What The Role Is
Reporting to the Senior Assistant Director (Finance Operations), you will be part of the Finance Operations team responsible for the management of the accounts payable, claims, fixed asset management and treasury functions to ensure efficient, accurate and proper payments and accounting processes.
What You Will Be Working On
- [Financial Operations & Controls] Manage the accounts payable and fixed assets (heritage materials) function for the Board to ensure accurate, proper and timely processing and accounting of payments and assets are properly accounted for and safeguarded.
- [Financial Reporting] Review and reconcile balance sheet accounts and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items.
- [Systems & Data Management] Review and approve access rights for the financial system and participate in key system enhancements and integration to ensure robustness and reliability of financial systems.
- Formulate and review finance policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure the efficient and effective management and accounting of payments and heritage assets in compliance with the Government Instruction Manual and Statutory Board-FRS as applicable.
- [Financial Analysis] Monitor key payment performance indicators through the review of payment reports and proactively reach out to stakeholders when potential delays are identified. Analyse payments through the use of data analytics and visualisation tools (e.g. financial dashboards, Fi@Gov etc.) to improve payment timeliness and detect any anomalies.
- [Performance Management] Manage a team of outsourced service staff to ensure that the operations are efficient, performance targets are met and proper governance is adhered to.
- [Systems & Data Management] Drive Finance-related projects focused on automation and continuous improvement, including the adoption of Robotics Process Automation (RPA), AI and other technologies to streamline AP processes.
- [Business Partnering] Engage and provide advice to relevant internal and external stakeholders on financial matters, AP processes, systems, support audit and compliance activities.
- Collaborate across finance functions (Procurement, Financial Resource Management, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable) to integrate AP processes and support strategic decision-making.
What We Are Looking For
- Background in Accountancy, relevant professional accounting qualifications, or equivalent.
- Preferably at least 5 years of relevant experience in Finance or Audit, and good knowledge of the relevant accounting standards and Acts e.g. GST Act, SB-FRS.
- Proactive, meticulous, strong analytical skills.
- Able to work independently and be a team player.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Familiarity with Workday system, knowledge in data analytics tools like Tableau and ability to deploy automation tools such as UiPath/Python will be an advantage.
- Prior Finance experience in the Public Sector is an advantage.
