Job description:

Job Purpose

This is a Finance Business Partner (FBP) role to support growing business units in the local transportation landscape. You will lead a team of two to three reports to collaborate with various stakeholders in a cross-functional environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Business Units (BU) Financial Reporting and Management:

Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with financial policy and procedures.
Manage daily accounting functions of a portfolio of companies, including review of journals.
Reconciliation of inter-co reconciliation and ensure no discrepancies in month-end balances.
Liaise with AR & AP Shared Services team and Treasury on accounting issues for period closing, collections and payments.
Ensure timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing and statutory and management reporting with preparation of variance analysis, cashflow statement, accounting schedules and bank reconciliation.
Ensure compliance of financial records with corporate and statutory requirements.
Prepare annual budget, with monthly forecast and projections.
Develop and coordinate inputs from BU for budget and projections, liaising with Group Finance and Financial Planning & Analysis to meet reporting deadlines.
Draft financial presentation material to present data/figures.
Liaise with external auditors for audited financials and XBRL filings for portfolio of companies.

2. Business Analytics & Costs Control:

Engage with BU to stay updated on business and cost developments to challenge cost escalations and business cases to realize operation efficiencies.
Identify or explore opportunities for more effective delivery of outputs.
Actively participate in the learning and sharing of best practices.

3. Undertake ad hoc projects and analysis work when required.

Qualifications & Work Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy or ACCA.
3-4 years relevant accounting and finance experience (with staff and people management responsibilities), with 1-2 years audit background.

Skills and Competencies

Technical skills include:

Good working knowledge in Singapore Financial Reporting Standards and tax regulations.
Good working knowledge with ERP systems, such as SAP and Anaplan planning & forecasting system.

Generic skills include:

Good interpersonal skills and communicate with all levels in the organization and stakeholders in both verbal and written English.
Ability to work independently and operate in a fast-paced environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Senior Accountant, Finance Business Partner