Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager

Alvarez & Marsal; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in Singapore is looking for a skilled Financial Planning & Analysis professional with 5-8 years of experience in finance or accounting, preferably in consulting or professional services. The role involves critical tasks such as budgeting and forecasting, analyzing project profitability, and providing actionable insights to senior leadership.

Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel are required, and candidates with additional qualifications like CA, CPA, CFA, or MBA will be preferred. This position also offers the opportunity to drive cost-cutting initiatives and optimize margin development.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience in Finance/Accounting.
• Strong analytical skills to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Experience in consulting or professional services, especially Big 4.

Responsibilities

• Assist in annual budget and forecast preparation, and prepare monthly P&L.
• Analyze project profitability and provide margin optimization strategies.
• Monitor billable utilization and realization rates, and prepare labor rate calculations.
• Own SG&A cost tracking and identify cost-reduction initiatives.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Budgeting & Forecasting

Data Analysis

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Education

CA / CPA / CFA / MBA (preferred)

Job description

How you will contribute

1. Financial Planning & Forecasting/Management Reporting

• Assist in annual budget, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans
• Preparing monthly P&L on various SBUs
• Consolidate regional financial performance outputs and deliver detailed variance analysis against budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure timely and accurate regional reporting in alignment with SEAA Business Calendar standards.
• Generate actionable insights to guide strategic decisions and accelerate growth initiatives.
• Design and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and financial models to monitor and optimize business performance.
• Prepare comprehensive business review presentations for senior leadership.
• Monthly SEAA performance update for distribution to senior leadership
• Champion continuous improvement in FP&A processes, tools, and systems across the region.
• Business partners in multiple time zones: mostly across SEAA,
• Year end support and assistance with Staff & MD Comp processes
• Work closely with Business Intelligence Unit to ensure KPI dashboards are up to date, investigate queries and follow up
• Support SEAA CFO and SEAA Financial Controller with reporting requests, data analysis & review, as required from time to time

2. Project & MD Economics

• Track project profitability:
  • Analyze: Write-offs / write-ups and present findings for review/discussion
  • Review open expense amounts on projects and follow up with MDs
  • Provide analysis & tracking reviews on Gross Margin and JC margin across major projects
  • Own and lead regional end-to-end margin optimization initiatives, from strategy development to execution and tracking results
  • Liaise with MDs and Ops staff in relation to specific financial project queries

3. Utilization & Productivity Analytics

• Monitor and report:
  • Billable utilization %
  • Realization rates
  • Review and collation of annual labour rate calculations
  • Gross margin rates on key projects
  • WIP ageing analysis and assist management and follow up with stakeholders

4. Cost & Profitability Management

• Own SG&A cost tracking (non-billable payroll, tech, travel, marketing) and analyse spend patterns, identify areas for improvement and draft comms for circulation.
• Identify & Support cost-reduction initiatives without impacting delivery quality

Qualifications

• FP&A in consulting / professional services / IT services
• Ex-Big 4, management consulting, or tech services firms
• CA / CPA / CFA / MBA (preferred)
• At least 5-8 years of relevant work experience in Finance/ Accounting.
• Previous experience with budgeting & forecasting, full P&L analysis & reconciliation.
• Highly visible role with the ability to effectively partner with and/or challenge senior leadership.
• Ability to analyze large & complex data sets and translate into actionable information.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel / Office skills required, especially the need to have exceptional modelling skills in Excel.