Senior Manager / Assistant Director, Group Controller

Purpose of Role

The Group Controller is responsible for strengthening financial governance, accounting integrity, balance sheet management and close discipline across NUHS.

The role serves as the Group's technical accounting authority and provides independent review and challenge over financial reporting outputs prepared by Group FP&A, while working closely with Corporate Office Finance, institutions and external auditors.

The role will also lead the design and implementation of a structured monthly soft close process to improve early identification and resolution of accounting and reporting issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounting Policy and Technical Accounting
• Serve as Group technical authority on SFRS(I) and IFRS matters.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies.
• Review and advise on complex, non-routine and judgmental transactions.
• Ensure consistent accounting treatment across institutions.
• Support implementation of new accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
• Group Financial Governance
• Establish and maintain group balance sheet governance framework.
• Define reconciliation and substantiation standards.
• Review high-risk balances and exception reports.
• Drive balance sheet clean-up initiatives.
• Monitor and escalate unresolved accounting and reporting issues.
• Soft Close and Financial Review
• Design and lead monthly soft close process.
• Review draft financial results and identify material risks.
• Challenge unusual trends, adjustments and accounting treatments.
• Maintain close issue tracker and drive resolution.
• Provide close assurance commentary to management.
• Audit and Statutory Financial Oversight
• Review statutory financial statements prepared by FP&A.
• Assess adequacy of disclosures, estimates and judgments.
• Review audit findings and proposed adjustments.
• Coordinate resolution of technical accounting matters with auditors.
• Drive audit lessons learned and remediation plans.
• Controls and Process Governance
• Identify reporting and control gaps.
• Support finance transformation initiatives.
• Enhance quality of financial information and reporting processes.
• Promote standardisation and governance across institutions.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile


Education

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or equivalent
• CA Singapore, CPA Australia, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification preferred
• 10-15 years of relevant work experience
  
  

Technical Skills


Essential

• Strong SFRS(I) / IFRS technical accounting knowledge
• Statutory financial reporting
• Financial statement review
• Group consolidation principles
• Balance sheet governance
• Internal controls and risk management
• Audit management
  
  

Preferred

• Healthcare finance experience
• Experience working with shared service centres
• Finance transformation projects
• SAP / enterprise ERP systems
• Data analytics and reporting tools
  
  

Leadership & Behavioural Competencies

• Strong review-and-challenge mindset
• Sound professional judgement
• High attention to detail
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Structured problem-solving capability
• Change management capability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills