(Senior) Assistant Manager, Finance

National University Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Singapore is seeking a professional to manage costing and charging functions, ensuring accurate pricing for healthcare services. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in finance or healthcare administration, with strong skills in data analysis and Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate will be able to provide insights and recommendations based on financial data, supporting the institution's mission to deliver value-based care.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field such as Accountancy or Business.
• At least 5 years in finance, data analysis, or healthcare administration.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage costing and charging functions related to healthcare services.
• Perform fee benchmarking against industry standards.
• Prepare reports and dashboards for management.

Skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Advanced Excel skills

Data visualization tools experience

ERP systems experience

Good communication skills

People management skills

Education

Degree in Accountancy, Business, Statistics, IT or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Overview:

This role will manage costing and charging functions to ensure accurate, transparent, and sustainable pricing for healthcare services. This role supports NUH’s mission to deliver value-based care by instilling cost discipline, enhancing efficiency, and driving harmonised charging practices in alignment with MOH guidelines.

Job Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

• Change Management
  • Review and recommend charge code creation in accordance with NUH's master data framework.
  • Perform regular fee benchmarking against industry and MOH standards.
  • Prepare fee revision recommendations and supporting analysis in compliance with pricing policies.
  • Detect outliers in charging and address non-compliance issues promptly.
  • Maintain service and charge rules to comply with MOH and NUH policies
• Cost Management
  • Perform regular cost benchmarking across service lines and departments, either as part of internal review or MOH National Costing Exercise.
  • Monitor cost and utilisation trends.
  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through workload and cost analysis.
• Data Analysis and Insights
  • Prepare reports and dashboards for management review and MOH submissions.
  • Collate, clean and organise billing and costing data for analysis.
  • Identify trends, patterns and anomalies in costs and charges.
  • Provide costing and charging advice for new services and strategic initiatives.

Secondary Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff (up to 2 direct reports).
• Liaise with NUHS and MOH on ad-hoc data and analysis requests and clarification.
• Engage effectively with operational departments to gather requirements and explain costing/charging implications.
• Other ad-hoc projects or duties as assigned by Reporting Officer.

Job Requirements:

• Qualification
  • Degree in Accountancy, Business, Statistics, IT or equivalent.
  • Professional certifications (e.g. SAP, data analytics) are advantageous, but not required.
• Experience
  • At least five years of relevant working experience in finance, data analysis, or healthcare administration, preferably with exposure to healthcare or government reporting.
• Skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools. Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data modelling. Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
  • Experience with ERP systems and strong aptitude for learning new healthcare-specific platforms and adapting to evolving technology requirements.
  • Able to work independently, results-oriented, and self-motivated.
  • Good listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Willing to learn and impart knowledge.
  • Collaborative and a team player.
  • People management skills including mentoring junior staff and effectively engaging with stakeholders across all organisational levels.