Lead FP&A Analyst

About the role

Thoughtworks, a technology consultancy, is looking for a Lead FP&A Analyst within its finance group. The role partners with consulting and operations teams to support sound financial decisions, working closely with the Industry Market Leaders and Sales team across commercial operations. It covers financial awareness, executive reporting, project portfolio oversight and regional planning.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the main finance business partner for the business unit, working day-to-day with the Industry Market Leaders and Sales team.
• Drive financial awareness among stakeholders and translate financial information clearly for financial and non-financial audiences.
• Support the preparation of executive-ready reporting packages and KPI dashboards for senior stakeholders.
• Lead the commercial review and prepare client proposals and RFPs.
• Own end-to-end financial oversight of a portfolio of projects, including business cases, project modelling and analysis, run rates and KPIs.
• Interpret large volumes of complex customer and pricing data to inform business decisions.
• Support regional planning cycles where required, including budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning inputs across APAC.
• Mentor and coach junior analysts and carry out ad hoc reporting and analysis as requested.

Required profile

• Professional accounting or finance qualification such as CA Singapore, CPA, ACCA, CIMA or CFA, or equivalent.
• Significant commercial finance or FP&A experience (typically 6+ years), ideally in software, technology or SaaS.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to influence and negotiate with senior and non-financial stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and ability to make timely decisions in ambiguous or fast-moving situations.

Required skills

• Financial modelling and reporting frameworks.
• ERP systems and tools such as Salesforce, SAP, NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Google Connected Sheets, BigQuery and Colab are a plus.
• Working awareness of compliance, audit and statutory reporting requirements.
• Ability to use AI tools effectively to automate tasks.