Nanyang Business School (NBS) invites applications for the position of Senior Research Fellow (Post-doc) with Prof. Xin Chang’s research group. This position is supported by a Tier III grant to establish a Climate Transformation Programme (CTP) at NTU. As part of this programme, the Climate Finance Cluster will assess the multifaceted business risks posed by the physical impacts of climate change, narrow the protection gap, and facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

The Senior Research Fellow will be responsible for developing procedures to measure and price risks arising from climate change suitable for each company so that climate risk can be managed by companies and hedged by investors, and seeing this work through to publication in major research journals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Use computational linguistic tools and machine learning techniques to analyze discussions on climate change in corporate social responsibility reports, conference call transcripts, and the Management Discussion and Analysis section of companies’ annual reports
• Construct a dataset that can produce a climate risk fact sheet containing essential information about various climate risk exposure (e.g., drought, flooding) of a region or a city
• Develop a new multifactor asset pricing model containing a climate risk factor, which investors can use to effectively price in climate change risk and hedge climate risk
• Handle data management and statistical analyses
• Work effectively with colleagues from across the CTP, and with local collaborators in ASEAN countries
• Mentor junior colleagues and students
• Handle writing and publication of results in peer-reviewed journals

Job Requirements:

• PhD degree in statistics, computer sciences, economics, or a closely related field
• Excellent knowledge of computational linguistic tools and machine learning techniques
• Experience with data analysis with Python and STATA
• Prior experience in publishing in peer-reviewed business, economic, or scientific journals
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to work independently to develop research in challenging environments
• Collaborative, with an interest in working with other researchers and scientists (this is a large team project) to produce high-quality and impactful research
• Interest in climate, green, or sustainable finance

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, full CV and names and contact details of three referees in one document. Enquiries about this position can be made to Nur Masturah ([email protected]).

Review of applications will begin on 15th Jan 2024.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Position Summary:

Korindo Energy is a trusted energy infrastructure and solutions company for the maritime and energy industry. It has four business divisions which are Marine & Offshore, Defence, Power Infrastructure and Renewables.

We are headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in Indonesia and partner office in Malaysia, Vietnam and Australia. Our areas of business are mainly focused on South-East Asia and Australasia.

Over the years, the company has transformed from a standard industry solutions provider to now an innovative technology and solutions provider that champions solutions towards decarbonization and a renewable future. Korindo Energy is committed to a sustainable future by investing resources in key technologies and continuous development of a corporate culture that embraces and supports this vision. With that said, the future is ours to make.

Aligning with our expansion plan, we are looking for a highly driven and meticulous Finance Executive to join us.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily Indonesia operating transactions.
• Liaise with the Accountant (Indonesian Payroll Service Provider) to ensure all submissions to the relevant authorities are handled timely with zero tolerance for errors.
• Keep proper cashflow and petty cash statements.
• Support and assist colleagues with their queries via emails and/or calls.
• Generate and issue sales invoices upon goods received.
• Assist in checking of Indonesia staff claims and petty cash.
• Undertake filing of documents and additional ad-hoc duties when assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:

• People-oriented - pleasant personalitywith good interpersonal skills.
• Well organized and highly numeric innature.
• Ability to read, write and speakBahasa/Malay a MUST.
• Diploma or similar in Finance related studies.
• Able to start work within short notice.
• Evidence of ‘Right to Work in Singapore’.

Purpose: To reconcile schedules for month-end reporting, manage fixed assets, external audit, and corporate tax reporting. To check on project profitability against quotation before the project can be launched. Handle ad-hoc financial analysis and respond to the Department Of Statistics.

Key Area of Responsibilities:

• Check on sales margin and drive improvements.
• Spearhead process improvements and continuously reviewed and improve internal control processes.
• Reconcile and generate monthly reporting.
• Handle and prepare for external audits and review audit reports.
• Review corporate tax and ensure accuracy in all entries.
• Prepare ad hoc financial analysis e.g. for submission of government sector survey form.
• Support and participate in the company's continuous improvement program.

Qualification & Experiences:

• Degree In Accountancy or Diploma in Accountancy with professional certification
• Min 8 years of experience as a finance professional in the manufacturing industry.
• ACCA certification will be an advantage.
• Detailed, meticulous, and able to work with a tight timeline.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills to manage a team.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

1 Responsibilities

• Who is taking the role of customers’ billing.
• Manage accounts receivable
• Preparation of monthly Statement of Accounts & follow up on receivables with customers
• Prepare and manage weekly and monthly invoicing to customers
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Provide back up support to other team members in the performances of duties
• Willing to take on additional task as delegated by the Finance Manager

2 Qualifications / Skills

• At least 2 or more Year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Preferably specialized in Finance - General/Cost Accounting or equivalent.
• Preferably With experience in the logistics environment
• Fast learner and able to work independently

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Responsibilities:

