Senior Finance Business Partner

Job Description

Location/s: Singapore
Recruiter contact: Betty Atthawimol

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to improving society through innovation and sustainable solutions. We are renowned for our expertise in delivering cutting-edge projects across various industries, from infrastructure and transportation to water and environmental services.

The Finance Business Partner will play a critical role in driving financial performance, providing commercial insight, and supporting strategic decision-making across the business. This is not just about reporting numbers, but about partnering with leaders to shape business outcomes.

You will be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating financial information into clear actions, and helping to steer the business towards growth and profitability. The role requires a strong mix of technical finance capability, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to communicate and influence with impact at all levels of a large multinational organisation.

Candidate specification:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering role, ideally within a large multinational or complex matrix organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at senior levels
• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills — able to simplify complex financial information into clear, actionable insights.
• Solid technical grounding in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Professional finance qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).

Desirable:

• Experience in project-based or consulting environments (engineering, infrastructure, or professional services).
• Exposure to driving transformation initiatives such as system implementations, process improvement, or business change.

Why Mott MacDonald:

• Career Progression: Pathways for advancement across regional and global finance teams.
• Culture: Employee-owned, inclusive, and collaborative environment where your voice is valued.
• Impact: Be part of projects that shape sustainable communities
• Exposure: Work alongside senior business leaders, providing commercial input into high-profile, complex projects.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.