Senior Assistant Manager, Finance Planning and Analysis

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore invites applications for Senior Assistant Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, to lead the unit's budgeting, forecasting, governance, and performance reporting. This role strengthens financial performance through structured analysis, operational visibility, and risk identification.

This position interfaces with senior leadership to support informed decision‑making, policy impact assessments, and collaboration with the Finance Business Partner for strategic transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy/Finance or equivalent professional qualifications.
• Chartered Accountant with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate outstanding relationship management.
• Knowledge of SAP, Ariba, Denodo, Workday and PowerBI is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Drive financial analysis, performance evaluation, pricing and margin review.
• Oversee finance governance and financial controls.
• Perform policy impact assessments and communicate implications of policy/system changes.
• Ensure compliance with financial, regulatory and audit requirements.
• Provide insightful KPI and performance reporting for management.
• Support continuous improvement and provide oversight to finance staff.

Skills

Adaptability

Time management

Problem-solving

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy/Finance

Chartered Accountant

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Denodo

Workday

PowerBI

Job description

The Senior Assistant Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, leads the business unit’s financial planning activities, operational finance oversight, and financial governance support. The role strengthens its financial performance through structured analysis, operational visibility, financial controls, and risk identification. It also focuses on performance monitoring, ensuring completeness of revenue, compliance with institutional and external requirements, and supporting informed decision‑making for the senior leadership team. This role complements the Finance Business Partner by managing execution, planning cycles, policy impact assessment, and communication of financial implications. This enables the Finance Business Partner to lead higher‑level planning, intra‑university initiatives, and strategic transformation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Drive financial analysis, performance evaluation, pricing and margin review.
• Oversee finance governance and financial controls.
• Perform policy impact assessments and communicate implications of policy/system changes.
• Ensure compliance with financial, regulatory and audit requirements.
• Provide insightful KPI and performance reporting for management.
• Support continuous improvement and provide oversight to finance staff.

Requirements

• Degree in Accountancy/Finance or equivalent professional qualifications.
• Chartered Accountant with at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Highly adaptable, good time management skills & problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate outstanding working relation management.
• Advantageous to know SAP, Ariba, Denodo, Workday, PowerBI.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes - the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering - and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.

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