Associate/Senior Associate (12 months contract), Corporate Reporting & Accounting

Temasek; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Temasek, a global investment company based in Singapore, seeks an experienced finance professional for its reporting insights and assurance function. You will manage books and records for a portfolio of investment holding companies, drive reporting improvements, and partner with internal and external stakeholders across the Group.

Responsibilities include ensuring IFRS/consolidated reporting, audits, and data quality through automation and analytics.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalent qualification.
• 3–5 years of relevant financial reporting experience.
• Experience in investment houses, funds management or private equity preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient Excel; familiarity with consolidation systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain books and records for investment holdings, including complex structures.
• Support tax reporting with documentation for assessments.
• Coordinate audits and review financial statements.
• Support group consolidation and IFRS reporting.

Skills

Financial reporting

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Excel/PowerPoint

Education

Degree in Accountancy/Finance

Tools

Workday

Hyperion

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$518 billion (US$401b, €350b, £304b, RMB2.77t) as at 31 March 2026. Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today’s and future generations. We seek to build a resilient and forward-looking portfolio that will deliver good sustainable returns over the long term. We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia. For more information on Temasek, please visit www.temasek.com.sg For Temasek Review 2026, please visit www.temasekreview.com.sg For Sustainability Report 2026, please visit www.temasek.com.sg/SR2026

Introduction

We are seeking an experienced finance professional to join our reporting insights and assurance function. The role is key to ensuring accurate and timely financial and management reporting, including group consolidation, statutory reporting, and support for board and regulatory requirements. You will manage books and records for a portfolio of investment holding companies, drive reporting process improvements and automation, and partner closely with internal and external stakeholders across the Group.

Responsibilities

Entity Accounting & Tax Support

• Maintain accurate books and records for a portfolio of investment holdings companies, including more complex structures, ensuring transactions are properly recorded and supported.
• Support tax reporting by providing source documentation and explanations for transactions to facilitate tax assessments and compliance.
• Manage lifecycle events such as setting up new investment vehicles, restructuring or domiciliation exercises and closure of investment vehicles.
• Coordinate and review audits under your remit, including preparation, review and filing of audited financial statements

Audit, Controls & Central Tasks

• Plan and coordinate annual financial audits, managing timelines and deliverables.
• Respond to internal and external auditors on audit requests, data queries, variances and audit findings.
• Oversee market value updates for unlisted investments, through tracking and ensuring completeness of investees’ financial data received and ensure accurate capture of revenue and related data for ESG reporting.
• Perform data quality, reliability and validation checks to support quarterly MTM valuation
• Support firm‑wide budgeting and semi‑annual group reporting cycles, ensuring timely and high‑quality submissions from reporting entities.
• Liaise with group reporting entities to communicate reporting timelines, monitor and review submissions and follow up on deliverables.

Group & Statutory Reporting

• Support group consolidation and preparation of consolidated group financial statements in accordance with IFRS accounting standards (including new standards such as IFRS 18 & 19).
• Prepare, review and analyze group financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness for management and statutory reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of board reports, annual report disclosures and other key reporting deliverables for senior stakeholders.

Projects, Process Improvement & Systems

• Participate in projects and new initiatives (e.g. domiciliation, cash management projects, tax automation), including setting up internal SOPs and guiding colleagues on process changes.
• Drive continuous improvement of financial close and reporting processes through use of automation and technology such as AI, analytics, dashboard and workflow tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, design and implement system enhancements, including system testing (such as Workday, Hyperion, SCD) and process automation.

Stakeholder & Team Support

• Coordinate meetings and communication across finance, tax, investment and other teams as needed.
• Provide administrative and project management support for the Corporate Reporting team.
• Take on other ad‑hoc duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or an equivalent professional qualification.
• At least 3 -5 years of relevant experience in financial reporting, with strong digital fluency and comfort working with financial systems and tools.
• Prior experience in an investment house, fund management or private equity firm will be highly regarded
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; able to see both detail and big picture.
• Hands‑on, meticulous, with a keen eye for detail and strong documentation discipline.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills; able to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Fast learner, adaptable and comfortable working in a dynamic environment.
• Strong understanding of systems, processes, controls and data flows.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint; familiarity with consolidation/ reporting systems (e.g. Workday, SCD and Hyperion) and automation/analytics tools (e.g. Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, Tableau, Ms Co-Lab, Copilot) is an advantage