Associate - Expense Management

Provide end-to-end expense management and financial analysis support by delivering insights on monthly performance, driving budgeting and planning processes, and enhancing reporting through automation, data visualisation, and AI tools. The role also supports strategic decision-making by improving analytical workflows, tracking key initiatives, and ensuring effective, cost-efficient execution of projects across the Group.

• Perform month-end closing analysis of expenses, including variance analysis, trend identification, and preparation of management insights.
• Assist in the preparation and consolidation of budget templates for the annual groupwide Business Planning exercise, including performing initial check on budget and reasonableness, engaging BUs for clarification, and ensuring appropriate justification of submissions.
• Assist data preparation processes through automation using tools such as Excel (Power Query, VBA) or other data processing solutions to improve efficiency expenses analysis.
• Apply AI-powered tools, eg. Microsoft Copilot, or similar to enhance report quality, automate routine task and support analytical insight.
• Support and track Group-wide initiatives / project KPIs, evaluating project effectiveness, managing budgets, and ensuring cost-efficient delivery of outputs.
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline reporting and analytical processes through digitalisation and automation.
• Support Team Lead for add hoc project assignments and requests as required

• Degree in Accountancy/Finance/Actuarial or equivalent professional qualifications.
• At least 1-2 years of relevant working experience.
• Able to work independently and under pressure to meet tight timelines.
• Self-motivated, result driven committed to achieving results
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, meticulous and detailed
• Strong team player with strong interpersonal and good communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office application
• Goal-orientated and resourceful;
• Details oriented while maintaining a clear overview of key priorities and objective;
• High level of integrity takes accountability of work and positive team oriented attitude.
• Proactive to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.