Senior Assistant Manager, Finance (Reporting)

National Healthcare Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Singapore is seeking a Finance Partner to join their finance team. The role involves financial management, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and guiding strategic business decisions. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance, along with 5-8 years of experience in budgeting and forecasting. Proficiency in Excel and SAP is essential, alongside strong stakeholder management skills. This position offers opportunities to contribute to growth initiatives and improve finance processes.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in accounting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Good understanding of finance systems, processes, and accounting treatments.
• Positive attitude with a strong desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance and timely financial accounting activities.
• Prepare and submit monthly financial reports to stakeholders.
• Manage internal and external audits.

Skills

Financial management

Budgeting and forecasting

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Accounting standards compliance

Education

Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

You will be part of NHGPh finance team, reporting to NHGPh finance department head, and working with a team of 4-5 other staff.

You will work closely with business and operations team on matters pertaining to business strategy, performance management, budgeting, forecasting, cash management andrevenue/cost analysis, ensuring the goals of NHGPh as well as the broader NHG/MOHH organisations are met. You will partner the business to lead growth, drive improvement initiatives, manage costs, implement strategy, etc.

You will contribute as a key finance partner to drive strategic business decisions.You will also be a team player within finance and cross-functionally with other departments to attain organisational goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Financial Management and Reporting
• Ensure compliance and timely completion of all financial and management accounting activities including but not limited to monthly and year-end closing of accounts.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely monthly financial and management reports, including presentation slides, to management and relevant stakeholders; review financial data for completeness and submit report templates to the cluster.
• Collaborate with project teams to monitor and report Capex and Opex utilisation for both funded and self-funded projects.
• Manage internal and external audits.
• Collaborate with relevant departments to gather and rationalize financial requirements, and simulate Budget Preparation and rolling Forecast Activities.
• Provide financial analysis and update key reports to support decision-making, cost control and respond to stakeholder queries.
• Evaluate lease contracts for FRS 116 compliance and ensure adherence to lease requirements.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational teams to assist in preparing financial reports and provide support in monitoring operating expenses and performanceDevelop a good understanding of healthcare financials and cost drivers to support data analysis and management decisions
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders such as Finance Shared Service, ALPS, Synapxe and other finance teams to facilitate smooth financial operations and reporting
• Finance operation
• Review and approve vendors invoices and payments using NHG systems such as ePay, VIMS.
• Review and approve Purchase Requisitions in NHG platforms e.g. Ariba.
• Performs other administrative and finance-related duties as assigned.
• Systems and process streamlining
• Review and implement Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) and Work Instructions (Wis) for finance operations as and when required.
• Review existing Finance work processes to ensure compliance with company financial policies and key controls aligned with the business environment, while supporting to enhance operational efficiency.
• Support and contribute to systems implementation projects (e.g. National Billing System, NHIPS, SAP etc.) and related change management tasks.
• Support new and on-going projects to enhance Finance process and controls, e.g. AI tools.
• Other ad-hoc Finance IT related tasks as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or Professional accounting qualification (e.g. Chartered Accountant, ACCA).
• 5 - 8 years of relevant experience in accounting, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and variance analysis.
• Good understanding of finance systems, processes and proper accounting treatments, particularly in Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables management.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (Pivot & vLookup) and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in SAP (FI-CO and Hana) and data visualisation tools (Eg PowerBi, Tableau) will be advantageous.
• Good internal and external stakeholder management skills.
• Possess strong sense of responsibility, initiative with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Positive attitude with a strong desire to learn.
• Resilient and confident in management ambiguity.
• Fast learner who can work independently and as a team.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise projects/tasks.