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Job Description

Faststream Recruitment has partnered with a well-established shipping company who is looking for a Head of Finance Business Partner. 

Responsibilities:
  • Partner with Executive Leadership – Act as the trusted finance advisor to the Executive Leadership Team, providing financial insights to support strategic and operational decisions.
  • Drive Business Performance – Lead financial performance reviews, explain key trends and variances, and recommend actions to achieve business and financial targets.
  • Lead FP&A Activities – Own the budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting, and long-range planning processes aligned with business strategy.
  • Develop Financial Models – Build scenario analyses, forecasts, and sensitivity models to support planning, investment, and resource allocation decisions.
  • Enhance Management Reporting – Design and improve KPI dashboards and reporting frameworks to provide actionable business insights.
  • Support Strategic Decision-Making – Evaluate business cases, pricing strategies, investments, and growth initiatives through robust financial analysis.
  • Strengthen Governance & Controls – Collaborate with Financial Controllers to ensure planning accuracy, data integrity, reporting consistency, and compliance with governance standards.
  • Lead Finance Business Partnering Team – Develop and mentor the finance business partnering team to strengthen commercial acumen, analytical capabilities, and business influence.
  • Drive Continuous Improvement – Improve finance planning processes, reporting cadence, analytical capabilities, and overall decision-support effectiveness.
  • Support Crisis Management & Risk Planning – Contribute to crisis preparedness, participate in crisis management activities, and identify financial risks and opportunities to safeguard business performance.
Key Requirements:
  • Minimum 15 years of relevant experience with strong expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
  • Demonstrated ability to work closely with executive leadership teams
  • Proven track record of providing financial insights to support strategic business decision-making
Kindly note that this position is only open to candidates who are currently based in Singapore. 

Jeralyn Chong (EA Reg no: R21100780)
Faststream Recruitment Pte Ltd, EA Licence no: 09C3403