About the Team

Our BizFin team is a close-knit and high-performing group that brings together a diverse mix of professionals from Big 4 consulting, FMCG giants, and top-tier investment firms. Our members include Chartered Accountants (many of whom are rank holders), business specialists, and former investment bankers each contributing a unique perspective and skill set.

We thrive on solving complex, high-impact business problems across our ecosystem. Whether it's driving growth strategy or streamlining financial operations, the team plays a critical role in shaping key decisions that drive success.

We believe in cross-functional exposure, ensuring team members gain experience across different areas of the business, enabling continuous learning and a broader perspective. At our core, we value both excellence in our work and strong team bonds, creating a culture that celebrates collaboration, achievement, and the collective impact we make.

About the Role

As Associate Director - Business Finance, you'll strategise with the business team and tell us how and where to spend our money. While you ensure governance and controllership are best in class, more importantly you actively work with CXOs to drive prioritisation and choices around growth and profitability.

You will lead a team of expert finance professionals who will aid you in problem discovery, implementing complex business solutions, playing the critical challenger role in business orgs, and being a co-pilot in leadership-level decision-making. You'll also manage business development activities according to a financial plan, modify financial plans and budget amounts based on changes in business plans, and provide financial support and advice to management in closing business deals and building strategies for the short, medium, and long term.

What you will do

- Work closely with the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management decision-making

- Develop financial plans along with various business and technology teams with rigor on a bottoms-up approach

- Review plans vs. actuals on a regular basis; conduct in-depth variance analysis and communicate proactively, creating visibility and enabling planning of actionable steps

- Track and measure key financials and business metrics

- Jointly own the OKRs of the respective business unit and build an AOP to achieve the same; complete account-level month-end closing reviews, procedures, and corrections as needed

- Direct and oversee overall policies, objectives, and initiatives of revenue cycle activities to optimize operations

- Conduct periodic meetings with direct reports to ensure staff understand assigned tasks and can manage time constraints

- Perform scenario analysis and develop business plans on product enhancements or new business initiatives; present top management with analysis

- Handle ad hoc requests and problem-solve with a short turnaround time, supplementing such requests with appropriate analysis and insights to support decision-making

- Participate in and drive standardisation and automation projects for process efficiency

What you will need

- 8 to 10 years of experience; Chartered Accountant or Post-Graduate in Finance

- At least 7 years of experience in Business Finance

- Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Proactive, takes initiative, self-motivated, team player

- Strong collaboration, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills

(For candidates with non-similar industry experience, the number of years of experience may vary.)