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

IPOS International; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IPOS International in Singapore seeks a Finance professional to support month-end closing, financial operations, and reporting. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate accounting, grant budgeting, and timely management reports.

You will develop dashboards and visualisations to translate financial data into actionable insights for leadership, while coordinating with auditors and ensuring compliance with deadlines.

Qualifications

• Background in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent with 2–5 years of relevant experience.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles and hands-on experience in financial operations, closing and reporting.
• Proficiency in Excel; familiarity with dashboards or data visualization tools; WorkDay experience is a plus.
• Energy, curiosity and ambition to contribute to an innovation agency.
• Proactive and resilient mindset with ability to engage multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently.
• Meticulous with accountability and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Support day-to-day financial operations: billing, accounts payable and staff claims.
• Prepare timely financial reports for management and stakeholders.
• Maintain grant expenditure records and monitor budget utilisation.
• Develop dashboards and data visualisations for management reporting.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors, address audit queries.
• Perform ad-hoc finance-related duties and projects.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data visualization

Analytical skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

WorkDay

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 catalise 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

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.

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.