BCG DV Finance Lead ( Singapore )

Location: Singapore
Discipline: Finance
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: career@bcg-rise.com
Job ref: 299954
Published: over 2 years ago
Startdate: 20 August 2021 - 20 August 2021
We’re BCG Digital Ventures. Welcome.

We are an ever-growing global team of the world’s most remarkable entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, venture architects, product experts and investors. Our ventures create a strategic advantage for the most important global companies.

This is BCG Digital Ventures. Adventure awaits you…

Introducing our Venture Operations Team.
Are you up for the adventure of a lifetime? Our Venture Operations Team is how we redefine what’s possible. It’s where organizational insight aligns with operational excellence to keep our business thriving and producing imaginative ventures that have to be seen to be believed. From human resources and information technology to marketing and operations management, the Venture Operations Team is the internal force that drives us forward, enabling us to expand the
limits of human expectation with our compelling products, services and ventures.

Together, these one-of-a-kind problem-solvers direct our inner corporate structures with
incomparable precision, profound analytic foresight and a deep commitment to world-class
business services.

Reporting to the APAC Regional Finance Director, as a Finance Lead, responsibilities include:

Overall:
  • Execute all aspects of commercial reporting, venture finance management, and FP&A, including revenue management and accounting, pricing, investment management, annual
    planning and budget management
  • Support local Leadership Team and DV Global Finance with meaningful performance insights, including completing regular and ad hoc requests as well as special projects that drive
    financial and operating performance
  • Continuously seek to improve financial and administrative processes and operational effectiveness, including documented procedures
  •  Ensure local practices comply with BCG Digital Ventures policies and highlight areas of risk
  • Develop, maintain and own models, collaborative tools, Tableau dashboards, BI tools, and presentation decks.
  •  Develop, maintain and own collaborative tools, tableau dashboards, BI tools, presentation decks and processes
  •  Proactive collaboration with SEA finance team across commercial and accounting activities, including Shared Services
Commercial Finance Management
  • Develop excel based analytics to support strategic decisions and present recommendations to senior leadership spanning pricing, revenues, profitability, staffing capacity, billability (productivity), headcount, sales pipeline, demand and other strategic levers
  •  Support APAC Finance Director with preparation for Commercial Operating Committee, Pipeline and Partner meetings with commercial, backlog, pipeline and sales development reporting and insights
  • Monitor revenue booked, pipeline to enable accurate revenue forecast and scenario planning
  •  Be thought partner to commercial teams to maximize price and deliver higher return of investment decisions
  •  Review venture execution, identifying variance of actual to budget and understanding impact on look forward performance raising awareness on potential adjustments as necessary
  •  Work with Commercial Teams to build investment constructs that deliver higher, tracking investment activity and assess impact to P&L and return of those
  •  Proactively manage our DSO, teaming with venture team on setting favorable terms and continuous enhancements of our billing and collection practices
  •  Support revenue credit process
Planning
  • Own planning process working with APAC Finance Director, Global Finance, Managing Partner and Regional POD define strategic plan and annual budget/estimates
  • Update and maintain Target Operating Model
  •  Regularly update performance against plan and provide recommendations to improve top and bottom lines
  • Proactively review operating expenses for accuracy and coordinate with BCG shared service accounting department on booking journal entries as needed
  • Work with BCG regional accounting/finance teams to investigate actuals variances to plan and make corrections as needed
Reporting
  •  Produce monthly and annual presentation packages and communication materials to deliver insights on business performance
  • Provide recurring updates to APAC Finance Director (direct manager) and other senior
    stakeholders such as Global Finance, SEA Managing Partners, SEA BCG Finance Leadership and SEA Operations Director.
  •  Assist in preparation of monthly control statements and coordinate with BCG SEA Finance to facilitate their provision of payroll, statutory reporting and tax reporting support to DV.
Job Requirements: 
  • 7+ years experience in commercial support, account management, analytics & reporting, and
    planning/forecasting. Experience with management accounting in professional services background preferred, especially with digital experience.
  •  Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  •  Superior attention to detail and accuracy
  •  Confidence to work independently
  •  Strong customer service orientation
  •  Exceptional out of the box thinking and creative problem solving skills
  •  Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build excellent working relationships with senior stakeholders and with geographically dispersed teams
  •  Proficiency in Excel a must and working knowledge of MS Office
  •  Strong organizational and process management skills combined with an ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast paced and demanding environment
  •  Oracle, Hyperion, SAP, and Tableau experience preferred

Ready to take the lead? Visit us at BCGDV.com.

Please note that this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.

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