Tessa Lau

Finance Analyst | Data analytics | Automation

Singapore

About

Multidisciplinary Finance professional with a proven record of driving financial innovation, operational excellence, and data transformation across regional and global organizations. With a decade of progressive experience spanning banking, insurance, retail, and manufacturing, I blend analytical rigor with digital fluency to deliver strategic insights and scalable solutions. Currently supporting Group Finance transformation initiatives at Great Eastern Holdings, I specialize in building intelligent financial dashboards and streamlining complex reporting environments. Previously at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, I led economic support for the Employee Tech division across 12 countries, delivering forecast precision, cost optimization, and regional process harmonization.

Experience

  • Tech Project Finance Analyst at Bank of America
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    - Manage the financials of APAC technology projects including forecast, variance analysis, actuals reconciliation, invoicing, deck preparation - Research and implement automation processes by leveraging on AI

  • Group Finance Manager at GREAT EASTERN
    Mar 2025 - Sep 2025 · 7 mos

    Design , build and maintain financial and operational reports with Oracle EPM tool. Support the configuration and optimisation of Oracle EPM tool to meet business needs

  • Bank of America (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • AVP- Economics Lead for Employee Tech/Support
      Jul 2023 - Mar 2024 · 9 mos

      In additional to my previous responsibilities, I also lead and cover: - Quarterly forecasts for full scope including CAPEX - Monthly P&L estimates and variance analysis against forecasts

    • AVP- Economics Support for Employee Tech/Support
      Mar 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Provided economics support to CTO APAC employee tech across 12 countries covering 20+ legal entities with process diversity across the region Process improvement initiatives Invoice management and governance

    • Finance Analyst
      Aug 2021 - Mar 2022 · 8 mos

  • Business Analyst at Fluke Corporation
    Aug 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Pioneered the business analytics function in Fluke SG - Completely formulated dashboards, reports, and simulations to aid sound business decision making - Reconciled huge volumes of data from different systems and platforms - Manage and update the costing of thousands of items to ensure reliability and accuracy

  • Financial Analyst at LVMH Fashion Group Asia Pacific
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

    - Liaise with business partners to prepare budgets and forecasts including presentations - Ensure and oversee accurate month end closing - Develop and prepare financial simulations for adhoc scenarios - Prepare month end reports and variance analysis for key stakeholders - Identify and analyse potential areas for cost savings in the Covid period - Approve purchases