Senior Executive, Finance (Accounts Payable and Claims)

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is seeking a finance professional to oversee accounts payable and staff claims functions. You will ensure timely vendor payments, support grant administration, and drive process improvements through data analytics. The ideal candidate has a degree in Accounting or Finance, along with 2-5 years of relevant experience and is proficient in engaging various stakeholders within an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of related functional working experience.
• Meticulous and able to adapt to various situations.
• Resilient and confident in engaging stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Accounts Payable and Staff Claims functions.
• Ensure timely payments to vendors.
• Drive process improvements through data analytics.

Skills

Financial advice

Data analytics

Problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Critical thinking

Education

Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

Tools

WorkDay system

Job description

Great ideas do not discriminate, and anyone can have them. Given the right protection and support, a great idea can become a power brand, a transformative technology, an innovative process or design, or even a song or story that moves one’s soul.

Housing Singapore’s largest community of intellectual property (IP) experts, IPOS understands better than anyone how important it is to protect ideas and creations for now and the future. We leverage on our deep technical, legal and business expertise to help innovative enterprises grow, through their intangible assets, including IP, from Singapore, through Singapore. We catalyse the ideas today, into assets tomorrow.

To succeed, we seek individuals who are anchored in integrity, sensible and confident. We seek team players who are interested in collaboration to explore diverse ideas and deliver tangible outcomes. We seek leaders who are forward-looking, flexible and dynamic.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, Finance, your responsibilities include:

1. Oversee the Accounts Payable and Staff Claims (Non-HR) functions in IPOS. This would include partnering and providing financial advice to departments with an end-to-end view of finance processes.
2. Ensure timely payments to vendors and resolve long outstanding payments.
3. Review staff claims to ensure compliance with IPOS’s policies and regulatory requirements.
4. Perform month-end and year-end closing activities.
5. Support grant administration by monitoring the grant budget utilization and collating returns for reporting to grant owners.
6. Drive process improvements through data analytics and automation.
7. Review and update finance policies in line with standards and regulations.
8. Prepare reports and statistics for management, government agencies etc.
9. Lead and execute accounting related system enhancements and projects.
10. Work with internal and external auditors and support the audits.
11. Perform ad-hoc finance duties as assigned.

Are you the one? Please write to us if you have/are:

1. A Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent with preferably 2-5 years of related functional working experience
2. Hands-on experience with WorkDay system would be an advantage
3. The energy, curiosity and ambition to make a difference in an innovation agency
4. Proactive, resilient and confident in engaging multiple stakeholders of varying seniority
5. Meticulous, demonstrate critical and independent thinking, good adaptability skills, capability to solve problems and think creatively