Alvin Koh

• Performed horizon scanning and financial modelling for 5 new regional market entries
• Curated forecasting template for analysis and reporting purposes to Head Quarters on timely basis
• Suggested strategic business making decisions to ensure costs are optimised by 10%
• Initiated outlet performance analysis to ensure business performance is aligned to business objectives

• Company Overview: Subsidiary of Sembcorp
• Led team of 2 Analysts to partner with Heads of Departments and Shared Service functions to drive business growth and enhance financial performance
• Led integrated business planning process, providing comprehensive reporting and commentary on actuals, alongside forecasting outlooks for waste management, sales, and margins
• Addressed risks and opportunities during routine management reviews to ensure achievement of key performance indicators (KPIs) in both financial and demand aspects
• Provided financial insights and guidance to shape strategic business decisions concerning vendor contracts, manpower distribution, route optimization, and ad-hoc spending
• Performed detailed analysis to simulate financial impacts and collaborated with shared service functions to align on next steps, ensuring maximum returns and operational process feasibility
• Managed month-end financial close by posting or reviewing accruals, sales reserves and debtor aging report so as to ensure compliance and forecast accuracy
• Led end-to-end planning processes including budgeting, forecasting and certain operational duties such as KPI Settings, long term financial projections and feasibility studies

Significant Achievements:

• Led a M&A exercise, conducting financial and commercial due diligence, delivering management presentations, leading restructuring and providing trading updates
• Introduced in-house route optimisation system that resulted in a 5% reduction of manpower and diesel costs
• Acted as Finance Lead for new service initiatives, which included waste consulting which could see potential of $5M in first year of launch
• Introduced zero-based budgeting with 30% cost optimisation and 15% increase in projected new revenue stream

• Company Overview: A local Food & Beverage / FMCG chain
• Worked closely with Management and Head of Departments to keep financials on track
• Monitored market demand and supply developments via regular exercises including weekly sales flash, monthly demand and expense forecasting for building full P&L by outlet and consolidating into country total thereafter
• Performed analysis on current and historical data on operations, trends, revenue and costs to identify the feasibility of new strategies
• Developed tools to facilitate management review and analysis, including dashboard and financial simulation tool to quantify opportunities
• A local Food & Beverage / FMCG chain

Significant Achievements

• Increased Group revenue by 15% from FY21 to FY22
• Achieved cost optimisation of 8% by introduction of Central Kitchen to centralise procurement and logistics functions

• Led a team of 3 consultants to provide financial management consulting to clients across different industries
• Portfolio includes: Nestle, Zuellig Pharma, Old Chang Kee
• Performed FP&A, internal controls, cost efficiency, job reallocation and SOP implementation
• Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans
• Reviewed internal systems and controls to identify gaps and propose areas of improvement

Significant Achievements:

• Led a cross functional team of 7 to complete a regional consulting project to align consistency in financial framework and internal controls across 9 APAC regional offices for the Client
• Attained a high client satisfaction score

• Company Overview: An Oil & Gas company
• Prepared monthly management accounts
• Established and maintained accounting controls by recommending and implementing policies and procedures
• Performed month-end balance sheet and profit and loss reconciliations
• An Oil & Gas company

• Led and participated in the planning and execution of audit engagements
• Performed financial analysis on the financial performance of companies in contrast to fluctuations and reasonableness of individual B/S and P/L operations
• Analysed data to detect deficient controls, duplicated efforts, fraud, non-compliance with laws and regulations and management policies
• Developed and strategized methodologies for testing of internal controls and assessing its control environment

Significant Achievements:

• Awarded Top 3 Associate within the department for 3 consecutive years
• Received special remuneration for Senior Year 2 for outstanding performance
• Completed an audit engagement directly with Audit Partner without a Manager