Senior Finance Manager, Product & Innovation

About us 

At Dyson, we believe in the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement, raising the bar and achieving new heights.   We’ve spent the last 27 years pioneering inventions and continually improving. We’re growing fast. And our ambition is huge. But it’s not simply about more people and more profit. Dyson is all about pioneering ideas and new technologies. It’s about inventing the future. Our philosophy remains the same as it was 27 years ago when James Dyson invented the first cyclonic vacuum cleaner. We remain family-owned. We don’t bow to outside shareholders or report to the stock exchange. Instead, we plot our path, unshackled from conventional thinking. At Dyson, we constantly strive to find more pioneering ways to solve everyday problems. 

About the role 

In this role based in Singapore, you will report to the Head of Finance who has cost oversight of existing product portfolio.   You will be joining at a pivotal time in Dyson as you will be part of the team, leading and delivering to one of the Company’s Top 2025 Objective.    

Your role will be leading with financial analysis and insight that supports the delivery of the Lifecycle Cost strategic objectives and saving targets; we play a key part in Dyson overall success. 

The role assumes active engagement in senior management decision-making processes including attendance at senior management meetings and insights-based advisory during key decision-making moments; in this capacity, you will work closely with the Innovation and Design Engineering leadership and organization in partnership key corporate functions such as Commercials, Procurement and Operations by proving them with data-based insights, summarising financial models and presenting potential scenarios. 

The focus is to drive savings initiatives and providing insights that inform decision-making around costs and supply to ensure we optimize the use of our financial resources and continue to improve profitability. 

Core accountabilities: 

• Responsible for the accuracy and timely Product Cost Savings Report monthly.  

• Lead month-end P&L meetings and have discussions on the saving reconciliation with Group Finance and FP&A teams.  

• Take accountability for the timely and accurate preparation of PCV reconciliation.  

• Analyse the financial results and highlighting the risks, opportunities, and areas of focus to RDD/Design Leaders across Category.  

• Partnering with Head of Finance in other finance group, to discuss cost savings realised and optimise financial outcomes.   

• Support DDU Cost Reduction Programme and act as a single point of contact of Finance for cross-team.  

• Lead the review and management of our cost targets across categories. 

• Providing financial insights and recommendations to senior management to support decision making. 

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About you 

• Able to demonstrate previous experience of using extensive financial information to support executive level decision making, developing, and using advanced/complex financial models, and making business recommendations from the analysis of corporate financial statements.  

• At least 10 years of working experience of finance  (e.g., Controlling, FP&A, Market Commercial, Operations)  

• A globally recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA), with significant post qualification experience. 

• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.  

• A bias for action, with high levels of resilience and drive, able to see the strategic big picture but also to roll sleeves up and get into the detail and delivery of financial projects. 

• Energetic, engaging and pacey, with high EQ and the ability to motivate and inspire in a matrixed environment. 

• Excellent communication, presentation, influencing, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, across all seniorities within the business. 

• Culturally aware, an international mindset, collaborative, comfortable operating in a complex matrix organisation.  

• Excellent organisational, planning, budget, and project management skills, able to manage conflicting priorities.  

• A problem solver, creative, analytical, able to work under pressure and deliver results, energetic, engaging, positive, inquisitive, resilient, naturally curious in Dyson’s overall business support. 

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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.