Total 12 financial controller job vacancies in Business Management / Project / Planning category in Singapore, Singapore

YOUR IMPACT _________
Under the supervision of the Regional Finance Director PCD TR APAC, you will be a key business partner in understanding and analyzing the complex yet fascinating and growing Travel Retail business of the APAC region. As part of the Finance Team, you will have a significant role into defining the PCD TR APAC financial equation through the different forecast exercises and closings, participating in making sure the financial operations run smoothly at the right level of data quality. Also, you will be a key contributor in various optimization and revamping projects of our financial processes. The position is based in Singapore and your main stakeholders will be the accounting teams and operational Teams of the different areas.

YOUR MISSION_________

• Running controlling & financial operations: To be Actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the department and therefore of the whole region. This includes making sure our expenses are booked at the right level of expectation, on a timely manner following the right phasing and proper affectation within our financials.
• Analysis & reporting: Partnering with the different stakeholders to analyze the gaps and inconsistencies that may arise from those bookings vs our expectation and report back to the business / management with necessary recommendations or alerts.
• On the regulatory side, to ensure the actuals are aligned with accounting standards, respecting regional, central and internal control guidelines. To conduct in-depth financial analysis when required, providing insights to the Management. To build-up and sustain a reporting environment that allows the stakeholders to access their key financials data and a seamless manner.
• Continuous improvement: To be proactive into identifying, proposing to Management and coordinating improvement of our financial processes at local or regional level. To be a key coordinator / contributor toward central initiatives that are aiming at improving our financial processes and information workflows.

Your Purpose

Be a trusted business partner with production (project teams) to provide financial assistance for decision making and ensure effective and efficient collaboration with all stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

The Financial Planning Analyst enables senior management and production teams to make data-driven choices and critical decisions through financial insights and analysis. This role focuses on fostering strong relationships with project teams, through tailored business support and conducting regular budget preparation, reporting, and analysis.

The individual will be facilitating effective collaboration with all stakeholders at projects, studio, collaboration studios and HQ.

Your Daily Adventure

This role will report to the Financial Planning Manager for the Singapore studio.

Projects Budgeting and Reporting

• Prepare initial project budgets and monthly forecast update
• Consolidate and analyze financial data (staffing, activity costs, actuals, forecast)
• Monitor and challenge projects’ budgets and ensure the projects’ spending are within the budget
• Build and maintain dashboards on financial status and risks
• Provide analysis and recommendations to optimize costs and improve financial performance
• Manage and maintain staffing tools
• Consolidate and prepare projects’ P&L
• Prepare finance dashboard for Production’s major updates to HQ

Projects Business Partner

• Demonstrate initiative to engage with business stakeholders in making recommendations for financial/business process and tool improvement
• Conduct regular meetings with producers and executives to communicate finance vision
• Conduct business studies on historical performance, conduct benchmarking, develop financial models, identify trends, conduct ad hoc studies
• Provide additional analysis and forecast, looking for correlations between finance and production data
• Raise flags when need be to address quickly any potential domain issue
• Analyze current tools and practices, assess about efficiency and drive change if need be

THE CONTEXT            

Since 1947, the men and women of Parfums Christian Dior have embodied the founding "couturier-perfumer's" unique spirit of excellence, creativity and expertise, both in France and throughout the world. Our House is an open and highly- focused collective, a leader that thrives on the creativity of all its stakeholders. Our collective passion and our heritage, full of authenticity and dream, make us move forward and reinvent ourselves.

By revolutionizing the codes of French style and luxury through perfumes, and combining tradition with daring makeup and innovative skincare, we are reinventing every day the Dior style and its compelling, joyful and absolute beauty. Our stimulating missions give our employees the opportunity to develop new skills, overcome spectacular challenges and reveal their talent. To go further, with Dior.

