FP&A Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis Insurance | Singapore | Permanent

We are partnering with an established insurer to hire an Assistant Manager into its Planning & Analysis team.
This is a broad FP&A opportunity within a lean finance team, providing direct exposure to senior stakeholders and a combination of financial analysis, IFRS 17 performance monitoring, management reporting and project cost management.

Key Responsibilities

Support KPI monitoring and analysis of business and financial performance, including IFRS 17-related results and key performance drivers.
Analyse financial results and investigate underlying movements, trends and variances to provide meaningful insights to management.
Support budgeting, forecasting and planning activities across the business.
Monitor project expenditure, budgets and financial performance across ongoing business and transformation initiatives.
Support the development and enhancement of project cost and cost-benefit monitoring frameworks.
Prepare management reporting and group/regional reporting, including analysis and commentary for senior stakeholders.
Partner with stakeholders across Finance, Actuarial, IT and other business functions to gather information, challenge assumptions and support decision-making.
Support the development of dashboards and reporting tools to improve visibility of KPIs, project costs and business performance.
Identify opportunities to improve existing reporting, analysis and finance processes.


Requirements

Approximately 4 to 7 years of relevant experience within insurance finance, FP&A, financial reporting or Big 4 insurance audit.
Strong knowledge of the insurance industry, with life insurance experience advantageous.
Exposure to IFRS 17 / FRS 117 and an understanding of insurance financial results and performance drivers.
Experience in financial analysis, KPI monitoring, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting or variance analysis.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and explain the drivers behind financial performance.
Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work across multiple functions.
Experience with Power BI, dashboarding, reporting automation or other data analytics tools would be advantageous.
Big 4 insurance auditors at Senior Associate / Assistant Manager level who are looking to transition into an in-house FP&A role are encouraged to apply.