Senior Executive, General Affairs & Corporate Planning

AOYAMA SOGO ACCOUNTING OFFICE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Professional Services sector seeks a Senior Executive to enhance corporate planning, compliance, and risk management. You will collaborate with stakeholders, oversee performance metrics, and manage strategic projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Ideal candidates possess strong analytical and communication skills, with fluency in Japanese being an advantage.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical insurance

Study Leave & course subsidy

Quarterly townhall sessions

Bi-monthly workshops

Hybrid working environment

AWS and variable bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience in strategy and planning.
• Experience in the Professional Services industry is an advantage.
• Proficiency in Japanese is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support departmental teams to align efforts with organizational strategy.
• Establish and manage compliance with internal regulations and industry standards.
• Facilitate development of organization’s goals and strategies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About the role
The Senior Executive will play a key role in supporting the company’s corporate planning, internal control and governance, compliance, and risk management functions to maintain adherence to ensure alignment with legal standards and internal policies.

The role involves close collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to facilitate seamless operations across the organization.

Job responsibilities:

Performance Management

• Support departmental teams in understanding their roles and ensure their efforts align with the overall organizational strategy and objectives

• Assist in organizing and preparing reviews for the group’s strategic plan and scorecard, including analyzing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and setting performance targets

• Monitor the progress of key corporate initiatives and KPIs, providing reports and analysis to track business performance against targets

• Assist in verifying group time sheet data via the Tracking Time system to ensure data accuracy

Regulatory Compliance

• Establish and manage the internal framework to implement and monitor adherence to internal regulations, laws, and relevant industry standards.

• Collaborate with various departments to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

• Plan, develop, and facilitate training sessions for employees on internal controls, governance, and regulatory compliance matters

Organizational Planning

• Facilitate the development of organization’s goals, strategies and work plan in alignment with management directives

• Lead the annual planning process for company-wide initiatives and corporate events (e.g., "Know Your Colleagues" initiatives)

• Initiate the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Business Continuity Planning (BCP), covering workplace safety, fire safety, and safe management practices

• Prepare presentations on corporate strategy development, annual work plans, and budget

Operations

• Provide secretariat support by taking meeting minutes and coordinating meetings and discussions

• Manage travel arrangements together with Admin colleague

Strategic and Ad Hoc Projects

• Assists in managing or leading departmental level or organizational wide projects assigned, working in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline

• Minimum 3 years of relevant working experience in strategy and planning, including policy formulation, work planning and performance management.

• Experience in the Professional Services industry would be an added advantage

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication, and relationship management skills.

• Strong analytical skills and possess data extraction and mining capabilities

• Proficiency in Japanese would be an added advantage to liaise with and to provide consultation to Japanese speaking clients stationed in Japan and Japan HQ

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Company Benefits:

• Quarterly townhall session & team bonding.

• Bi-monthly workshops & seminars for our employees to stay up to date with the relevant industrial knowledges & latest regulations.

• Comprehensive group medical and hospitalization insurance benefits.

• We encourage our employee’s professional development by offering Study Leave & professional qualification course subsidy.

• Hybrid working environment (work from home arrangement and staggered working hours)

• AWS and variable bonus