Manager to Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Singapore Tourism Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Singapore Tourism Board is seeking a financial professional for the FPA department. The role involves managing budgets, providing financial advisory, and supporting corporate budget management. Ideal candidates should be Chartered Accountants with analytical skills and experience in financial data analysis. The position offers growth opportunities within a dynamic environment focused on shaping Singapore's tourism landscape.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Family care leave

Wellness programmes

Qualifications

• More than 3 years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience with Workday and data analytics tools preferred.
• Knowledge of business programming languages like Python.

Responsibilities

• Support MTI budget management and reporting, with variance analysis.
• Serve as a strategic adviser, providing financial insights.
• Participate in business process re-engineering.

Skills

Business acumen

Analytical thinking

Financial data analysis

Project/financial risk assessment

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Workday financial system

Power Query

RPA

Python

Job description

What the role is:

Part of the FPA department which is responsible for STB corporate budget management, MTI reporting, fund and investment management, financial advisory, and building financial capabilities in STB.

What you will be working on:

• MTI Budget management and reporting

  • Support MTI budget and projection exercises (including 5-year block budget), whose scope includes reviewing submissions, monitoring and reporting of budget utilisation and variance analysis

  • Prepare reporting submissions to MTI, whose scope includes reviewing figures and writeups submitted by Line Units

  • Provide advisory to Line Units on funding matters, processes and day-to-day budget operational matters

  • Perform budget upload and transfer of funds in finance system

  • Prepare budget dashboards

  • Prepare the drawdown of funds from MTI

  • Support year-end reporting relating to MTI matters

  • Ad-hoc request from MTI

• STB Corporate Budget Management

  • Support STB corporate budget and projection exercises, whose scope includes reviewing submissions, monitoring and reporting of budget utilisation and variance analysis

  • Provide advisory to Line Units on day-to-day budget operational matters

  • Perform budget upload and transfer of funds in finance system

  • Prepare budget dashboard

• Business Partnering and Analysis

  • Serve as a strategic adviser to Line Units, providing financial insights and recommendations to support business cases and operational needs.

  • Provide financial expertise and partner Line Units to evaluate business cases, capital investments and strategic initiatives. This include but not limited to financial risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, cashflow analysis, lifecycle costing.

  • Provide financial advisory on financing models.

  • Assist Line Units in the assessment of the financial health of grant applicants and project partners

• Participate in business process re-engineering, leveraging on digital tools

• Ad hoc projects

What we are looking for:

• Showing good businessacumen, analyticalthinking and judgement

• Working effectivelywithin STB to achieveresults

• Working effectivelywith stakeholdersoutside STB

• Serving with heart,commitment andpurpose

• Being innovative and learning continuously

• More than 3 years of related experience

• Chartered Accountant

• Proficiency in MS Excel & Powerpoint

• Financial data analysis

• Preferably Hands-on experience with Workday financial system and experience with data analytics, visualisation and artificial intelligence tools

• Knowledge of Power Query, RPA and/or python or other business programming languages

• Project/financial risk assessment

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 2 weeks from the closing date of this job posting. We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified

About Singapore Tourism Board

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is the lead development agency for tourism, one of Singapore’s key economic sectors. Together with industry partners and the community, we shape a dynamic Singapore tourism landscape. We bring the Passion Made Possible brand to life by differentiating Singapore as a vibrant destination that inspires people to share and deepen their passions. Our success comes from working as one STB team in an environment of trust, openness, fun and care.What can you expect as part of #TeamSTB?• Professional and Personal development: We provide structured training and initiatives aimed at equipping you with a well-rounded set of competencies to excel in your career.• Staff benefits: We offer flexible work arrangement, family care leave and wellness programmes to enable you to achieve a healthy level of work-life effectiveness.Award-winning Workplace• Public Sector Employer of Choice: (2nd) 2014, 2nd (2015) and 1st (2016)• Singapore's Top 100 Leading Graduate Employers: Winner - Hospitality, Leisure, and Tourism Sector (2021)• NS Mark (Gold) AccreditationFor more information on STB, please visit https://www.stb.gov.sg.