Assistant Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

About the role

GovTech, the lead agency behind Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives, is looking for an Assistant Manager to join its Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The FP&A team gives a whole-of-GovTech view of financial performance and works with Finance Business Partners and business divisions on planning, forecasting and management reporting. You will support the Budgeting and Reporting & Forecasting pillars, delivering reliable budgeting, quarterly forecasting and management reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Support GovTech-wide budgeting and financial planning, consolidating and reviewing inputs and assumptions from business units and flagging issues or material movements.
• Support quarterly forecasting and management reporting, analysing actuals versus forecast, preparing variance analysis and identifying financial and business drivers.
• Prepare forward-looking analysis and scenarios on revenue, manpower, operating and capital expenditure.
• Work with Finance Business Partners and FP&A colleagues to validate assumptions and improve the quality of financial inputs.
• Identify financial risks, opportunities and data-quality issues and support follow-up actions under the guidance of the relevant FP&A pillar leads.
• Support annual budget and government funding exercises, including grant projections, consolidation, templates and submissions to stakeholders such as MDDI and MOF.
• Develop and maintain financial models, forecast templates, analytical tools and reporting materials.
• Support recurring FP&A activities and financial governance, including budget adjustments, reconciliations and financial postings, while keeping enough BAU exposure.
• Build an understanding of assigned business areas and portfolios, linking budgets, actuals and forecasts.
• Improve budgeting and reporting workflows and work with the Data & Automation team to improve data, analytics, automation and the use of AI.
• Take ownership of selected FP&A initiatives, management requests, audit queries and cross-functional Finance workstreams.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline, or a relevant professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in financial planning & analysis, management reporting, budgeting or business finance; experience in a finance, planning or reporting role with budgeting and forecasting exposure is preferred.
• Good financial and business acumen, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and good communication and writing skills.
• Able to work independently, manage multiple priorities and deliver accurately and on time.

Required skills

• Strong Excel and financial-modelling skills.
• Advantageous: enterprise finance or planning systems such as Workday Finance or Adaptive Planning.
• Advantageous: Power Query, BI/data visualisation tools, automation or AI-enabled analytical tools.

What we offer

• Total rewards package including leave benefits and employee wellness programs.
• Flexible work arrangements (subject to the job role).