(Senior) Assistant Manager, Financial Controllership

Overview:

The National University Health System (NUHS) is one of three public healthcare clusters which integrates the Academic and Regional Health Systems to deliver innovative and value-driven healthcare in Singapore.

The National University Hospital (NUH) is a tertiary hospital and major referral centre offering a comprehensive suite of specialist care for adults, women and children.  The Finance department consists of professionals with backgrounds in healthcare, corporate, data analytics, project and risk management, accounting and assurance.

The Financial Controllership team is responsible for ensuring integrity and governance for a host of activities impacting the financial accounts of the hospital.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and smooth monthly closing process in line with NUHS/ NUH requirements
• Address statutory reporting and audit requirements; ensuring that financials meet latest IFRS requirements
• Lead, monitor and review the grant management process, ensuring accuracy of grant accounts and compliance with policies and accounting standards
• Participate in the cluster and hospital’s budgeting and rolling forecast processes
• Manage respective operational finance processes such as:

• 1. Operational expenditure including accruals
  2. Purchase requisition and orders

• Assist in new processes and system implementation when required
• Ensure a strong culture of corporate governance by working closely with internal and external auditors and partnering stakeholders to close audit issues promptly

Job Requirements:

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline
• Hands on with at least 5 years of relevant working experience
• Experience in the public healthcare sector will be an advantage
• Numerate, meticulous and possesses analytical aptitudes to make sense of complex data from multiple sources to deliver succinct but visually engaging narratives and plans for action
• Strong sense of business acumen and ability to engage stakeholders to deliver on improvement outcomes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders from diverse background at various seniority
• Experience with financial systems, Microsoft Office applications, such as Excel (advanced), VBA Macros, PowerPoint and Word, as well as data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI