Assistant Accountant (General Ledger)

PERSOL; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Singapore seeks a candidate responsible for ensuring the accuracy of month-end closes and preparing financial reports. Key responsibilities include identifying risks in business divisions, maintaining compliance with accounting policies, and liaising with auditors. Candidates should have a keen eye for detail and a commitment to quality assurance in accounting practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of month-end close processes.
• Prepare and analyze monthly management and financial reports.
• Identify and mitigate risks in business divisions.

Job description

Job Details

• Working hours: Mon – Fri (9am – 5.45pm)
• Working location: Chai Chee
• Contract Duration: 6 months

Job Descriptions

• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of month-end close, hard-close, fast close and year-end close processes of designated business divisions.
• Prepare/review and analyze monthly management and financial reports
• Prepare/review internal and external schedules/reports as required.
• Prepare account reconciliation and sub-ledgers to general ledger and other balance sheet reconciliations such as banks, etc. for completeness and accuracy and follow up on action items.
• Identify areas with exposure to risk/potential risk in the designated business divisions. Suggest solutions to mitigate the risks.
• Ensure that working papers, schedules, correspondences, and other documentation meet quality assurance tests and are in line with DFS best practices.
• Provide support and respond to queries from divisions on a timely basis. Where necessary, co‑ordinate and work with other departments/functions to accomplish objectives.
• Ensure accounting treatment of standard or special processes comply with DFS accounting policies and internal control procedures.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors as well as other outside parties as required.
• Work closing with Consolidation and Group Reporting, Corporate and Divisions FP&A for changes to management reports arising from accounting changes, new businesses, etc.
• Keep abreast of on‑going accounting and reporting changes in IFRS and local reporting standards.
• Participate in ad hoc projects as assigned.

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