About the role
AI summarisedThis Senior Analyst role at ASM in Singapore focuses on linking financial performance with manufacturing operations through data-driven insights. The position involves managing complex budgets and forecasts, performing deep-dive cost analytics, and acting as a strategic finance partner to operational stakeholders in a semiconductor equipment manufacturing environment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the annual budget, quarterly outlook, and monthly forecasts for Global Manufacturing Operations in Singapore, including variance and trend analysis.
- Prepare accurate and timely financial management reports through hands‑on data validation, reconciliation, and maintenance of complete financial records.
- Act as a trusted finance business partner to manufacturing and functional stakeholders, connecting financial outcomes with operational performance.
- Support cost‑saving initiatives and continuous improvement programs by delivering deep‑dive analytics on key cost drivers, productivity, and performance.
- Analyze business spend, capital expenditure plans, and related variances by function or business unit, including actual versus standard cost analysis by product line.
- Leverage SAP, Anaplan, Power BI, and automation tools to enhance management reporting, financial modeling, simulation, and forecast accuracy.
- Monitor and prepare grant audits in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external auditors.
- Take on additional projects to gain exposure to broader business operations, mergers and acquisitions, and system or process implementations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in finance and accounting, with a strong track record in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and business analysis.
- Solid foundation in accounting principles, financial controls, and data reconciliation.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to translate large data sets into clear insights.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and SAP ECC or S/4HANA.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively across a cross‑functional, matrix organization.
- Detail‑oriented, organized, and able to perform accurately in a fast‑paced, complex manufacturing environment.
- Experience in a high‑mix equipment manufacturing or semiconductor environment.
- Strong financial modeling, simulation, and scenario‑planning capabilities.
- Hands‑on experience with Power BI, Anaplan, or other business intelligence and forecasting tools.
- Exposure to system implementations, forecasting tools, or finance process improvements.
- A growth mindset with the flexibility to adapt to change, manage ambiguity, and take on new challenges.