• Manage financial and administration teams to achieve company financial goals.
• Develop the overall corporate financial goals and objectives.
• Oversee preparation of financial records related to general ledger, payroll, budget, expense, etc.
• Assist in account receivable and payable activities.
• Maintain accurate bank records of cash withdrawals and deposits.
• Follow standard accounting process for financial analysis and reporting activities.
• Assist in developing and managing budgeting system.
• Manage all client accounts for payment settlements.
• Track and monitor resource needs and other material needs for carrying out financial and administration tasks.
• Monitor and manage expenses within allotted budgets.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years of accounting experience
• Demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other accounting tools
• Good communication & interpersonal skills

Job Responsibilities:

• As a Business Analyst, you will be involved in the software development life cycle and agile methodology from project initiation, requirements, application development, implementation, maintenance and post-implementation review phases.
• Mandatory - SQL skillset, experiences in Banking industry and ability to perform detailed data and business analysis and testing.
• Liaise extensively with external, internal clients and vendors;
• Lead design thinking sessions and requirements discussion with customers; conduct requirement analysis to ensure the implementation feasibility of functional specifications. Highlight requirement gaps, disproportional construction efforts, technical challenges and any other issues;
• Successfully translate users’ requirements into use cases, technical solutions;
• Present and communicate functional requirements and use cases to the technical and development teams and ensure system meets functional and system requirements;
• Define system-level application architecture, high-level and detailed design, architectural policies and principles, implementation risks and mitigation measures, etc;
• Engage customers to explain the rationale of architecture’s selection, or other technical issues;
• Prepare documentation, such as requirements and functional specification, design specification, enterprise class structure, data and application management framework, interfacing, infrastructure requirements, data migration approach, etc; work closely with customers to review and sign-off documentation;
• Prepare system training programs and conduct training to the customers;
• Develop test plans, cases and results and trace to requirements to ensure comprehensive test coverage. Measure test results with customers’ required outcome;
• Perform functional and backend testing, review results and logs, resolve test issues and ensure application quality;
• Perform test briefing to the stakeholders and support UAT.
• Trouble-shoot system problems faced by the project team, customers and follow up till resolution;
• Conduct change impact analysis on customers’ requests in a change management lifecycle;
• Work with local and off-shore teams to deliver projects on the technical aspects;
• Prepare solutions and proposal for pre-sales activities;

Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science and Engineering;
• Must have experience working in banking domain.
• Minimum 2 years onwards of relevant experience as a Business Analyst and tester in Java environment.
• Strong analytical skills and possess stamina in following up on issues reported till its resolution;
• Experience in issues/problems and change management processes;
• Ability in analysing system backend logs and performing data mapping and categorisation;
• Able to perform functional and backend testing activities and ensure traceability to requirements;
• Self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent presentation, good writing and communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive technique and an eye for details;
• Development skillset Java environment, well verse in Jira and SQL is an added advantage;
• Able to work under stringent timeline and exhibit commitment to project completion;
• Strong customer-service orientation and good presentation skills;
• A good team player

Job Responsibilities:

• As a Business Analyst, you will be involved in the software development life cycle and agile methodology from project initiation, requirements, application development, implementation, maintenance and post-implementation review phases.
• Mandatory - SQL skillset, experiences in Banking industry and ability to perform detailed data and business analysis and testing.
• Liaise extensively with external, internal clients and vendors;
• Lead design thinking sessions and requirements discussion with customers; conduct requirement analysis to ensure the implementation feasibility of functional specifications. Highlight requirement gaps, disproportional construction efforts, technical challenges and any other issues;
• Successfully translate users’ requirements into use cases, technical solutions;
• Present and communicate functional requirements and use cases to the technical and development teams and ensure system meets functional and system requirements;
• Define system-level application architecture, high-level and detailed design, architectural policies and principles, implementation risks and mitigation measures, etc;
• Engage customers to explain the rationale of architecture’s selection, or other technical issues;
• Prepare documentation, such as requirements and functional specification, design specification, enterprise class structure, data and application management framework, interfacing, infrastructure requirements, data migration approach, etc; work closely with customers to review and sign-off documentation;
• Prepare system training programs and conduct training to the customers;
• Develop test plans, cases and results and trace to requirements to ensure comprehensive test coverage. Measure test results with customers’ required outcome;
• Perform functional and backend testing, review results and logs, resolve test issues and ensure application quality;
• Perform test briefing to the stakeholders and support UAT.
• Trouble-shoot system problems faced by the project team, customers and follow up till resolution;
• Conduct change impact analysis on customers’ requests in a change management lifecycle;
• Work with local and off-shore teams to deliver projects on the technical aspects;
• Prepare solutions and proposal for pre-sales activities;

Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science and Engineering;
• Must have experience working in banking domain.
• Minimum 2 years onwards of relevant experience as a Business Analyst and tester in Java environment.
• Strong analytical skills and possess stamina in following up on issues reported till its resolution;
• Experience in issues/problems and change management processes;
• Ability in analysing system backend logs and performing data mapping and categorisation;
• Able to perform functional and backend testing activities and ensure traceability to requirements;
• Self-motivated with a positive “can-do” attitude, creative with excellent presentation, good writing and communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including strong persuasive technique and an eye for details;
• Development skillset Java environment, well verse in Jira and SQL is an added advantage;
• Able to work under stringent timeline and exhibit commitment to project completion;
• Strong customer-service orientation and good presentation skills;
• A good team player