Financial Analyst

• May 2022 - Present

Financial Analysis- Deep dive analysis to understand business performance and provide commentaries, including variance analysis, margin analysis, segmental and geographical analysis etcFinancial Reporting- Consolidating and preparing reports/decks including weekly and monthly sales, MTD & YTD P&L tracking against budget etc to Management and BoDBudgeting & Forecasting- Business partnering with portfolio companies to build/review annual budget and periodic forecastWorking Capital & Credit Control- Reviewing DSO, DIO, DPO, CCC, AR collections and pushing for long aged AR collection with commercial teamsFinancial Software set-up- Driving the set-up of a single unified platform to manage financial data across multiple portfolio companies to speed up financial consolidation and reporting

Financial Analyst, Global Operations Controlling

• Oct 2020 - Apr 2022

Business Partnering & Controllingo Serving as the primary finance business partner and controller to support business operations by partnering with local APAC operations teams to set and meet budget as well as to drive the cost optimization agendao Reviewing and analysing business units’ P&L, controlling of COGS, tracking key performance indicatorso Engaging business units to understand business changes and reasons for significant varianceso Preparation of monthly budget control statements to monitor any over/under spending by business units, and providing guidance to regional heads where necessary to understand the over/underspendsPerformance Analysis & Reportingo Providing analysis on monthly variance of wholesale operations COGS which has yearly budget of EUR600m against budget and prior year as well as month over montho Preparing monthly business commentaries and presentation materials (mainly in employee costs & FTE, fixed costs absorption impact) for group senior management to gain insights and drive the business, as well as for decision-makingo Building and continuously reviewing reports to ensure accuracy and improve efficiencyo Compiling and consolidating budgets and forecastso Intercompany profit elimination for inventory

Executive, Planning & Control, CEO Office

• Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

Budgeting & Forecasting- liaising with respective departments to understand various business requirements- planning & projection of expenses via a zero-based approach for both short- & long-term outlook- looking into areas to find savings and cut unnecessary buffers for better expense management- maintaining monthly budget utilisation template and addressing queries from departments to ensure effective tracking and managing of their budgetsManagement reporting- preparing monthly performance reports and providing monthly/quarterly/yearly expenses reports to the senior management and regional office to support management in their business analysis- monitoring and reporting of monthly KPI performance and offering insights to help drive the business and close KPI gaps- preparing of Board meeting materials as well as partnering with other departments to obtain timely and accurate information - served as a liaison with regional office on any queries/clarifications with regards to Singapore businessFinancial analysis- analysing monthly performance, deriving key trends and insights, and drilling down to underlying performance Drivers- comparing and analysing company’s performance against industry- tracking and monitoring of expenses, providing insightful commentaries of variances against budget and prior year and highlighting any potential adverse trend or unusual activityGovernance & control- responsible for updating and reviewing of the Management Principles & Policies, workflow and working instructions- Identifying control gaps in business procedures or policies & initiate appropriate process improvement- coordinating the due diligence of distribution partners - guidance on business matters to accounting team and facilitation between Business & Accounting team on day-to-day matters, ensuring correct accounting of business on accruals and expense categories

Audit Associate

• Oct 2016 - Sep 2018

Audit Assistant

• Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

Assist in external and internal audit on financial statements, including test of transactions, preparation of audit work papers, variance explanations while doing analytical review of financial statements in comparison to previous year, preparation of financial statements in accordance with financial reporting standards, stocktake observation; special audit of associations/organisations Assist in external and internal audit on financial statements, including test of transactions, preparation of audit work papers, variance explanations while doing analytical review of financial statements in comparison to previous year, preparation of financial statements in accordance with financial reporting standards, stocktake observation; special audit of associations/organisations

Temporary Finance Administrative Assistant

• Dec 2009 - Apr 2010

Processed daily application of finance schemes with data entry and verification of documentsUsed Excel to help develop a directory of finance schemes that various companies applied forProvided Support to executive staff; trained and supervised new part time staffAssisted the Finance Department in the change of new computer system Processed daily application of finance schemes with data entry and verification of documentsUsed Excel to help develop a directory of finance schemes that various companies applied forProvided Support to executive staff; trained and supervised new part time staffAssisted the Finance Department in the change of new computer system