Job Description
A part of the Finance Business Partner team handling daily finance operations for the Research Centre / Institutes within the cluster.
Foster and maintain a regular working relationship within the Institutes, central shared services teams, and other functional partners.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Handle daily financial operations of the Research Institutes within the cluster (including inter-department billing, fixed assets and journal postings).
- Preparation of accurate and timely financial information and reports.
- Prepare grant claim for timely submission to funding agencies and ensure that adequate supporting documentation is available for audit review.
- Provide guidance to Institutes on financial matters and ensure the Institutes are in compliance with University’s financial policies and procedures, and funding agencies’ terms & conditions / guidelines.
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of financial processes and controls, for operational efficiency.
- Review and ensure compliance with related tax filing including GST, withholding tax and taxable benefits for personal claims.
- Support the team during financial year-end closing to ensure all legitimate transactions are properly recorded, and year-end closing deadlines are met.
- Support the team in the annual fixed assets verification exercise, ensuring compliance with the verification procedures and maintaining accurate records of fixed assets.
- Support in other finance functions as and when required by the team.
Requirements
- Min Accounting Degree/ACCA
- Preferable with 1 to 3 years of working experience
- A team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
- Possess maturity and work collaboratively with people at all levels
- Attention to detail and organized
- Able to work independently, or in a team, with self-awareness in meeting deadlines
- Self-starter with the ability to multi-task
- Familiarity with SAP and/or experience in research grant finance will be advantageous
