Manager, Enterprise Strategy and Planning

The Enterprise Strategy and Planning (ESP) team is the custodian of Changi Airport Group (CAG)’s strategic and financial planning to enhance enterprise performance, working closely with the clusters and divisions to help drive efforts to keep the moving parts working synergistically towards achieving CAG’s mission. ESP’s areas of focus include leading and aligning overall CAG strategy, challenging the company to set ambitious goals and drive business performance to meet them, scanning and analysing market/industry benchmarks and trends, asking the right questions, scrutinising critical assumptions, analysing strategic tradeoffs and championing selected strategic initiatives.

• You will drive and/or support the formulation of CAG’s strategy which includes strategic planning and formulating CAG’s financial strategy based on clear issue framing, systems-level thinking, benchmarking and rigorous analyses across strategic, operating, financial and industry data/trends.


• You will drive CAG’s financial strategy and enterprise performance by designing and leading planning, budgeting and forecasting, providing rigorous analysis and insights to support strategic decision‑making, and acting as a trusted strategic and financial sounding board to business units and senior management - reviewing business models, developing business and financial analyses, conducting post‑implementation reviews, and monitoring business performance to catalyse higher enterprise outcomes.


• You will lead and/or partake in strategic initiatives and strategic problem-solving, across different spectrum of subject matters including developing and testing hypotheses, strategic analyses, developing conceptual frameworks, and conducting qualitative and quantitative/financial analyses to identify new transformation and growth opportunities, and recommend strategic actions.

The ideal candidate should possess:

• A good degree preferably in Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics with at least 8 years of strong track record in corporate-level Strategic, Corporate or Financial Planning, preferably in a dynamic business environment. Experience in Management Accounting will be advantageous.


• Superior conceptual, numeracy and analytical skills with ability to synthesize data and information to logically structure complex problems and derive insight.


• Strong written, oral communication and interpersonal skills to interact professionally with a diverse group of both senior management and operations staff.


• Big-picture perspective with attention to details and a focus on delivering results.


• Good project management, stakeholder management, change management and people management skills.


• Highly driven, independent, resourceful and adaptable team player who enjoys working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.


• Strong proficiency in paper-writing/ presentation tools and spreadsheet/ data analytics tools (e.g. Microsoft suite of tools and any other digital tools to aid in work).