YOUR IMPACT             

Under the supervision of the Regional Finance Director PCD TR APAC, you will be a key business partner in understanding and analyzing the complex yet fascinating and growing Travel Retail business of the APAC region. As part of the Finance Team, you will have a significant role into defining the PCD TR APAC financial equation through the different forecast exercises and closings, participating in making sure the financial operations run smoothly at the right level of data quality. Also, you will be a key contributor in various optimization and revamping projects of our financial processes. The position is based in Singapore and your main stakeholders will be the accounting teams and operational Teams of the different areas.

YOUR MISSION             

• Running controlling & financial operations: To be Actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the department and therefore of the whole region. This includes making sure our expenses are booked at the right level of expectation, on a timely manner following the right phasing and proper affectation within our financials.

• Analysis & reporting: Partnering with the different stakeholders to analyze the gaps and inconsistencies that may arise from those bookings vs our expectation and report back to the business / management with necessary recommendations or alerts. On the regulatory side, to ensure the actuals are aligned with accounting standards, respecting regional, central and internal control guidelines. To conduct in-depth financial analysis when required, providing insights to the Management. To build-up and sustain a reporting environment that allows the stakeholders to access their key financials data and a seamless manner.

• Continuous improvement: To be proactive into identifying, proposing to Management and coordinating improvement of our financial processes at local or regional level. To be a key coordinator / contributor toward central initiatives that are aiming at improving our financial processes and information workflows. 

WHAT CAN WE OFFER?                       

A demanding role within an ambitious and fast-growing environment with daily opportunities to learn and develop your skills alongside passionate team members. Beyond this role, your development is a pillar of our ambition. Parfums Christian Dior, as part of LVMH, offers a Career perspective with a worldwide presence and continuous growth within 75 distinguished Houses.

SO, HOW FAR WILL YOU TAKE DIOR?

• Manages day to day project admin tasks
• Assist engineers in preparation of meeting minutes and consolidating tender returns and tabulation
• Assist the sector leads in preparation bids
• May revise system or schedule as required to ensure timely approvals and distribution.
• Ensures changes to document are completed in a timely fashion in order to meet set deadlines. 
• Responsible for coordination with other parties to make sure document edits are made and proofed.
• Tracks and keeps records of documents. 
• Ensures document tracking and production system is maintained. 
• Prepares and maintains a document control system for all forms of documentation. 
• Makes copies of drawing for production and other company employees. 
• Ensures that all completed documents have been signed-off by the appropriate personnel.
• Implements and follows company quality assurance program procedures.

As the Regional Business Controller Construction & Facility, you are the finance business partner to the C&F organization for markets and brands in your region. You identify opportunities to optimize our investments and operating costs and improve the balance between cost and quality. You are responsible for risk management, budgeting and follow-up, trend analysis, prognosis and reporting. You drive improvements and actions in processes, methods and tools.

You have strong analytical skills and the ability to structure data. You can define effective long-term plans in line with the vision and strategy for the department. You work strategically and have a multibrand and multichannel perspective. You are good at conceptualizing ideas and defining conclusions with supporting arguments. You enjoy teamwork and effectively collaborates with a group of diverse people in order to achieve set goals and targets. You have a strong business mindset, communicate well and you are comfortable in making decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Set regional goals, develop and improve the regional C&F and controlling strategies, contribute to procurement, energy, NCG material, and sustainability strategies, support sales market C&F organization with budgeting and forecasting, provide necessary tools, and continuously enhance budget accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Act as a finance business partner to the regional C&F organization, identify optimization opportunities, develop and implement efficiency methods, manage financial control systems, and ensure comprehensive cost follow-up for total C&F costs including Capex, Opex, reactive and scheduled costs, FM20 and SP10 costs.
• Set and implement controlling routines and analysis methods for Project and Facility Project Managers, secure reporting requirements at all levels, proactively analyze and evaluate departmental performance against goals, prepare and communicate regular reporting packages.
• Ensure adherence to guidelines and drive process improvements to mitigate business risks, while maintaining high-level financial transparency and clear delineation of team responsibilities and approval rights.
• Collaborate effectively with regional stakeholders to align work methods and assist the sales market C&F organization in preparing business cases for various store Capex and Opex projects.
   

