Assistant Manager - Finance

Roles & Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering: Act as a trusted financial advisor to departmental leaders, translating complex financial data into actionable business insights.
• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning cycles. Provide financial insights for strategic initiatives and resource allocation.
• Performance Reporting & Analysis: Prepare performance reports, analyse key financial metrics and identify trends, opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Cost Optimization & Efficiency: Partner with stakeholders to identify and implement cost-optimization and efficiency-improvement strategies.
• Operational Finance Support: Collaborate with Finance and Accounting teams on revenue accounting, month-end close, reconciliations and compliance activities.
• Audit & Statutory Compliance: Liaise with internal and statutory auditors and ensure financial reporting and compliance requirements are met.

Skills & Experience

• 3–4 years of progressive experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Strong experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Experience in finance-related business projects and using financial data to drive business decisions.
• Strong knowledge of Financial Modelling & Forecasting.
• Advanced Excel / Power BI skills.
• Exposure to SQL or other finance-related tools is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, quantitative and conceptual problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with large datasets and derive meaningful insights.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, NetSuite, QuickBooks, etc., is preferred.

Key Requirement

The ideal candidate should be able to analyse financial data, support business decision-making, manage FP&A activities, identify cost-saving opportunities and work closely with business stakeholders.