Shweta Sinha
Summary
Dynamic finance professional with extensive experience at Trust Bank, excelling in financial forecasting and strategic planning. Proven track record in enhancing financial performance through advanced analytics and effective communication. Adept at managing budgets and fostering team collaboration to drive organizational success. Skilled in SQL and data analysis for informed decision-making.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Technology Cost Management (Contract Job)
Trust Bank
01.2022 - Current
- Budget Development and Management-Lead and execute on the annual planning and budgeting cycle for the technology departments
- Monthly Forecast- Support the technology departments in the execution of the annual budget and provide timely and accurate financial forecast to help departments identify financial opportunities and risks in a timely manner
- Transfer Pricing - Manage transfer pricing for inter-departmental transactions
- Documentation – Maintain detailed documentations on business requirement and functional specification
- Resource Planning – Work with team leads on resource planning from different areas
- Management reporting -Deliver relevant and consistent accounting and management information (MI) together with the right analytical insights to help the management in their decision making as well as understanding the underlying costs
- Provide appropriate cost levers for Delivery leaders and CIO to effectively look through and manage their cost
- Establish the appropriate KPIs for the senior management team to effectively track the performance and healthiness of the organization
- Build MI in Digital & Self-serve format for senior stakeholders
- Integrate financial management into the day to day of this fast-changing business
- Monitor the business performance and help business to understand the trends, variances and underlying drivers for the same
- Develop industry and competitive models that drive strategic decisions
- Liaise with SCB Finance teams for consolidation & group reporting
- Ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the MI
FP&A Manager (Contract Job)
Standard Chartered Bank
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Support Head of ASIA CPBB Finance on managing financial performance of the CPBB business across the region, highlight areas of opportunity and provide an early warning of any challenges ahead
- Coordinate monthly, quarterly and yearly financial performance reporting of the business segment and markets covering entire P&L, Balance sheet and return metrics
- Coordinate monthly Flash/ early view and outlook with country finance/ business teams
- Undertake value added analysis and specific product/ segment deep-dives to help in strategic and tactical business decisioning
- Provide support for business/ financial modelling across key strategic projects
- Track key lead indicators with the help of various internal analytics/MI teams and appraise management at periodic intervals
- Support ASIA management team on execution/ tracking of strategic projects across the region
- Coordinate five-year strategic plan which is used by the Board to determine financial targets and investment areas, particularly focussed on financial returns
- Support ad-hoc business and geographic financial performance queries and deep-dives
- Review and enhance financial controls to minimise finance operational risk
- Identify and implement process improvements
Senior Finance Manager
BRUC BOND
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: Bruc Bond is a truly global financial institution
- Licensed in Singapore as a major payment institution by the MAS, and with affiliated financial institutions operating in Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States
- Monitors the daily financial operations and performance of the company and identifies areas for improvement
- Prepares reports and collaborates with top executives to devise strategies to reduce costs, increase profits, and optimize cash flow
- Manages budgets and develops financial plans to meet organizational goals
- Ensures all financial operations are in compliance with governmental rules and regulations
- Bruc Bond is a truly global financial institution
- Licensed in Singapore as a major payment institution by the MAS, and with affiliated financial institutions operating in Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States
Volunteer Senior Finance Manager
WAFA Air Food Award
Copenhagen
04.2018 - 06.2019
- Lead Financial Team to oversee overall finance functions relating to preparation of financial statements, budgeting and forecasting
- Worked with auditors for yearly financial auditing
Assistant Vice President, Regional Group Finance
DBS BANK
11.2015 - 07.2017
- Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL
- Counsel Cost Accounting, and Revenue Recognition
- Coordinate the preparation of the budget and financial forecasts and report variances
- Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements
- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting
- Research technical accounting issues for compliance
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Prepare documents for process and its improvements
- Work with auditors
Assistant Vice President, Business Planning & Performance Management
UOB PRIVATE BANKING
03.2013 - 11.2015
- Business performance and analysis
- Perform advanced analytics across different wealth products (Investments, Treasury Products focusing on acquisition, portfolio, and segmentation)
- Data modelling for fee income revenue for different products
- Manage relationships with business partners across Product, Sales
- Develop segmentations across customer base and analyse product revenue, fee revenue and profitability
- Annual Budgeting and 5 years plan
- Do revenue forecasting and analyse and recommend different scenarios to management to achieve the forecasted revenue
- Leverage customer information and the use of data mining techniques to provide business insights
MANAGER, Business Planning & Performance Management
04.2010 - 02.2013
- Develop and provide dashboard and statistics to product managers and senior management
- Prepare slides for monthly business reviews
- Optimisation of reporting process to streamline and/or automate them
- Achievements: Automated the fee income report which improved data integrity and productivity
- Worked with IT to build in PB DataMart by providing business requirements and coordinating testing
- Initiated and implemented different reports for management
Business Development Manager
AGATHOS SOLUTION SINGAPORE PTE LTD
06.2009 - 08.2009
- Business Planning & Analysis-Contract Job
- Intelligently identified business opportunities, recognised needs for helpdesk system and SAAS application, executed market analysis, architected business vision & solutions, also proposed marketing plans/strategies and budget
- Formed roadmap, multiyear prioritized investment plan, cash flow, and ROI, and gathered user requirement
Market Analyst, Purchase
CROWN SUCCESS ENTERPRISES PTE LTD
01.2007 - 11.2007
- Drafted MIS files, utilised SQL query language, detected variance in records, upheld database mapping, decided supply source from the supplier, and conducted analysis & research such as SWOT analysis in an efficient manner
Manager, Business Planning
SACHI METALS SINGAPORE PTE LTD
07.2003 - 12.2006
- Scrutinised global aluminium industry/products, examined market & business future trends, studied commodity exchange market, financial products, as well as pricing methodology, and produced projected financial statement
- Helped in building schema for the database by following best market practices
Financial Analyst
11.2002 - 08.2003
- Handled different type of financial products, collected related information and economic performance, and facilitated clients in financial planning of the liquid surplus cash and tax provisions of individuals and business
Education
Practical Decision Making Using Data Science - Executive Course
NUS Business School
03.2025
MIS - Information Studies
Nanyang Technology University
Singapore01.2009
MBA - Finance & Marketing Management
Shivaji University
India01.1997
Skills
- Advanced Excel Skills
- Application Development Using VB
- SPSS
- SQL Query
- Database Management
- SAS
- Hyperion System
- Data analysis
- Financial forecasting
- Project management
- Budget management
- Strategic planning
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Relationship building
- Team management
- Analytical thinking
- Communication
- MS office
- Multitasking Abilities
- Data management
- Microsoft office
- Time management
- Flexible and adaptable
- Team building
- Organizational skills
- Decision-making
Volunteer Experience
WAFA Air Food Award, Copenhagen, Denmark, Volunteer Senior Finance Manager, 04/18, 06/19, Lead Financial Team to oversee overall finance functions., Worked with auditors for yearly financial auditing.
Personal Information
Nationality: Singaporean
Timeline
Technology Cost Management (Contract Job)
Trust Bank
01.2022 - Current
FP&A Manager (Contract Job)
Standard Chartered Bank
06.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Finance Manager
BRUC BOND
11.2020 - 06.2021
Volunteer Senior Finance Manager
WAFA Air Food Award
04.2018 - 06.2019
Assistant Vice President, Regional Group Finance
DBS BANK
11.2015 - 07.2017
Assistant Vice President, Business Planning & Performance Management
UOB PRIVATE BANKING
03.2013 - 11.2015
MANAGER, Business Planning & Performance Management
04.2010 - 02.2013
Business Development Manager
AGATHOS SOLUTION SINGAPORE PTE LTD
06.2009 - 08.2009
Market Analyst, Purchase
CROWN SUCCESS ENTERPRISES PTE LTD
01.2007 - 11.2007
Manager, Business Planning
SACHI METALS SINGAPORE PTE LTD
07.2003 - 12.2006
Financial Analyst
11.2002 - 08.2003
Practical Decision Making Using Data Science - Executive Course
NUS Business School
MIS - Information Studies
Nanyang Technology University
MBA - Finance & Marketing Management
Shivaji University
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