Business Partnering

• Business partnering and decision-making support for driving performance to achieve strategic and financial objectives
• Process Lead for strategic and annual planning, forecasting & performance management
• Drive for strong collaboration within Asia Region finance team – coach and train Asia Finance community for FPA deliverables
• Take leadership to optimize cross functional processes and collaboration to maximize impact on business, customers and teams

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Business Partner for the Alliance Cluster

• Act as key business partner to Strategic Alliance group which manages all export markets, support product launch analysis, work with commercial lead on pricing strategy to ensure sustainable profitability

Management Reporting

• Ownership of reporting suites for Santen Asia. Managing and consolidating reports in monthly /quarterly /yearly cycles. Responsible for commentary to assist commercial teams to get insight of the reporting cycles
• Implement and drive monthly financial review process at country level and champion its standardization
• Perform monthly forecast, annual budgeting, analyze data, variance analysis, consolidate commentaries for actuals and forecasts, support monthly reviews and provide valuable input for decision making
• Work across departments and countries to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget
• Propose and drive cost saving initiatives to business/functions at business unit level

Project Management

• Support Head of Finance, Asia and partner with business and functional teams in projects and strategic initiatives such as new business models, system implementation
• Lead and drive ad-hoc projects, as and when assigned

Finance System Control

• Develop front-end planning and reporting platform which is sanctioned by Global Finance
• Harmonize expense line items, ensure standardization of expense reporting code between ERP, Reporting Module alignment across Asia Region + Countries + Global Finance team
• Maintain and own process of Santen Asia reporting system. Act as the key user and point of contact between corporate HQ and regions to coordinate and implement upgrades and escalations point for systems issues
• Assist in the implementation of Global FP&A projects, contribute to setting of new Global, Region and Country KPI(s)
• Identify and implement KPI(s), performance management tools to measure and track business performance in the Region

Main Responsibilities

• BENEFIT management and subsidiaries (6 markets) key contact for SEA local markets business activities :
  • Guide and support the regional and local teams in business analysis and decision-making (local report, specific HQ report…).
  • Share actual and budget activities with BENEFIT HQ, APAC/SEA/L Beauty/Asia region, and local teams
  • Refine appropriate analysis to be set up for SEA, in coordination with business needs, existing JV frame, and HQ requirements.
     
• Actuals
  • Work closely with local (GMs and finance), regional, JV, and HQ teams and develop excellent knowledge of BENEFIT SEA markets operating environment.
  • Analyze the overall delivery of company financial targets regularly and make recommendations to the business as necessary, including P&Ls and Cash flow drivers (Stocks, Capex…)
  • Evaluate the profitability of the brand by market and for the total region
  • Analyze the business risk and prepare backup plan for business target achievement
  • Prepare monthly analysis of the main Key Performance Indicators (on Net Sales, Retail Sales, Exp./OP, DOI, Stock in Trade, Capex…), monthly Scorecard, and profitability by market/channel/door/… following brand management needs
  • Maintain cost control responsibility; provide relevant reports and rationale, with recommended action plans to the business for tight budget control
     
• Forecasts (Budget, Revision, Landing, …)
  • Prepare and drive budget & revisions by parent company requirements & timetable, working with Benefit HQ, Sales & Marketing, and Finance teams across the region to gather information in a timely & accurate way.
  • Maintain cost control responsibility; provide relevant reports and rationale, with recommended action plans to the business for tight budget control.
  • Prepare and drive three years long-term strategy plan.
     
