Assistant Manager, Finance

About the role

A holding and management company in the marine and engineering sector is looking for an Assistant Manager, Finance. The role covers month-end close, management reporting, liquidity monitoring, statutory reporting and audit support across assigned entities.

Key responsibilities

• Own the month-end close cycle for assigned entities, including management accounts, consolidation schedules and reporting deliverables.
• Partner with internal stakeholders, including shared services, to deliver management, statutory, tax and ad-hoc reporting.
• Monitor liquidity and working capital needs, track intercompany balances and support cash flow planning.
• Prepare and/or review balance sheet schedules, including bank and intercompany reconciliations, and support GST submissions where required.
• Support statutory reporting, including financial statement preparation and XBRL-related processes.
• Provide finance insights through cost centre-level analysis of revenue and expenses, highlighting variances and key drivers.
• Coordinate audit requirements by preparing schedules, answering queries and supporting internal and external audits.
• Perform control and process compliance checks and recommend practical improvements to strengthen governance.
• Guide and support team members, and contribute to improvement initiatives and system projects as needed.

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting (or equivalent) and/or a relevant professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA or equivalent).
• 4-6 years of relevant accounting/finance experience, ideally with a mix of audit and commercial exposure.
• Proven experience handling full sets of accounts and meeting tight reporting deadlines.
• Detail-oriented, structured, with good prioritisation in a dynamic environment.
• Comfortable partnering cross-functionally and handling stakeholder queries professionally.
• Adaptable to role rotation or scope changes as business needs evolve.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and statutory/regulatory reporting.
• Strong analytical ability to interpret variances and turn findings into actionable insights.
• Proficiency with common productivity tools; exposure to SAP S/4HANA and/or consolidation tools is an advantage.