Claire Goh

Accounting & Finance trained professional who has 8 years of diverse working experience working in public sector finance. Currently on a working sabbatical from start 2023 to travel and see the world and looking for part time work in between travelling!

Senior Business Partner (Food emergency Divison), Enterprise-Singapore (ESG)
Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 . 2 yrs

• Seconded from Ministry of Transport for period of 2 years to join the Finance team at Food Emergency division at ESG.
• Supported operational team in finance, procurement and governance matters.
• Lead officer in handling of finance operational work streams:
  1. Lead in payment/revenue work stream- Set up and implemented new payment and revenue collection workflow, structured governance of processes (eg.delegation of authority), bank account creation and tracking of cashflow. Ensured monthly update to senior management and team on financial health and cash position. Performed monthly reconciliation of bank account and year-end reconciliation of AP/AR accounts. projected budgetary requirements for the following fiscal year. Conducted review of payment workflow processes to streamline and improve efficiency and implemented new business rules after review.
  2. Point of contact for account management of food emergency government agents- Main responsibilities include developing and maintaining strong relationship with our agents, liaising and bridging communication between cross functional internal teams and auditors, and resolving financial or audit enquiries/issues.
  3. Audit management- Managed and tracked the progress and milestones of external audit engagements, defined audit scope and limitations with external auditors,  managed overall audit budget vs. costs and bridged communication between agents and auditor.
   

Senior Finance Executive, Ministry of Transport (MOT)
Feb 2016 - Feb 2021 . 5 yrs 

• Seconded from MOF-Accountant General's Department for period of 4 (+1) years to join the Finance team at MOT.
• Lead finance officer who conducted:
  1. Land Transport Development Projects management and evaluation  (Roads, Active Mobility and Bus projects). Liaised with government agents in the planning, financing and execution of land transport development project. Conducted assessment of project suitability and sustainability, appropriate funding mechanism and budgeting prudence. Prepared and submitted project evaluation reports to senior management and provided timely updates after.
  
  2. Determination of Government Fees and Charges. Performed fee evaluations through ensuring objective and reasonable fee/charge purposes (cross evaluation with the policy team), appropriate cost allocation methodology and sufficient stakeholder feedback on the proposed fee impact. Prepare and submit fee/charge evaluation report to senior management of the evaluation and recommendations.

Assurance & Audit Associate , Ministry of Finance (MOF)-Accountant-Generals Department
Nov 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Assumed planning and execution responsibilities as the lead audit officer in internal audit projects across 6 other government agencies specifically for procurement and revenue collection processes.
• Liaised and interviewed audit stakeholders during audit engagements and performed vouching, risk assessment and review of audit documents/materials. 
•  Prepared audit report and presented findings to senior management.
• Conducted data analytics on whole of government data to identify trends and detect fraud.

Durham University, UK
2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts (Accounting & Finance), First class Hons.

Anderson Junior College, SG
2009 - 2010
A - Levels