AVP, Group Financial Planning

Job Description

About Sembcorp

Sembcorp is a leading energy and urban solutions provider headquartered in Singapore. Led by its purpose to drive energy transition, Sembcorp delivers sustainable energy solutions and urban developments by leveraging its sector expertise and global track record.

12 - 15 Years

Permanent

Purpose and Scope

The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Group Financial Planning & Analysis plays a key role in driving the Group's financial planning, forecasting, performance management and strategic decision support.

The role partners closely with finance teams across the Lines of Business and Corporate Functions, as well as senior management, to translate business priorities into robust financial plans, forecasts, performance insights and management actions. As a senior finance business partner, the successful candidate will provide independent and constructive challenge to business assumptions, identify and assess key performance drivers, risks and opportunities, and provide financial insights to support strategic, investment and capital allocation decisions.

The AVP will lead the Group's management planning, forecasting, budgeting, performance reporting and performance measurement processes. The role is expected to continuously strengthen the quality of management insights and drive improvements in FP&A processes, systems, analytics and automation, enabling senior management to make timely and well-informed decisions.

This position reports to Head, Group FP&A

Key Role and Responsibilities

1. Group Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Drive end to end process of monthly and quarterly forecast, as well as budget preparation and analysis at Group level, ensuring accuracy and timeliness for reporting to Senior management.
• Review assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and challenge businessforecasts where appropriate.
• Identify emerging risks, opportunities and potential performance gaps, and work with businesses to assess mitigating actions.
• Facilitate management performance reviews and drive appropriate follow-up actions with relevant stakeholders.
• Support Board and Board Committee reporting requirements as required.
• Ensure consistency and integrity of information presented across stakeholder groups.

2. Business Partnering

• Partner senior stakeholders across Lines of Business and corporate functions.
• Provide financial perspectives to support commercial, operational and strategic decisions.
• Facilitate performance reviews and challenge assumptions through data-driven analysis.
• Promote financial discipline and accountability across the organisation.
• Support value creation and adhoc initiatives.

3. Systems, Analytics & Process Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement in planning, reporting and forecasting processes.
• Leverage advanced analytics and AI-enabled insights to improve forecasting accuracy and decision support.
• Champion automation and standardisation initiatives within the FP&A function.
• Lead, coach and develop FP&A team members.
• Build technical capability in analytics and business partnering.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative and continuous improvement culture.
• Support succession planning and talent development.

Qualification & Experience

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related discipline.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, CA, CPA or ACCA preferred.
• At least 12 years of progressive finance experience with significant exposure to FP&A.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to identify key business drivers, assess risks and opportunities, and translate them into actionable financial insights
• Experience in large, diversified or listed organisations would be advantageous.
• Proven ability to engage senior management and present financial insights to executive stakeholders.
• Proven team leadership and people development experience.
• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to anticipate issues, prioritise effectively and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-driven and proactive, with ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage financial planning systems, data analytics, automation and AI-enabled tools to enhance forecasting, management insights and FP&A efficiency.

Skills, Competences and Preferred Characteristics

Technical

• Financial planning and forecasting
• Financial modelling and valuation
• Management reporting
• Performance analytics
• Capital allocation analysis
• Budget managem