• Ad hoc Analyses & Projects
  • Prepare/review the investment requests.
  • Participate in new business opportunities preparation, simulations, and operations
  • Continually seek to improve processing efficiency and controlling capabilities of the company.
  • Provide analytical support to cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects or analysis for the Region.
  • Be involved and assist in the auditing process (internal mainly) & continuously reinforce internal control requirements
  • Be a key contact person with Countries/L Beauty/Luxasia and the LFCS audit team to drive the retail audits process
  • Support with financial reports and analysis for JV/regional/global meetings

Asia Regional FP&A

• Measure and track business performance in the Asia region on a monthly basis
• Provide monthly regional management P&L reports to the Asia management team 
• Manage key processes of a) annual Budget planning with guidance, key milestones, and target setting, and b) quarterly Forecast updates in collaboration with the Corporate Planning across the Asia region
• Support Head of Finance-Asia to drive initiatives and projects, by partnering with business and functional teams, such as new business models, M&A, and system implementations
• Business partnering and decision-making support for driving expected performances and achieving strategic objectives and financial goals
• Take leadership to optimize cross-functional processes and collaborate to maximize impact on businesses, customers, and teams
• Drive transformation and simplification of business processes with development of mindset to success
• Drive strong collaboration with country finance teams – provide coaching on FP&A related deliverables, business cases analysis, scenario planning and simulations
• Partner with CFU/HF/CF to ensure financial KPIs and reporting requirements
• Perform a standard costing process for Asia RDC operations – manage control principles and procedures in collaboration with SCM team
• Manage Finance master data in existing ERP and for the future SAP project.
• Establish strong functioning FP&A team for Asia Region - lead, coach and develop FP&A analysts

Country FP&A for Singapore/Alliance Cluster

• Perform quarterly forecast, annual budgeting, and monthly performance reviews with reconciliation analysis between actuals and forecasts
• Provide valuable input for decision-making support such as new product launch
• Work with functions to prepare budget / forecasts and consolidate them into country P&L
• Collaborate with Market Access function on pricing strategy and price setting, provide financial analysis to safeguard gross margin and ensure sustainable profitability

• Actuals
  • Work closely with regional, local, and HQ teams and develop excellent knowledge of the operating environments of Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Philippine markets.
  • Analyze the overall delivery of company financial targets regularly and report back to the business with recommendations as necessary.
  • Evaluate the profitability of the brand.
  • Analyze the profitability of customers and subsidiaries in accordance with brand management needs.
  • Be involved and assist in the auditing process – both internal and external when required.
  • Analyze the business risk and prepare of backup plan for business target achievement.
  • Check and analyze monthly P&Ls and prepare the monthly consolidated package.
  • Handle local reports requested by the regional and HQ teams.
     
• Forecasts (Budget, Revision, Landing, …)
  • Prepare budget and revisions in accordance with parent company requirements and timetable, working with the local management and controlling teams to gather information in a timely and accurate way.
  • Maintain cost control responsibility; provide relevant reports and rationale, with recommended action plans to the business for tight budget control.
  • Support the brand in preparing the three years plan.
     
• Ad hoc Analyses & Business KPI Reporting
  • Prepare/review the investment requests.
  • Provide analytical support to cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects.
  • Drive and prepare a business analysis to support the various business functions, such as marketing and sales, regarding ROI relations.
  • Provide analytical support to cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects.
     
• Projects
  • Participate in the implementation of finance / IT projects for the controlling functions.
  • Continually seek to improve the processing efficiency and control capabilities of the company.
  • Reinforce internal control requirements and implement procedures as necessary.
  • Participate in preparing new market openings in terms of simulations and operations.
  • Be the main contact person with the country, LBeauty/Luxasia, and the LFCS audits to drive and manage the retail audit process and drive countries to adhere to the audit standards.

LDC in South & Southeast Asia (SSEA)  

LDC first established a presence in Asia more than 100 years ago with an office opening in Melbourne, Australia in 1913, trading grains to the international market. Our regional headquarters opened in Singapore in 1993, which now serves as the hub for our origination and merchandizing activities in the South & Southeast Asia Region, which spans across 7 platforms - Grains & Oilseeds, Rice, Freight, Global Markets, Coffee, Cotton, and Sugar across 7 countries of Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Malaysia.

