Location: Singapore
Salary: SGD $5,000 – $8,000 per month

Overview

This role supports Finance Operations within a life insurance environment, ensuring accurate and timely financial close, robust balance sheet substantiation, and effective partnering with Technology and business teams to deliver process improvements, system changes and control enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage monthly financial book close in line with group financial reporting and local regulatory timelines, covering distribution, health and fixed asset processes.
• Perform and enhance balance sheet substantiation and reconciliations for insurance accounts, including ageing analysis, break investigation and resolution.
• Act as the Finance Operations point of contact for Business Analysts, IT and Technology partners on interface exceptions from policy administration systems to the general ledger, Day 2 change requests and new product set-up.
• Support management in defining project scope, plans, milestones and critical path for IT and finance transformation initiatives.
• Drive operational readiness and automation efficiencies in partnership with IT and Operations teams; develop detailed execution and migration plans with clear programme reporting.
• Serve as the main finance SME supporting product development and system change activities.
• Partner with Distribution Support Services and Distribution Performance Management to ensure correct booking aligned to production period and insurance fund.
• Manage end user computing (EUC) controls within Finance Operations and support control maintenance and enhancements.
• Provide balance sheet substantiation and reconciliation support on commission and distribution accounts to relevant distribution stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5-8 years’ experience in finance operations, preferably within the life insurance sector.
• Proven experience managing finance transformation projects and delivering IT-enabled process or control enhancement initiatives.
• Experience with life insurance commission and distribution cost booking is a strong advantage.
• Ability to adapt quickly to existing general ledger and policy administration systems; experience with operational simplification tools such as Alteryx, PowerBuilder and applied AI is an advantage.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to work across functions, communicate clearly, and manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven close environment.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in accounting and finance (or equivalent).
• Degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline.