Finance Lead/ Senior Finance Lead Finance Lead/ Senior Finance Lead

Role Overview

Responsible for delivering high‑quality accounting support to internal and external customers, always ensure compliance with MAS rules on client monies account, accurate financial operations and reporting for Price Forbes Asia and Ed HK entities and overseeing multiple finance disciplines. This role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, hands‑on systems expertise, and the ability to manage priorities in a MAS-regulated financial institution environment, while supporting continuous improvement and change.

Key Role Accountabilities

1. Functional & Technical Expertise

1a. Controller

• Demonstrates strong end‑to‑end knowledge and hands‑on experience with financial systems, including SUN, Tagetik, and Microsoft Dynamics (D365).
• Owns the monthly close for two entities, ensuring efficient, accurate, and timely accounting across day‑to‑day finance operations, including:

1. Billing, credit control, and monthly reconciliation of intercompany accounts
2. Verification of supplier bank details and maintenance of beneficiary templates
3. Processing of supplier invoices and employee expense claims in SUN including approving of Info-Tech expenses
4. Execution of regular supplier payment runs
5. Bank statements reconciliation and posting in SUN
6. Posting of IBA and operational month‑end journals
7. Preparation of balance sheet schedules and monthly financial reports

• Oversees and drives improvements in multiple finance disciplines - financial reporting, forecasting and liquidity management.
• Applies strong analytical, problem‑solving, project management and prioritization skills to finance and system‑related activities.
• Maintains compliance with Singapore regulatory, statutory, and audit requirements.
• Manages competing priorities to meet Group and local regulatory deadlines, including MAS (annual return filing), IRAS (annual corporate tax and quarterly GST) and ACRA (AR filing) requirements.
• Supports and adapts positively to change, including the implementation of new processes, systems, and controls.

1b. IBA Leader (Supported by Operations Hub in the Philippines)

• Ensure all debts are collected as soon as possible, and all liabilities are settled within agreed credit terms.
• Chase overdue IBA balances due to the Company, by phone and email and report any accounts that are causing concern, or where insurers are threatening cancellation.
• Allocation of receipts from clients ensure all cash received is matched as soon as possible.
• Setting up payments to clients, insurers and claim settlements, ensuring banking procedures have been adhered to, e.g. verifying bank details, timely banking of receipts and reconciliation of differences.
• Reconciliation and payment of underwriter accounts.
• Account query resolution including liaising with technical departments and the bank on queries raised by clients.
• To produce accurate and timely management information on both a regular and ad hoc basis assist when preparing various monthly reports e.g. helping produce and populate bespoke turnover, aged debtors and utilizing spreadsheets to provide management information from the broking software system.
• Responsible for preparing year-end audit files e.g. audit confirmations and reconciliation and audit schedules.
• Undertake any other related duties as may be reasonably required.
• Meeting internal KPI's.
• Regular liaison with other departments regarding outstanding queries, particularly cash queries.
• Ensure that all outstanding cash under query with the clients/ underwriters is chased on a weekly basis.
• Prepare and send statements of accounts in accordance with account holders requirements and/or when requested by divisions.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date records, accessible to all parties that require them.
• Monitor client money payments to company stakeholders.
• Notify appropriate individuals of potential bad debt exposures at earliest possible stage and enlist assistance where appropriate

2. Business & Stakeholder Management

• Communicates clearly and effectively, verbally and inwriting, with the ability to translate complex financial matters into simple, practical insights.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including:

1. Auditor
2. Corporate secretary
3. Tax consultant
4. Regulator
5. Third‑party service provider

• Collaborates effectively across teams and platforms to resolve issues and deliver outcomes.
• Demonstrates flexibility in applying skills and experience to additional or evolving responsibilities as required.
• Deep understanding of financial drivers and risks.

3. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Proactively identifies issues, risks, and inefficiencies, and implements effective solutions.
• Contributes to the enhancement of financial processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• Presents financial information, analysis, and recommendations to management in a clear, concise, and professional manner.

4. Building Self‑Insight & Relationships

• Builds and sustains strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders through professionalism, trust, and collaboration.

Qualifications& Experience

Education & Certifications

• Degree‑level educated or equivalent
• Professional qualification: CA / CPA / ACCA, with relevant industry experience

Technical Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of IFRS
• Hands‑on experience with SUN, D365, and Tagetik
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, macros, and financial modelling

Experience

• Experience in onboarding newly acquired entities
• Systems migration experience
• IRAS and MAS financial reporting experience

Person Specification

Essential

• Self‑starter with the ability to work independently and proactively structure work
• Motivated to create new processes, models, and reports comfortable challenging existing thinking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Proactive, resourceful, and enquiring mindset
• Adaptable, with a positive response to change
• Strong analytical, investigative, and problem‑solving skills (individually and collaboratively)
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• High level of integrity and appropriate assertiveness in complex or business‑critical situations
• Flexible working approach to meet business demands