Senior Accountant & Finance Business Partner

SMRT Buses Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major public transport operator in Singapore seeks a Finance Business Partner to lead a team and support financial reporting. The ideal candidate will manage accounting functions, liaise with stakeholders, and ensure compliance with financial policies. Applicants should have a Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy or ACCA and significant experience in finance and accounting, including staff management. This position offers an opportunity to influence financial strategies within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of relevant accounting and finance experience, including management responsibilities.
• 1-2 years of audit background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial reporting for business units, ensuring compliance with policies.
• Manage daily accounting functions and prepare annual budgets.
• Engage with business units for cost control and efficiency improvements.

Skills

Financial Reporting Standards knowledge

Strong analytical skills

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy or ACCA

Tools

SAP

Anaplan planning & forecasting system

Job description

Company Description

SMRT Buses Ltd, a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation, is one of Singapore's major public bus operators. Anchored on our core competencies in operations, maintenance and training bus professionals, we operate bus services and manage bus depots and interchanges.

As the second largest public bus service operator in Singapore, we strive to deliver the best-in-class commuter experience by valuing commuters as our operational focus, developing our people as a key differentiator and innovating as an enabling strategy.

We have set our core values to be Integrity, Service & Safety and Excellence. SMRT is committed to provide safe, reliable and comfortable service for our commuters.

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, cash flow 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.