Assistant Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Financial accounting and reporting:  preparation of audited financial statements in compliance to professional accounting standards and external auditor requirements, supporting business new ventures through providing finance and accounting advice, and supporting initiatives to adopt new accounting standards. 
• Transactional accounting and closing processes: perform month-end close activities including accurately recording and reviewing financial transactions, overseeing critical accounts payable and receivable processes, preparing submissions to external auditors, IRAS and other parties, and identifying ways to mitigate risks and continuously improve.  Ensure a strong risk and control environment throughout.
• Cost accounting and reporting: Analyze the main drivers of performance and confidently explain to senior stakeholders the reasons for variances.  Confidence in driving improved cost control and insights with business stakeholders.
• Planning and Appraisal: Input to the business planning, budgeting and forecast processes, and produce management information reports to help drive decision making by senior stakeholders.  Proactively highlight business value drivers and risks with business leads.
• Change management and growth opportunities:  Support and shadow the Finance Manager as the finance lead for transformation and growth projects, e.g. but not limited to new market/business expansions, driving operational excellence in finance operations, project managing the implementation of new systems and digital transformation.

Requirements:

• A degree in Finance/ Accountancy/ Banking or equivalent. 
• Minimum 5 years (SFOA) or 8 years (DFM) of relevant experience and expertise across the spectrum of Finance competences with solid foundation in financial accounting, operational accounting and reporting, and working knowledge of IT systems implementations
• Confident in managing large and complex data sets in Excel and in a wider digital environment.  Able to assess data, extract insights from financial and accounting software and navigate between different types of digital tools to produce results. 
• The individual has strong project management skills and has experience contributing towards formalizing processes and systems and in enhancing the performance of the finance function - and at the same time proven flexibility with ability to create, develop and adapt in the face of a dynamic situation. 

EA: 11C5164

Personnel: R1327766