Reports to: Group Finance Manager
About the Role
We are seeking a Group Consolidation Analyst to prepare and analyse the Group’s consolidated accounts while handling the full set of accounts for our Singapore entity. The role combines group-level consolidation with hands-on full-set accounting, so you will move between the detail of the ledger and the consolidated picture.
You will report to the Group Finance Manager and act as a key coordinator for the annual audit, statutory compliance, and tax process, and drive ERP and process improvements across the finance function.
Key Responsibilities
Group Reporting
- Prepare the group consolidated accounts.
- Analyse consolidated and entity results, including budget-versus-actual and period-on-period variances, and present key insights to management.
- Perform intercompany reconciliations and eliminations across group entities.
- Review reporting packs submitted by subsidiaries for completeness and accuracy.
- Maintain the group chart of accounts and accounting policy documentation.
Singapore Entity Accounting
- Prepare AP entries.
- Perform monthly closing, including inventory, bank reconciliation, and general ledger functions.
- Prepare the monthly management accounts for the Singapore entity.
- Perform account reconciliations and financial analysis.
- Maintain Balance sheet Schedule.
Statutory Reporting, Audit, and Tax
- Coordinate and facilitate the annual financial audit and tax process.
- Prepare statutory financial statements and support ACRA XBRL filing.
- Prepare GST returns and support the corporate tax computation.
- Ensure timely compliance with all statutory deadlines, including ACRA annual returns, IRAS filings (ECI and Form C/C-S), and withholding tax.
- Liaise with the company secretary, external auditors, and tax agents, and keep up to date with changes in accounting standards and regulations.
Planning, ERP, and Process Improvement
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow projections.
- Lead ERP improvement initiatives, including identifying system gaps, streamlining workflows, and automating reporting and consolidation.
- Work with IT and the ERP vendor on system enhancements, user acceptance testing, and master data maintenance.
- Provide support for all improvements relating to the company’s policies and procedures.
- Perform other ad-hoc tasks as directed by reporting manager(s).
Requirements
Education and Experience
- Degree in Accountancy, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Chartered Accountant (Singapore), ACCA, or CPA qualified, or working towards qualification.
- Minimum 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience.
- Hands-on experience handling full sets of accounts, including monthly close.
- Experience preparing consolidated accounts for a multi-entity group.
Technical Knowledge
- Working knowledge of SFRS(I) and Singapore statutory and tax requirements.
- Experience coordinating annual audits and liaising with external auditors and tax agents.
- Strong Excel skills ger information across large data sets.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems Microsoft Dynamics, including involvement in system enhancements or implementation would be advantage.
Skills and Attributes
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to reconciliation.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn financial data into clear insights for management.
- Able to meet firm reporting deadlines and manage competing priorities during close.
- Clear communicator, comfortable working with teams across entities.
- Self-directed, and willing to question numbers that do not look right.
- Discreet in handling confidential financial information.
Preferred
- Audit background from a public accounting firm.
- Experience in a trading, commodities, or multi-entity group.
- Exposure to process or system improvement projects.