Senior Analyst/Analyst, Global FP&A

DYSTAR SINGAPORE PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DYSTAR SINGAPORE PTE LTD is seeking a Finance Business Partner for global FP&A leadership, supporting forecasting, budgeting and long-term projections with cross-functional collaboration. The role focuses on P&L analysis by product range, regional reviews, and cost allocation across the group.

You will develop and maintain reporting templates, KPI dashboards, and provide ad-hoc analyses to support senior management decisions. Strong ERP, Excel, and English skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Relevant academic background in finance / accounting with minimum 5 years’ related experience.
• Excellent communication skills. Needs to be able to work with multicultural teams and communicate with various global team members.
• Good understanding of ERP systems (SAP and SAP Business Warehouse an advantage)
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel)
• Strong analytical skills, meticulous.
• Fluent in business English. Spoken proficiency in Mandarin or other languages will be an advantage)

Responsibilities

• Own and drive compilation, analysis and reporting of financial results and monitor achievement vs Targets (both Global & Regional level).
• Initiate and collaborate actively with RVP, Marketing leaders, Manufacturing, Regional Finance heads, SCM functional heads on the Group’s forecasting, budgeting process according to prescribed timelines for P&L of all entities.
• Collaborate with other Senior FP&A Analysts to complete the compilation of full P&L projection.
• Own and drive analysis and review of forward-looking plans & forecast submitted by all entities, by comparing with actual & past trends;
• Own and drive analysis of past trends by drilling down to details (e.g. profitability per entity per product range, expenses, production related costs), identify causes of deviation based on financial data submitted, solicit explanation from entities and highlight any irregularities to Global Management.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve on the methodology and process of compiling global costs and execute allocation of costs to selected entities.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, preparing and analysing various management reports (e.g. Earnings After Tax) for senior global management team.
• Support analysis relating to revenue and margin, including breakdown by product ranges.
• Support analysis relating to product costing, manufacturing site costs, SCM costs, Inventory and related processes.
• Support analysis relating to CAPEX, including annual budget.
• Support analysis relating to SG&A, and R&D cost.
• Actively collaborate with Group Accounting team in the analysis of month end financial reporting.
• Support Senior FP&A Manager by compiling, analysing and identifying improvement areas for periodic financial reports & presentation material for shareholders & board meeting.
• Develop, design, implement and look for continuous improvement in sales and marketing reports, profitability reports, revenue reports and other KPI reports in Jedox and BPC.
• Actively participate in global projects & initiatives related to P&L.
• Responsible for North Asia & South Asia region full FP&A coverage. This includes full P&L analysis, review of financial trends, forecast, budget and CAPEX, etc
• On ad-hoc basis (e.g. M&A activities, shareholders requests, legal cases, financial modelling), to support global leadership team in decision-making via periodic research and compilation of essential key information from internal & external sources e.g. market trend, competitive landscape, industrial benchmarking etc.
• Any other task(s) assigned by Senior Manager, Global FP&A.

Skills

Communication

SAP

Excel

Analytical

English

Mandarin

Education

Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting

Tools

SAP BW

Jedox

BPC

Job description

Summary of Job

• Finance Business Partner to Mfg/Sales and Marketing/SCM leadership globally in formulating short to mid business direction and plan.
• Support Senior FP&A Manager in monthly forecasting, annual budget and long-term projections, at global level, by actively collaborating with both global & local entities on timely submission.
• Own, develop and drive commercial analysis at in-depth level by drilling into P&L profitability such as by product range, product subranges, sales areas, expenses for all entities in the Group.
• Own and enable global Management Performance Review by developing and harmonizing financial KPIs, develop efficient performance tracking tools and highlight deviation for corrective action plans.
• Actively Participate in global initiatives and projects on process improvement, system implementation (SAP, Business Intelligence Tools) etc.
• Global Superuser on Jedox
• Develop and maintain tools and relevant reporting templates to improve the efficiency, timeliness & accuracy in data collation, analysis and performance tracking.
• Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support decision-making.

Job Description

• Own and drive compilation, analysis and reporting of financial results and monitor achievement vs Targets (both Global & Regional level).
• Initiate and collaborate actively with RVP, Marketing leaders, Manufacturing, Regional Finance heads, SCM functional heads on the Group’s forecasting, budgeting process according to prescribed timelines for P&L of all entities.
• Collaborate with other Senior FP&A Analysts to complete the compilation of full P&L projection.
• Own and drive analysis and review of forward-looking plans & forecast submitted by all entities, by comparing with actual & past trends;
• Own and drive analysis of past trends by drilling down to details (e.g. profitability per entity per product range, expenses, production related costs), identify causes of deviation based on financial data submitted, solicit explanation from entities and highlight any irregularities to Global Management.
• Develop, implement and continuously improve on the methodology and process of compiling global costs and execute allocation of costs to selected entities.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, preparing and analysing various management reports (e.g. Earnings After Tax) for senior global management team.
• Support analysis relating to revenue and margin, including breakdown by product ranges.
• Support analysis relating to product costing, manufacturing site costs, SCM costs, Inventory and related processes.
• Support analysis relating to CAPEX, including annual budget.
• Support analysis relating to SG&A, and R&D cost.
• Actively collaborate with Group Accounting team in the analysis of month end financial reporting.
• Support Senior FP&A Manager by compiling, analysing and identifying improvement areas for periodic financial reports & presentation material for shareholders & board meeting.
• Develop, design, implement and look for continuous improvement in sales and marketing reports, profitability reports, revenue reports and other KPI reports in Jedox and BPC.
• Actively participate in global projects & initiatives related to P&L.
• Responsible for North Asia & South Asia region full FP&A coverage. This includes full P&L analysis, review of financial trends, forecast, budget and CAPEX, etc
• On ad-hoc basis (e.g. M&A activities, shareholders requests, legal cases, financial modelling), to support global leadership team in decision-making via periodic research and compilation of essential key information from internal & external sources e.g. market trend, competitive landscape, industrial benchmarking etc.
• Any other task(s) assigned by Senior Manager, Global FP&A.

Job Requirements

• Relevant academic background in finance / accounting with minimum 5 years’ related experience.
• Hands-on experience in production-oriented business environment.
• Excellent communication skills. Needs to be able to work with multicultural teams and communicate with various global team members.
• Good understanding of ERP systems (SAP and SAP Business Warehouse an advantage)
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel)
• Strong analytical skills, meticulous.
• Fluent in business English. Spoken proficiency in Mandarin or other languages will be an advantage)