Analyst, Strategic Business Finance - Singapore - XL Catlin

XL Catlin

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Singapore

1 week ago

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Analyst, Strategic Business Finance & Planning
Singapore

This role is to provide financial and administrative support to the Finance department and is responsible for handling/receiving payments, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices.

It also includes other areas such as fixed asset, cash management, expense budget and analysis, GST, posting of journal entries and performing accounts reconciliations.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?

Quarterly Expense Monitoring and Reporting to ensure the company meets the target expense savings.
To produce detailed review and commentaries of the quarterly branch expenses, and identify areas of cost overspend or potential cost savings to the Country Manager, Asia CFO and relevant stakeholders.
Maintain current and historical expense records and support annual expense budget and analysis.
Keep track of all payments and expenditures, including office and staff travel & entertainment expenses and seek payment approval.
Working closely with offshore team to ensure all payments are processed accurately and act as liaison between India team, local business functions, vendors and banks on all expense and invoice enquiries.
Verify staff travel and entertainment expense reports and ensure all coding are accurate and well supported by relevant receipts before reimbursement. This includes settlement of corporate card expenditures.
Run weekly pay cycle reports to review all payments are settled promptly and reconcile processed payments by verifying entries to balances.
Maintain cash balances and ensure accounts are sufficient for all insurance and expense payments.
Maintain fixed asset and lease registers.
Process quarterly backroom fees and internal commissions as part of intercompany recharges to other entities.
Ensure accountability of GST and issue GST invoices on all applicable transactions, recharges and allocations and prepare quarterly GST return.
Prepare quarterly balance sheet schedules and reconciliations e.g. bank, sundry debtor and creditor, deposit, accrual, prepayment, fixed asset, intercompany recharges and balances, interledger control accounts and interfund balances, GST etc.
Prepare weekly cash flow updates and quarterly cash forecast for management reporting.
Liaise with external auditors for audit related matters and queries.
Prepare addoc reports and disclosures for management.

You will report to the Senior Specialist, Strategic Business Finance and Planning

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We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Good understanding of principles of finance, basic bookkeeping and accounting
Diploma/Degree in Accountancy or recognized accounting qualification ACCA/ISCA/CPA
Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in similar capacity
Experience in a Financial Services environment preferably
Up to date appreciation of the technical requirements of the role
Proven ability in identifying and analysing problems, creating good solutions, deploying sound decision making skills
Proven track record of knowing what it takes to provide a consistently first class customer service internally and/or externally
Ability to build effective working relationships (internally/externally), establishing credibility amongst a wide and demanding client group
Demonstrable evidence of interpreting & manipulating data clearly and accurately with the ability to extract & clearly articulate key points
First class report writing skills, ability to develop and present ideas and reasoned arguments clearly and concisely to various audiences
Demonstrates excellent communication skills, a confident and articulate presenter to internal/external audiences, exercising appropriate discretion in dealing with people from all levels of the Company
Excellent attention to detail and a meticulous eye for identifying inconsistencies or inaccuracies in data entry or data outputs
Able to organise self (and others if applicable) including effective scheduling, prioritisation and time management skills, completing tasks to tight deadlines. Demonstrates a 'can do' attitude
Comfortable taking ownership for own work, identifying the need for action (using initiative) whilst working effectively within a team
Displays a resilient and adaptable style, track record of remaining calm in demanding circumstances, adjusting comfortably to changing conditions / priorities
The role would suit highly driven selfstarters, with a strong desire to challenge and deliver
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs; specifically Excel (including ability to manage if not write macros), Outlook, Word, Powerpoint

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