As a Regional FP&A Analyst, your primary responsibility will be to support the SSEA Regional FP&A team in Regional Planning (Budgeting and Forecasting), and Management Reporting and analysis activity across SSEA.  You will play a key role in annual Budgeting (BUD) and monthly Landing processes with responsibility for Singapore and Malaysia OPEX budgets. You will also assist the Regional FP&A Manager in the BUD process across the Region with country Finance and HR teams. You will also have the responsibility in the production of the monthly management reporting.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support Regional FP&A team in co-ordination of Monthly Management Reporting for SSEA Region including production and analysis of cost presentation.
• Production and Co-ordination of Regional Finance and RRM presentations.
• Analyze numbers to ensure accuracy and quality of numbers.
• Support the Budgeting process for Singapore and Malaysia including co-ordination for Singapore/Regional Support Functions
• Support and assist in BUD Presentations and Ad-hoc BUD Analysis
• Support Regional FP&A team for Ad-Hoc tasks and Profitability Analysis as required by Regional Management/Global Finance 

Experience:

• 1-3 years’ experience in Business Analysis/Product Control/Audit
• Working knowledge of Financial/Commodity Markets is preferred
• Understanding of Accounting principles is required

Other skills (Computer Skills, etc):

• Strong analytical skills and good attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and to prioritize.
• Ability to work independently in a high-pressure atmosphere. 
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel.

Languages:

• English (Fluent)

Academics:

•  Degree in Business/ Accounting / Economics / Commerce or related field

• Permanent role with variable bonus
• Hybrid
• Experience in financial analysis/ data analyst who analyze business or finance performance

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to identify trends, patterns, and potential areas for enhancing vessel financial performance.
• Develop insightful analysis and assist internal stakeholders to provide recommendations with the objective of financial improvement.
• Track and submit monthly KPI Report to management.
• Manage business unit’s / sub-business units’ implementation of improvement actions.
• Conduct benchmarking exercises.
• Analyse data and provide insights for P&L forecasting and budgeting.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in either business administration, accounting, data science, statistics, mathematics, or similar subject from a recognized university.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience.
• The expertise to deep-dive and gain insights from data is a must.
• Excellent charting and graphical representation skills to enable effective communication of insights to management.
• Driven and a self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Proficiency in data analysis, Microsoft Excel and MS PowerPoint. SAP is a plus.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with colleagues across departments and various internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in the English language, both verbal and written.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Triton AI Pte Ltd

Registration Number: R23118389

EA: 21C0661

• Permanent position
• Variable bonus
• Hybrid
• Open communication culture

• Permanent role with variable bonus
• Hybrid
• Experience in financial analysis/ data analyst who analyze business or finance performance

Role and Responsibilities:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to identify trends, patterns, and potential areas for enhancing vessel financial performance.
• Develop insightful analysis and assist internal stakeholders to provide recommendations with the objective of financial improvement.
• Track and submit monthly KPI Report to management.
• Manage business unit’s / sub-business units’ implementation of improvement actions.
• Conduct benchmarking exercises.
• Analyse data and provide insights for P&L forecasting and budgeting.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in either business administration, accounting, data science, statistics, mathematics, or similar subject from a recognized university.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience.
• The expertise to deep-dive and gain insights from data is a must.
• Excellent charting and graphical representation skills to enable effective communication of insights to management.
• Driven and a self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Proficiency in data analysis, Microsoft Excel and MS PowerPoint. SAP is a plus.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with colleagues across departments and various internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in the English language, both verbal and written.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Triton AI Pte Ltd

Registration Number: R23118389

EA: 21C0661

• Permanent position
• Variable bonus
• Hybrid
• Open communication culture