Deputy Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Cost Management OPEX Controllership

• Drive the organization-wide cost management agenda with strong financial discipline and governance.
• Provide end-to-end controllership over company-level OPEX.
• Lead departmental expense reviews, including reconciliation between top-down budgets and bottom-up forecasts, in close collaboration with functional heads to ensure timely closure.
• Track and monitor monthly OPEX performance against plan, highlighting variances and corrective actions.
• Provide rolling forecast visibility to enable timely and informed business decisions.
• Lead and support company-wide cost initiatives across HR, Facilities, Agency, and other functions.
• Drive quality-led cost initiatives supported by robust weekly governance mechanisms.

Financial Decision-Making CBA Governance

• Design and maintain a structured framework for cost management and resource allocation within approved risk parameters.
• Liaise with demand management teams to ensure alignment between business needs and financial priorities.
• Partner with functions to evaluate, challenge, and negotiate the efficacy of Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBAs).
• Govern the CBA approval process in line with the revised approval grid.
• Provide organization-wide visibility on accountability for delivery of committed investment benefits.
• Conduct trainings and awareness sessions to strengthen understanding and adoption of the CBA process.
• Perform quarterly sample reviews of self-approved CBAs to ensure compliance, quality, and benefit realization.

CAPEX Planning Governance

• Support business teams in prioritizing CAPEX spends and identifying appropriate funding mechanisms.
• Evaluate give-gets for CAPEX proposals and align investments to company strategy, sales plans, and cost-reduction objectives.
• Track CAPEX on a monthly basis, categorized by projects, and present dashboards tailored for key stakeholders.
• Conduct periodic reconciliations between IT PO-based CAPEX and put-to-use CAPEX.
• Lead deep-dive analyses of leasehold CAPEX to ensure prudence and strategic alignment.

Key Projects Benefit Realization

• Develop a strong understanding of investment business cases across key initiatives.
• Evaluate give-gets and trade-offs for major strategic and cost initiatives.
• Identify and track current issues, including timing-related and structural/permanent gaps.
• Track, validate, and report benefit realization against approved business cases.
• Review and validate CPT methodology to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Financial SH Reporting

• Ensure timely, accurate, and insightful financial and SH reporting in line with organizational and regulatory requirements.