Assistant Manager, Finance

SATS Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SATS Ltd. is seeking a senior Finance professional in Singapore to oversee Accounts Payable and Receivable operations, including end-to-end processes, month-end closes, and controls. You will drive automation initiatives using Power Automate and develop dashboards with Power BI for operational insights.

The role requires extensive ERP experience, GST/ tax knowledge, and leadership to manage a high-volume finance team while ensuring accuracy and compliance across AP/AR activities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or an equivalent professional qualification.
• At least 8 years of relevant finance experience, including AP/AR and team leadership.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close, reconciliations, internal controls, GST and credit-control.
• Experience with ERP systems; Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations advantageous.
• Strong Excel skills and Power BI/Power Automate capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, supplier payments, vendor master maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Manage AP month-end activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and balance sheet schedules.
• Support GST, withholding tax, and statutory reporting requirements relating to payables.
• Drive compliance with procurement policies, purchase orders, and three-way matching requirements.
• Lead AP process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and control.
• Oversee billing, credit notes, customer receipts, refunds, and account reconciliations.
• Lead collection and credit-control activities to improve cash collection and minimise overdue balances.
• Monitor ageing reports, customer disputes, credit exposure, and expected cash inflows.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing and payment issues.
• Ensure timely completion of AP and AR month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities.

Skills

AP/AR experience

Team leadership

Financial controls

Education

Degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalent

Tools

Power Automate

Power BI

Power Query

Excel

Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Job description

Job Description

• Accounts Payable (AP) & Procure-to-Pay
• Oversee end-to-end accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, supplier payments, vendor master maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Ensure timely and accurate payments in accordance with approved authorities and payment terms.
• Manage AP month-end activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and balance sheet schedules.
• Support GST, withholding tax, and statutory reporting requirements relating to payables.
• Drive compliance with procurement policies, purchase orders, and three-way matching requirements.
• Lead AP process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and control.
• Oversee billing, credit notes, customer receipts, refunds, and account reconciliations.
• Lead collection and credit-control activities to improve cash collection and minimise overdue balances.
• Monitor ageing reports, customer disputes, credit exposure, and expected cash inflows.
• Support bad debt assessments and recommend appropriate credit-control actions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing and payment issues.
• Ensure timely completion of AP and AR month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities.
• Review reconciliations, balance sheet schedules, and ageing reports, and resolve outstanding issues.
• Maintain strong internal controls, segregation of duties, and audit-ready documentation.
• Support internal and external audits and provide accurate and timely responses to audit and tax queries.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, control frameworks, and process KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead workflow automation initiatives using Microsoft Power Automate and other digital tools.
• Develop dashboards and management reports using Power BI to provide operational and financial insights.
• Utilise Power Query and advanced Excel tools to analyse, reconcile, and manage large datasets.
• Act as Finance Process Owner or Key User for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations enhancements, testing, training, and implementation activities.
• Partner with IT and system vendors to implement solutions while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Lead, coach, and develop the AP/AR team to achieve high service standards and performance.
• Monitor workload, productivity, accuracy, and KPI achievement across the team.
• Act as the escalation point for complex payment, collection, reconciliation, and customer or supplier issues.
• Drive continuous improvement and change management initiatives across finance operations.
• Build strong partnerships with Finance, Procurement, Operations, IT, and external stakeholders

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• 2. Accounts Receivable (AR), Billing & Credit Control
• 3. Financial Closing, Reporting & Controls
• 4. Digitalisation, Automation & Data Analytics
• 5. Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Accounts Payable (AP) & Procure-to-Pay
• Oversee end-to-end accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, supplier payments, vendor master maintenance, and issue resolution.
• Ensure timely and accurate payments in accordance with approved authorities and payment terms.
• Manage AP month-end activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and balance sheet schedules.
• Support GST, withholding tax, and statutory reporting requirements relating to payables.
• Drive compliance with procurement policies, purchase orders, and three-way matching requirements.
• Lead AP process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance efficiency and control.
• Oversee billing, credit notes, customer receipts, refunds, and account reconciliations.
• Lead collection and credit-control activities to improve cash collection and minimise overdue balances.
• Monitor ageing reports, customer disputes, credit exposure, and expected cash inflows.
• Support bad debt assessments and recommend appropriate credit-control actions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing and payment issues.
• Ensure timely completion of AP and AR month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities.
• Review reconciliations, balance sheet schedules, and ageing reports, and resolve outstanding issues.
• Maintain strong internal controls, segregation of duties, and audit-ready documentation.
• Support internal and external audits and provide accurate and timely responses to audit and tax queries.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, control frameworks, and process KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead workflow automation initiatives using Microsoft Power Automate and other digital tools.
• Develop dashboards and management reports using Power BI to provide operational and financial insights.
• Utilise Power Query and advanced Excel tools to analyse, reconcile, and manage large datasets.
• Act as Finance Process Owner or Key User for Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations enhancements, testing, training, and implementation activities.
• Partner with IT and system vendors to implement solutions while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Lead, coach, and develop the AP/AR team to achieve high service standards and performance.
• Monitor workload, productivity, accuracy, and KPI achievement across the team.
• Act as the escalation point for complex payment, collection, reconciliation, and customer or supplier issues.
• Drive continuous improvement and change management initiatives across finance operations.
• Build strong partnerships with Finance, Procurement, Operations, IT, and external stakeholders

Key Requirements

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or an equivalent professional qualification.
• At least 8 years of relevant finance experience, including substantial AP and/or AR experience and prior responsibility for leading or supervising a team.
• Strong working knowledge of financial accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, internal controls, GST and credit-control practices.
• Experience in a shared-services, high-volume, distribution, food, manufacturing or similarly operational business environment is advantageous.
• Hands-on experience with an ERP system; experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations is advantageous.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, structured data analysis and reconciliation techniques.
• Working proficiency in Power Query for data extraction, transformation and repeatable reporting.
• Ability to create or enhance practical Power BI dashboards and translate finance requirements into clear visual insights.
• Ability to design, build or maintain basic Power Automate workflows, including testing, exception handling and process documentation.
• Comfortable learning AI-enabled finance tools and applying them responsibly to improve productivity, controls and decision support.
• Ability to translate business and control requirements into clear system requirements and test scenarios.