eFinancialCareers

• Company

  GOW Recruitment

• Location

  Singapore

• Compensation

  Highly competitive

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  18 Aug 2008

• eFC Ref no

  459040

Our client is a leading European investment bank with a strong presence in Asia. Due to continued growth in the region and beyond, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a qualified finance professional to join its team as a business analyst in expense reporting.

This role will require you to;

• analyse demand for products and services and develop and implement strategies which will facilitate effective demand management

• produce analytics and reporting to help Expense Management, Divisional COOs, P&L controllers, and expense category managers to better understand expense trends, variances, impact of savings initiatives, and forecast details

• establish KPIs and transparency by expense line and identify hot-spots (exceptions, outliers to benchmarks and trends)

• identify and develop strategic and tactical expense and efficiency improvement strategies

• work with IB Front Office and Shared Services divisions (IT, CRES, Supply management, SFO, etc.) to establish governance, launch efficiency/savings programs and program/project manage initiatives to completion and savings realisation

• analyse monthly IB fixed expenses - both direct and allocated financials (actuals, forecasts, budget, recoveries and exit rate variances)

You will possess;

• proven strategic thinking with hands-on project/program management experience

• knowledge of key technology areas such as - hardware, software, networks, software development life-cycle, productivity measurement, portfolio management,  etc

• excellent communication skills

• credibility with business and shared services clients

• compelling writing and presentation skills

• solid analytic skills

• fast learner