Finance Business Partner (Oil Trading)

Finance Business Partner (Oil Trading) | Singapore

If you've spent years in audit or finance looking at oil trading businesses through a spreadsheet — reconciling P&L, questioning mark-to-market adjustments, signing off on numbers you didn't fully see come to life — this is your chance to step inside the room where it happens.

My client is an ambitious oil trading business looking for a Finance Business Partner to bridge the gap between the front office and finance. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with traders and operators, understand how physical and paper positions translate into P&L, and become the finance voice that trading actually listens to — not just the one that checks their work after the fact.

What you'll actually be doing:

• Getting close to daily trading P&L, VaR, and limit utilization — not just reporting it, but understanding why it moves
• Partnering with traders and ops on hedge effectiveness, margin optimization, and new trading opportunities
• Building financial models and scenario/sensitivity analyses that inform real commercial decisions
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for the business
• Turning complex trading data into insights the CEO and management team actually act on
• Driving better reporting through Power BI, Tableau, Python, or Excel-based automation

You're a great fit if you:

• Have 4–8 years in FP&A, management reporting, or business analytics — audit background welcome, especially with oil/commodity trading clients
• Understand (or are hungry to properly understand) trading P&L, mark-to-market accounting, derivatives, and hedging
• Are a CPA/CA/CFA/ACCA-qualified finance professional who wants more than a reporting seat
• Want to build real relationships with commercial teams, not just review their numbers
• Bring sharp analytical instincts, sound commercial judgement, and the confidence to challenge and advise, not just record

This is a role for someone who wants finance to be a strategic partner to trading — not a compliance afterthought.

Singapore | Reporting to the Financial Controller