, and actionable insights to support the monthly close process and ad-hoc management requests.

Drive financial analysis and develop scenario modelling to assess risks and opportunities, providing recommendations to support management decision-making.

Monitor and analyze headcount (HC) movements across the region against budget, forecast, and year-to-go hiring plans.

Review and ensure accuracy of country CapEx forecasts, budgets, and actuals, ensuring timely system submissions.

Evaluate country revenue performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and provide insights and recommendations for management decisions.

Develop benchmarking metrics to enhance P&L efficiency and support performance improvement initiatives.

Evaluate and enhance financial reporting processes covering actuals, forecasts, and budgets.

Provide analytical insights on key financial drivers and business performance.

Partner with country and cross-functional teams to support strategic decision-making and execution of business priorities.

Lead training and capability-building initiatives for local Controllers, Finance Managers, and analysts to maximize the use of analytics tools and EPM systems.

Manage regional functional forecasts, budgets, variance analysis, and cost center reporting.

Support and strengthen regional risks and opportunities (R&O) assessment by leveraging insights from demand planning.

Undertake additional duties or projects as assigned, with responsibilities evolving in line with business needs.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Budgeting & forecasting experience required.
• Significant experience creating, tracking, and controlling financial actual, forecasts and metrics.
• Experience developing financial models pertaining to P&L, predominantly in Excel.
• Strong ability to analyze Actual vs. Budget / Forecast variances and summarize underlying drivers of variances as well as relevance to operations.
• Strong business partnering skillset is required – Stakeholder influencing, Communications with Senior Leadership and Commercial acumen.
• Working with countries and regional stakeholders, providing support and advice, driving insights and key takeaways, where necessary
• Knowledge of accounting is preferred.
• Ability to develop Excel / PowerPoint presentations, on an ad hoc basis, for management, in an environment demanding both accuracy and speed.
• Excellent skills in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and working knowledge of Hyperion EssBase are required. Knowledge of Cognos and Tableau will be an added advantage.
• Cross culture working within the APAC region to coordinate requests and develop strong working relationships.
• Energetic, self-starter, showing good inquisitiveness and desire to understand the business more deeply.
• Normal office environment with sedentary to light physical effort necessary to perform the job.

Experience:

• 10 to 12 years of professional experience, primarily in Finance, with 5 to 8 years in FP&A in a multinational commercial corporation.
• Working experience in Pharmaceutical or Medical Devices industry preferred.
• Regional experience working with different countries across Asia Pacific would be an advantage.

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting / Finance.

Job Info

• Job Identification 11958
• Job Category Finance
• Posting Date 07/20/2026, 02:02 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Millenia Tower 1, 039192, SG (On-site)