MGR/AVP, Business Management - Financial Operations, Group Corporate Services

Join OCBC’s Group Corporate Services (GCS) as a key member of the Business Management – Financial Operations team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in driving financial excellence across the organisation. This is a highly visible position that offers the opportunity to partner with senior stakeholders, contribute to strategic cost initiatives, and shape how financial operations support both business-as-usual activities and high-impact projects.

How it works

You will be at the heart of financial operations, working closely with the GCS leadership team, Central Procurement Office (CPO), Corporate Real Estate (CRE), and key stakeholders across Group Finance. This role offers strong exposure across functions and the opportunity to influence financial decision-making while enhancing operational efficiency.

What you do

• Support the GCS leadership team in all aspects of financial operations and analysis including financial controlling, invoice management, allocations & recoveries, and analysis and reporting on associated financial information.

• Support the Invoice Management Operations including invoice review and validation, accrual management, handling of invoice disputes, coordination with Finance Accounts Payables, and liaising with Divisional Procurement Requesters (for centralised Catalogue Items invoices).

• Perform monthly accruals for GCS BAU and CRE Projects, including determining accruals from various GCS managed vendors and tracking of accruals against actual invoice payments.

• Participate in providing inputs to annual budgeting exercise (OP – Operational Planning) for GCS

• Perform CRE Project Accounting including calculations of OPEX and CAPEX Projections by working closely with CRE Project Managers

• Drive and support various Cost Management Initiatives across GCS

• Work on internal allocation and recoveries of GCS related costs to respective Business Units/Departments within OCBC SG / Bank of Singapore (BOS)

• Identify, investigate, and highlight major monthly invoice variances and trends, and provide actionable insights to the GCS management team.

• Ensure timely delivery of various GCS financial reports (covering BAU and CRE Project financials and Invoices)

• Review, develop and enhance MIS reports on an on-going basis to ensure fit-for-purpose and their effectiveness to the recipients.

• Work on various GCS A.D.D. (AI, Data, Digitisation) initiatives such as PowerBI dashboards, Financial Management Process improvements, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

• Strong financial management and financial operations experience in the financial services industry

• Preferably with some substantial experience within Business Management, Finance, and/or Corporate Services type functions.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel)

• Strong analytical skills with ability to highlight key variances and trends

• Experience in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Procurement, Invoicing, Accounts Payables Tools and Systems

• Resourceful in data gathering and presentation

• Familiarity with reporting tools (QlikView, Power BI, Python) is a plus

• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Positive attitude, strong attention to detail, and multitasking ability

• Good communication and stakeholder management skills