AVP, Finance Operations

Location: Singapore
Salary: SGD $5,000 – $8,000 per month

This role supports Finance Operations within a life insurance environment, ensuring accurate and timely financial close, robust balance sheet substantiation, and effective partnering with Technology and business teams to deliver process improvements, system changes and control enhancements.

• Manage monthly financial book close in line with group financial reporting and local regulatory timelines, covering distribution, health and fixed asset processes.
• Perform and enhance balance sheet substantiation and reconciliations for insurance accounts, including ageing analysis, break investigation and resolution.
• Act as the Finance Operations point of contact for Business Analysts, IT and Technology partners on interface exceptions from policy administration systems to the general ledger, Day 2 change requests and new product set-up.
• Support management in defining project scope, plans, milestones and critical path for IT and finance transformation initiatives.
• Drive operational readiness and automation efficiencies in partnership with IT and Operations teams; develop detailed execution and migration plans with clear programme reporting.
• Serve as the main finance SME supporting product development and system change activities.
• Partner with Distribution Support Services and Distribution Performance Management to ensure correct booking aligned to production period and insurance fund.
• Manage end user computing (EUC) controls within Finance Operations and support control maintenance and enhancements.
• Provide balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation support on commission and distribution accounts to relevant distribution stakeholders.

• 5-8 years’ experience in finance operations, preferably within the life insurance sector.
• Proven experience managing finance transformation projects and delivering IT-enabled process or control enhancement initiatives.
• Experience with life insurance commission and distribution cost booking is a strong advantage.
• Ability to adapt quickly to existing general ledger and policy administration systems; experience with operational simplification tools such as Alteryx, PowerBuilder and applied AI is an advantage.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to work across functions, communicate clearly, and manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven close environment.

• Professional qualification in accounting and finance (or equivalent).
• Degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline.