Senior Executive, Finance (General Ledger and Reporting)

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is seeking a finance professional to manage financial reporting and contribute to strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate has a degree in Accounting or Finance, with 2-5 years of experience, and should be proactive, meticulous, and capable of engaging various stakeholders. The role includes preparing financial statements and improving processes through data analytics and automation.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of related functional working experience.
• Ability to demonstrate critical and independent thinking.
• Good adaptability skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the general ledger and ensure timely month-end and year-end closing.
• Prepare monthly consolidated financial reports.
• Support the development of dashboards for financial reports.
• Prepare the annual financial statements.
• Liaise with auditors on annual statutory audits.
• Drive process improvements through data analytics.

Skills

Proactive

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

Tools

WorkDay system

Job description

What the role is:

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.

What you will be working on:

ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Manager, Finance, your responsibilities include:

• Manage the general ledger and ensure timely month-end and year-end closing.
• Prepare monthly consolidated financial reports and schedules, including the raising of journal entries for accruals and adjustments.
• Support the development of dashboards and data visualisations to deliver insightful financial reports for strategic decision-making.
• Prepare the annual financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Liaise with auditors on annual statutory audits for IPOS Group.
• Handle budget updates, shortfalls, virements, and daily operational matters.
• Prepare reports and statistics for management, government agencies etc.
• Drive process improvements through data analytics and automation.
• Review and update finance policies in line with standards and regulations.
• Lead and execute accounting related system enhancements and projects.
• Ad-hoc finance duties as assigned.

What we are looking for:

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

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

About Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is the national authority that registers and is responsible for the administration of IP rights in Singapore. IPOS helps businesses use intangible assets (IA) and IP to grow and is committed to building Singapore into an international IA/IP hub. We help to catalyse a future driven by life-enhancing, commercially successful ideas created by businesses, professionals and everyday people. We help to turn today’s ideas into tomorrow’s assets. IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.