FP&A Manager (1 year contract)

CERTIS GROUP - GHR; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CERTIS GROUP - GHR is seeking an FP&A professional for a 1-year Group and Corporate role in Singapore. The role covers budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis across Corporate departments and Group/Markets.

You will partner with Corporate heads to drive analytics, cost tracking and strategic decisions. The ideal candidate holds a Finance/Accounting degree with 5–10 years’ relevant experience, proficient in SAP, Power BI, Power Query and advanced Excel, and able to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or equivalent is required.
• 5–10 years of relevant corporate/MNC FP&A experience preferred (technology or manufacturing background is a plus).
• Experience using SAP and Corporate Performance Management tools (SAP BPC, Cognos, Power BI, Prophix, Tagetik) within last 3 years is highly preferred.
• Proven ability with Microsoft Power Query and Power BI to clean, transform and prepare data from multiple sources.
• Developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports to provide actionable insights and self‑service analytics.
• Strong Excel proficiency including advanced functions, data manipulation, Power Pivot and automation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Group budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Perform financial and business performance analysis, identifying key trends, risks and opportunities.
• Budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking for Corporate departments.
• Provide analysis and insights to senior management on forecasting, profitability and commentary.
• Benchmark operational and financial performance and highlight issues affecting revenue and costs.
• Partner with Corporate heads to set performance targets and support analytics-based decisions.
• Monitor capex and review ROI for Group projects.
• Coordinate planning, reporting and performance matters with Finance teams.

Skills

Power BI

Power Query

Excel advanced

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Cognos

Power BI

Prophix

Tagetik

Power Query

Excel

Job description

This is a Group and Corporate role, with main responsibilities in the areas of financial planning and analysis, supporting Corporate departments, and Group / Markets / Line of business performance reporting and forecasting, FP&A process streamlining and improvement. Also, a business partnering role to Corporate department heads with focus on business analysis, reporting and forecasting. This role will be for a period of 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Group budgeting, forecasting and management reporting;
• Financial and business performance analysis, including identification of key trends, risks and opportunities;

• Perform financial budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking for Corporate departments;
• Provide analysis and insights to senior management around financial modelling, forecasting and profitability, and provide detailed analysis and commentary;

• Carry out benchmarking of operational and financial performance parameters, and highlight business issues that impact overall revenue and cost;

• Partner with Corporate department heads to set clear performance targets, undertake analytics-based decision making and enhance overall market competitiveness;

• Monitor capital expenditure for Group projects and review returns on investments;
• Coordinate with business units and Finance teams on planning, reporting and performance matters;

• Conduct financial stress tests based on Corporate department’s forecast performances;
• Work with statutory accounting teams to ensure that financial transactions are structured effectively and documented systematically;

• Support in regular review and update of Group corporate control policies;
• Collaborate with Shared Services and IT teams on improvement initiatives such as building a performance analytics system, enhancing cost tracking and analysis etc.

• Support strategic business projects and ad-hoc projects (such as M&A) assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or equivalent is required.
• 5 - 10 years of relevant experience gained in a corporate or MNC environment. Working experience in high-growth technology or manufacturing companies is preferred;
• Have used SAP and Corporate Performance Management software for FP&A for previous role, (such as SAP BPC, Cognos, Power BI, Prophix or Tagetik etc.) within last 3 years highly preferred.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Power Query and Power BI, utilizing Power Query to clean, transform, and prepare data from various sources in a complex data environment is preferred.
• Developing and maintaining Microsoft Power BI dashboards and reports to provide actionable business insights and support self-service analytics functions.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions, data manipulation techniques, Power Pivot and automation.
• Ability to communicate dynamic data insights in a clear and concise manner while ensuring data accuracy and integrity in all reporting and analysis