Overview

Associate Finance Director (Business Financial Planning and Analysis)

Date: 29 Jan 2025

Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Company:
Singtel Group

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission-critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

 

As an Associate Finance Director (Business Financial Planning and Analysis), you will be partnering with the Chief Executive and COO to support the financial functions of Strategic Business Group (SBG)/ Line of Business (LOB). Providing advisory and consultative support to SBG/ LOBs on finance related areas. You will also contribute towards strategic business planning and profitability enhancement.

 

What will you do?

 

Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis

  • Partner with Chief Executive and COO Gov+ to provide financial planning and budgeting support across all 12 account tribes, as well as global business units (e.g., Hong Kong).
  • Provide financial analysis of business actuals and forecasts, actively manage the achievement of financial targets, and offer actionable insights to the business.

 

Financial Oversight and Risk Management

  • Review key financial metrics at the Gov+ level, identifying risks and opportunities across the Strategic Business Group (SBG) to ensure early alerts of potential risks or upsides.
  • Build, implement, and track cost-saving initiatives for Gov+.

 

Business Case Development and Scenario Planning

  • Develop detailed financial models, scenario planning, and business cases for projects or new initiatives to support decision-making.

 

Leadership and Team Management

  • Lead a team of Client Finance Managers and Line of Business (LOB) Finance Managers, providing guidance on account tribe reviews, account planning, and other finance-related matters.

 

Process Improvement and Operational Efficiency

  • Review, streamline, standardize, and recommend new or improved processes or systems to enhance operational efficiency, effectiveness, compliance, and controls.

 

  • Perform any other tasks as assigned.

 

The ideal candidate should possess:

  • 12-15 years of relevant working experience in financial analysis and management reporting
  • Experience as a commercial analyst has an added advantage
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Good basic understanding of accounting standards
  • Good working knowledge of SAP and data visualisation (Tableau) software will be an added advantage
  • Understand the new accounting standards on revenue recognition, and capitalisation.
  • Domain knowledge of ICT industry
  • Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
  • Strong leadership and highly motivated to overcome challenges, and able to act as change agent for the company
  • Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
  • Degree in Accounting and/or professional certifications (ACCA / CA)

 

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

 

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

 

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.


About Singtel

Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.

We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.

Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.

The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.