Senior Manager, Performance Improvement

ALVAREZ & MARSAL (SE ASIA) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm based in Singapore is seeking an experienced professional for a strategy consulting role. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant degree and have 5-7 years of consulting or corporate experience. Responsibilities include guiding client interviews, analysing business challenges, and ensuring effective project management. Skills in analytical thinking, strong communication, and fluency in English are essential, with additional ASEAN language skills being a plus. The role may require travel.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in strategy consulting or 8-10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience delivering Performance Improvement projects in a top-tier strategy firm.
• Fluent in written and spoken English; other ASEAN languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with team members in information gathering approach.
• Guide and lead client interviews; understand stakeholders’ perspectives.
• Identify key business challenges; forecast financial performance.
• Own and complete multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Skills

Analytical skills

Logical thinking

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Interpersonal attributes

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering)

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with team members in information gathering approach and ensure all relevant sources of information are pursued
• Guide and lead client interviews, ask inquisitive questions and understand different stakeholders’ perspective
• Identify knowledge gaps, guide the team to challenge status quo, validate, disprove and/or develop better assumptions
• Identify key business challenges, accurately forecast financial performance and liquidity needs, pinpoint operational process inefficiencies and assess the organization’s design, roles, and team
• Ensure issues and opportunities are clearly and concisely presented
• Ensure that project approach, timeline and deliverables are logical, reasonable, and accurate
• Set and communicate client’s expectation consistently
• Identify risks and obstacles early on, create contingency plans and communicating timely with client
• Ability to own and complete multiple workstreams simultaneously

We are seeking:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering or any major with quantitative focus) with proven record of academic excellence
• 5-7 years of experience in strategy consulting and/or 8-10 years of relevant corporate / industry experience
• Excellent analytical skills, logical and structured thinking, creative in problem solving
• Ability to extract useful information from large sets of unorganized or incomplete data
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently
• Superior interpersonal attributes including communication and soft skills, ability to work in a team, results/performance-oriented work style, entrepreneurial, personal maturity
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written, capable of interaction at all levels in a company, from factory floor to CEO
• Experience delivering Performance Improvement projects (ideally in a client-site focused delivery model) in a top tier strategy firm, leading specialist and/or niche advisory firm or ‘Big 4’ consultancy
• Have a varied cross sector background including telecommunications, automotive, manufacturing, energy, retail, consumer goods, transportation, business services and healthcare
• Experience in operational KPIs, Balance Score Cards, and a reporting/ review process to ensure continuous improvement of the operational performance of the business
• Detail-oriented
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English, fluency in other ASEAN languages (Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Tagalog, Thai or Vietnamese) a plus
• Willingness to travel