Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain to join our Global Supply Chain Finance team in Singapore. The role focuses on inventory costing, cost management, forecasting, and performance analysis to support disciplined growth and improved financial reporting.

Reporting to the Controller, Global Supply Chain Finance, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency and value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Statistics preferred.
• 2-3+ years of financial planning and analysis experience in a multi-national company.
• Food service and/or retail industry knowledge and experience a plus.
• Hands-on experience with process improvement methodologies, project management, and change management strongly preferred.
• Self-motivated and experienced in transition situations with rapid change.
• Strong negotiation, communication and analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly inventory close, investigate variances against standard cost, and analyze working capital trends.
• Coordinate annual budgeting, monthly forecasting and business review activities across Supply Chain functions.
• Support annual standard cost modelling and inventory revaluation.
• Support project initiatives and business cases by assessing financial returns and prerequisites.
• Coordinate with supply chain to manage cost through benchmarking and network design assessments.
• Drive continuous improvement to simplify processes and improve reporting accuracy.
• Provide analytical support and participate in implementation of approved changes.
• Execute special projects as designed by the Finance team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Team building

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Statistics

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Since opening our first store in 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® has grown into a global specialty coffee and tea brand with more than 1,000 cafés worldwide, supported by our Global Headquarters in Singapore.

Our purpose is to help people Find Their Flavor through uplifting experiences that make their day better. Guided by our vision to deliver "Simply the Best" coffee and tea experience in every community we serve, we're committed to creating meaningful experiences for our guests, partners, and one another.

As part of our Global Brew Crew, you’ll find an environment where you can be your best, belong and grow.

This is where you Find Your Flavor.

Our Brew Crew is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain. This role will be a part of the Global Supply Chain Finance team supporting business growth through supply chain cost management, tracking performance, and making recommendations for improvements. This role will focus on inventory costing and review, provide analytic support, and identify operational implementations to improve efficiencies and outcomes, with an emphasis on delivering disciplined growth, enhancing financial reporting, and driving business review processes.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Supply Chain position will sit in the Singapore office, reporting to the Controller, Global Supply Chain Finance.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Review monthly inventory close, investigate variances against standard cost, perform reconciliation and analyze working capital trends to drive target attainment.
• Coordinate annual budgeting, monthly forecasting and business review activities across Supply Chain functions, consolidating inputs, validating key assumptions and cost drivers in alignment with business objectives and ensure timely and accurate submissions.
• Support annual standard cost modelling and inventory revaluation, validating key cost inputs and assessing financial implications.
• Support project initiatives and business cases by assessing financial returns, value drivers, risks and key prerequisites for successful execution.
• Coordinate with supply chain to strategically manage cost, through internal and external benchmarking, supply chain network design assessment, and sourcing studies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, enhance reporting accuracy, and enable informed decision-making.
• Provide analytical and strategic support on an ad hoc basis, leveraging tools like market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation to provide recommendations to senior management. Actively participate in the implementation of approved changes.
• Execute special projects as designed and defined by the Finance team.
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Statistics preferred
• 2-3+ years of financial planning and analysis experience in a multi-national company
• Food service and/or retail industry knowledge and experience a plus
• Hands-on experience with process improvement methodologies, project management, and change management strongly preferred
• Self-motivated and experienced in transition situations where there is rapid change
• Strong ability to think strategically, creatively, and act tactically when required
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and team building skills required
• Strong negotiation, communication and analytical skills required
• Proficient with Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; Microsoft Dynamics preferred

Performance & Rewards

At The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, we embrace a high-performance culture that rewards and encourages our values of teamwork, ownership, and respect for one another.

We believe in fundamental truths that guide us through our daily lives:

• FRIENDLINESS - We go above and beyond in everything we do. Friendliness and customer-centricity is embedded in our culture.
• RESPECT - We are inclusive and honour each other’s values, opinions and diversity.
• OWNERSHIP - We take ownership and accountability for our individual, team and business results, every day.
• TEAMWORK - As a team, we collaborate, innovate, and leverage our diverse strengths to grow the business.
• HONESTY - We live up to the highest levels of integrity by being truthful and transparent with each other, the business and ourselves.

At The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, we are a global company committed to representing the neighborhoods we serve. We welcome all to apply to our Brew Crew and we value the impact of diversity on our culture and in our work.