Financial Analyst

Who we're looking for

We are looking for an experienced financial analyst to join our Singapore Finance team.

The team

Our Singapore Finance department is the regional finance hub for Schroder’s Asia business. It is responsible for:

• Financial Control: Preparing annual accounts, reviewing the month end financial close, preparing tax and indirect tax returns, preparing regulatory returns, liaising with external advisors (auditor, tax consultants); managing cashflow and liquidity of the businesses;
• Finance Operations: Accounts payable, accounts receivable, performing the month end financial close, balance sheet reconciliations
• Management Reporting: Providing monthly analysis of business performance, responding to ad-hoc analysis requests and preparing the annual budget.
• Financial Business Partnering: Working with stakeholders to partner commercially to promote the right decisions for Schroders

About Schroders

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,500 people on six continents, and we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

What you'll do

• Ensure financial and management reporting deliverables are completed accurately and promptly;
• Ensure critical analysis and inputs into global and regional finance projects that have been assigned and to manage deliverables to see that are completed to expectations and on time
• Manage and support the preparation of regular, ad-hoc and thematic performance reports and to analysis trends, financial information and business performance to provide insights to drive business decisions
• Actively involve in the preparation of the Group and regional budget and ongoing forecast tracking, including data collation and analysis

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

• Degree graduate in Accountancy or Qualified Accountant
• Minimum 8 years of experience in financial control and management reporting within the financial services industry
• Minimum 5 years of experience in asset management.
• Experience working on corporate accounting system (e.g. Oracle, SAP, HFM)
• Experience working on excel and data analytics
• Possess business curiosity to identify revenue growth and cost rationalisation opportunities
• Experience with stakeholder management

What will be good to have

• External audit work experience

We're looking for the best, whoever they are

Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You're welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.

*Salary expectations of candidates will be considered when assessing suitable candidates. Due to the high volume of applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Reference: SIN02137