Assistant Director, Financial Planning and Analysis - Singapore - THOMSON MEDICAL PTE. LTD.

Description

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will lead the business planning and budgeting process as well as manage the Company's financial analysis and projections. In addition, you will also work closely with the Operations Finance Team in financial and management reporting as well as transformation projects for finance and business related processes.

Oversee Procurement department to ensure the efficient operation and delivery of the hospital, specialists and projects services of the Company.

Provide support to the management team in both operational and strategic areas, drive business process improvement and spearhead the use of business analytics to enhance the strategy and decision making capabilities of the Company. This shall also include the pricing and costing processes of the Company.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial and Management Reporting

• Examine, analyze and present monthly financial results to the management team
• Review financial performance against historical results, budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analysis
• Prepare presentation slides of monthly financial results, including analyzing any fluctuation as well as identifying key business and profitability drivers, for reporting to the management team
• Accountable for providing financial monitoring for new businesses and projects spend, including tracking performance against business projection targets
• Examine and evaluate the cost-efficiency of departments/clinics in the Company
• Work closely with finance team to ensure the integrity of the financial data generated to stakeholders
• Ensure timeliness and accuracy of the weekly and monthly operational statistics are captured, including tracking of the daily statistics versus budget set
• Lead, motivate and develop the capabilities of the finance team with a view for their professional growth and contribution to the Company

Financial Planning and Forecasting

• Lead the Company's annual budget process by working with individual departments to prepare budgets, review and present to Senior Management for approval.
• Perform periodic forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Provide strategic financial planning support to management/HODs with data-driven analysis to make informed decisions
• Lead / participate in business projections including evaluation of new acquisitions/ businesses / clinics.
• Manage the group capital expenditure during the annual budgeting process and monitor the actual spending compared to the budget.
• Enhance data integrity and reporting controls to enable agile scenario reporting and analysis.
• Business Process Transformation
• Drive business processes improvement, assess operating effectiveness of internal controls and make recommendations to improve business processes & financial data integrity with the aim to continually improve internal processes.
• Implement business intelligence tool/data analytics tools and dashboard reports to drive efficiency and analysis over revenue and cost processes

Pricing and Costing

• Set up and maintain the pricing and costing SOPs and processes of the Company
• Hold periodic review with the management and business teams monitor pricing and costing trends of competitors and suppliers and propose follow up actions
• Incorporate the pricing and costing market trends into the business planning cycle of the Company in order to achieve the business performance targets

Procurement Department

• Oversee the Procurement function (including sourcing and purchasing, warehousing logistics, inventory control management, etc) with the support of a Assistant Director, Central Supplies Department.

Undertake any other duties requested by the Financial Controller and management

REQUIREMENTS:

• A recognized degree in accounting, finance or related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant working experience with supervisory experience
• An analytical mind with a strategic ability and solid knowledge of financial analysis and forecasting
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities