Assistant Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (EG)

About the role

Woodlands Hospital, a new integrated acute and community hospital in Singapore, is looking for an Assistant Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (EG). The role provides overall governance, financial control and leadership for pricing and costing of services, revenue management, cost recovery analysis and system implementation initiatives, and acts as an escalation point for complex operational, financial and system matters.

Key responsibilities

• Support organisational strategies and partner on initiatives to ensure their financial viability
• Review, benchmark and simulate yearly fee revision plans and pricing of new services, then operationalise fee changes across systems
• Review and approve charge code creation and update requests, and guide the team through the review process
• Ensure revenue integrity by analysing high-risk areas, reviewing reconciliation reports between services rendered and charged, and checking completeness of revenues captured
• Carry out ongoing internal reviews of service costing to identify cost optimisation and efficiency gains
• Guide the team and work with IT on billing system changes, including updates from MOH policy changes, user testing and approval of billing system service requests
• Oversee month-end closing (payout computations, overhead allocations, average bill size analysis), support annual budgeting and projections, and guide ad-hoc pricing requests (e.g. executive health screening, interco SLA)
• Lead costing and billing projects as the institution representative and guide team members in their implementation

Required profile

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Statistics, Business Analytics or a related field
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience; at least 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience preferred
• Experience in product and service costing methodologies, pricing strategy development and governance
• Experience in systems implementation, enhancement and support
• Experience driving process automation, system improvements and digital transformation is an advantage
• Healthcare industry experience in financial planning & analysis or management reporting is an added advantage

Required skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Good leadership, stakeholder management, written, oral communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in SAP, Excel, National Billing System, RPA or analytical tools is an advantage