Senior Executive (Research Finance)

Job Description

• A part of the Finance Business Partner team handling daily finance operations for the Research Centre / Institutes within the cluster.
• Foster and maintain a regular working relationship within the Institutes, central shared services teams, and other functional partners.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Handle daily financial operations of the Research Institutes within the cluster (including inter-department billing, fixed assets and journal postings).
• Preparation of accurate and timely financial information and reports.
• Prepare grant claim for timely submission to funding agencies and ensure that adequate supporting documentation is available for audit review.
• Provide guidance to Institutes on financial matters and ensure the Institutes are in compliance with University’s financial policies and procedures, and funding agencies’ terms & conditions / guidelines.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of financial processes and controls, for operational efficiency.
• Review and ensure compliance with related tax filing including GST, withholding tax and taxable benefits for personal claims.
• Support the team during financial year-end closing to ensure all legitimate transactions are properly recorded, and year-end closing deadlines are met.
• Support the team in the annual fixed assets verification exercise, ensuring compliance with the verification procedures and maintaining accurate records of fixed assets.
• Support in other finance functions as and when required by the team.

Qualifications

• Accounting Degree/ACCA 
• Preferable with 1 to 3 years of working experience
• A team player with good communication and interpersonal skills 
• Possess maturity and work collaboratively with people at all levels
• Attention to detail and organized
• Able to work independently, or in a team, with self-awareness in meeting deadlines
• Self-starter with the ability to multi-task
• Familiarity with SAP and/or experience in research grant finance will be advantageous

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: [[National University of Singapore]]

Department : [[Office of Finance]]

Employee Referral Eligible: Yes

Job requisition ID : 24116