Senior Executive (Financial Reporting and Operations) (1-year contract)_FD

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Property Office of Singapore invites applications for a Finance role overseeing month-end close, reporting and financial operations. The successful candidate will develop dashboards to translate financial data into insights for management and stakeholders.

We seek 2–5 years of relevant experience, strong accounting knowledge, and proficiency with Excel. Experience with WorkDay is advantageous, and the role collaborates with multiple departments to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of relevant finance or accounting experience.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles.
• Proficiency in Excel and dashboard/data visualization tools.
• Experience with WorkDay is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including journal entries, reconciliations and management reports.
• Handle day-to-day financial operations: billing, accounts payable and staff claims.
• Prepare timely financial reports and statistics for management and stakeholders.
• Maintain grant expenditure records and monitor budget utilisation.
• Develop dashboards and data visualisations for management reporting and decision-making.
• Coordinate with internal/external auditors on audit requests and findings.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Excel

Data analysis

Dashboard visuals

WorkDay

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Tools

WorkDay

Excel

Power BI

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 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 collaborating to explore diverse ideas and deliver tangible outcomes. We seek people who are forward-looking, flexible and dynamic.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Director, Finance, your responsibilities include:

1. Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including the preparation of journal entries for accruals and adjustments, balance sheet reconciliations and management reports.
2. Support the day-to-day Financial Operations activities, including the Billings and Collections, Accounts Payable and Staff Claims (Non-HR) functions, while partnering with departments to provide sound financial advice with an end-to-end view of finance processes.
3. Prepare timely and accurate financial reports, statistics and returns for management, government agencies and other stakeholders etc.
4. Maintain grant expenditure records and monitoring grant budget utilisation.
5. Support the development of dashboards and data visualisations that translate financial data into meaningful insights for management reporting and strategic decision-making.
6. Liaise with internal and external auditors, coordinate audit requests and support the timely resolution of audit queries and findings.
7. Perform ad-hoc finance-related duties and projects as assigned.

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

1. Relevant background in Accounting, Finance or equivalent with preferably 2-5 years of relevant finance or accounting experience.
2. Sound knowledge of accounting principles and hands-on experience in financial operations,closing and reporting.
3. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with dashboard or data visualization tools. Handson experience with WorkDay system would be an advantage.
4. The energy, curiosity and ambition to make a difference in an innovation agency.
5. A proactive and resilient mindset, with the confidence to engage and collaborate with multiple stakeholders of varying seniority.
6. Strong analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.
7. Meticulous, with a strong sense of accountability and commitment to accuracy and timelines.