Finance Business Partner

IRVINS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IRVINS is expanding as a premium snack brand with a global footprint. This Finance role partners with business units to drive strategic decisions, delivers budgets and FP&A packs, and runs financial modelling for pricing and market entry.

You will own cost analyses, production variance reviews, and ERP system governance, while promoting automation and better controls in a lean team.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy/Finance; CA/ACCA/CPA preferred; finalists considered.
• 5+ years of finance experience with FP&A and business partnering track record.
• Strong costing and variance analysis understanding in manufacturing environments.
• Proficient with ERP systems and advanced Excel; exposure to AI/automation tools.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business units to provide financial insights and support strategic decisions.
• Prepare, analyse and monitor budgets, forecasts and FP&A pack for CXO leadership.
• Conduct financial modelling, cost-benefit and business case evaluations (pricing, NPD, market entry).
• Provide timely reports and ad-hoc analysis; review group accounts for accuracy.
• Drive SAP Business One administration and system uptime with IT and vendor.
• Strengthen financial controls and automation initiatives; improve production costing.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Excel

ERP Systems

SAP

Manufacturing Costing

AI in Finance

Education

Degree in Accountancy/Finance

CA/ACCA/CPA

Tools

SAP Business One

Oracle ERP

Job description

At IRVINS, you'll join Singapore's high growth homegrown premium snack brand expanding quickly on the global stage, with 5 offices and 15 markets worldwide, and a product lineup that redefines the food industry.

Founded in 2008, over the years we have pivoted and evolved from an F&B restaurant into a modern food CPG company - and haven't looked back since. With IRVINS’ global reach, category and market leadership, and startup mentality, we welcome people with a builder attitude keen on building things from scratch and help turn a homegrown brand into Singapore’s iconic global consumer brand.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Strategic Support

• Partner with business units and stakeholders to provide financial insights, support strategic decision-making, and help develop and implement financial strategies aligned to organisational goals.
• Prepare, analyse and monitor budgets, forecasts and financial performance against business objectives, and own the monthly FP&A pack, commentary and finance presentation to the CXO / Leadership team.
• Conduct financial modelling, cost-benefit and business case evaluations (pricing, NPD, market entry), and review expenditure trends to improve cost efficiency and resource allocation.
• Provide timely financial reports and recommendations to stakeholders and perform ad-hoc analysis and special projects as assigned.
• Review Group entities accounts for accuracy, completeness and consistency ahead of management reporting.
• Investigate and explain production cost variances shown in the accounts — standard versus actual across raw materials — identifying root cause and ensuring the correct accounting treatment.
• Flag narrative-versus-number inconsistencies and drive them through to resolution.

SAP Business One – Super User / System Administration

• Super user for SAP Business One — owning master data, mapping, configuration and user access.
• Coordinate and resolve SAP downtime and system issues, liaising with IT and the implementation consultant / vendor.

Accounting & Compliance

• Support month-end, year-end and statutory close, including tax and external audit, ensuring accuracy and compliance with organisational policies.
• Own defined filings: Stamp Duty and Withholding Tax (WHT); gross turnover (GTO) verification for retail outlet leases.

Controls, Risk & Continuous Improvement

• Strengthen financial controls, processes and reporting frameworks across functions, and monitor financial risks and adherence to governance, audit and regulatory requirements.
• Drive finance automation / AI workflow initiatives, and contribute to SAP Business One post-implementation stabilisation, including production costing methodology.
• Degree in Accountancy / Finance; CA (Singapore), ACCA or CPA qualified (finalists with strong relevant experience considered).
• 5+ years’ finance experience with a strong FP&A and business-partnering track record — variance analysis, financial modelling, commentary and management-level presentation.
• Proven stakeholder management and the ability to translate financial data into commercial insight and influence decision-making.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing / standard costing and production variance analysis.
• Proficiency in ERP systems e.g., SAP, Oracle, advanced Excel skills and AI / automation tools
• FMCG / manufacturing / multi-entity experiences preferred.
• Accurate, detail-driven and deadline-oriented; comfortable being hands-on in a lean team.
• Analytical and investigative — enjoys getting to the root cause of a variance.
• Systems-minded, with a strong controls and continuous-improvement mindset.
• Confident communicator and business partner able to engage cross-functional stakeholders, review colleagues’ work and present to senior management.
• Curious and self-driven about AI and digital workflows, with a mindset for improving how finance works — and the judgement to apply new tools with appropriate controls.