Senior Manager - Financial planning & management (Finance)

Weare seeking an experience Finance Manager to join our team within the finance organization at Synapxe. The successful candidate will provide financialmanagement, planning and operations support for large-scale IT projects. This role requires strong collaboration, financial acumen, attention to detail andeffective stakeholder management skills. This role is a 2 years direct contract position with Synapxe

Roles and responsibilities

• Serve as finance focal point for mega projects, providing end-to-end coverage and ownership forinternal and external stakeholders
• Develop a deep understanding of the project and its operating model to provide financial andcommercial insights for key decisions and improvement plans
• Collaborate with the project delivery team, finance and pricing teams to develop cost recovery andpricing models
• Partner with MOH on grant related matters including cashflow reporting, grant utilisationreporting, funding and other adhoc requests
• Setup financial and project structures to facilitate cost reporting based on management reportingmetrics
• Implement effective tracking and monitoring mechanisms for approved projects, ensuring budgetadequacy across capabilities and focus areas
• Conduct analysis on fund utilization, forecasting and reallocation as required
• Take ownership of project finances, including P&L, cash flow and reserves reporting
• Lead the annual budgeting exercise for the program, gathering inputs and performingreasonableness assessments on the budget
• Effectively manage financial responsibilities and decision-making in a changing environment
• Produce clear and concise financial presentation decks to provide analytical insights to internaland external stakeholders or address ad-hoc issues
• Manage the project finance team supporting the mega program
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other departments
• Plan, improve and streamline finance processes
• Any other matters asassigned by the Deputy Director, Finance as well as programme Director

Requirements

Must Have

• Degree in Accountancy or ACCA qualification, with minimum 10-12 years of relevant working experience
• Experience in managing project finance matters for large projects in IT companies
• This role requires a self-starter with strong analytical skills, attention to detailand ability to manage and prioritise across several ongoing tasks
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to be able to manage bothinternal and external stakeholders
• Ability to be clear and concise in thought process and communication to enableeffective stakeholder management
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, power pivot or similar tools and comfortable workingwith large data sets
• Need to be curious and has keen interest to deep dive into financials to shed lighton the projects
• Ability to think logically and always challenging yourself to provide value addedsupport to your stakeholders
• Highly motivated and resourceful individual who is able to work effectivelyindependently
• Enjoys teamwork and actively contributes to our talented team

Good to have

• Big 4 audit firms experience
• Proficientwith use of SAP and Tableau
• Familiarwith the healthcare and/ or IT industry