Total 2 payroll analyst job vacancies in Singapore

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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

Finance and Accounting

How will you make an impact in this role?

This position is responsible for American Express legal entities’ financial reporting (US GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards), local ledger governance and local regulatory reporting.

The candidate must have a good understanding of the US GAAP and the International Financial Reporting Standards and be able to prepare a full set of financial statements independently, as well as working closely with management from different business units to advise on the appropriate accounting treatment for various business initiatives.

Principle Activities are:

· Review and monitor legal entity financial performance (30%)

Ø Perform variance analysis of profit and loss and balance sheet,

Ø Prepare and present legal entity reporting to senior management

Ø Work closely with finance colleagues in centralised hub to identify, research and resolve unusual items, in a timely manner

Ø Review intercompany charge-in and charge-out to the legal entity

Ø Review the Oracle sub-ledger accounts

· Support business partners (20%)

Ø Determine accounting treatment and implementation of complex business initiatives across different business units

Ø Engage colleagues from Segment Controllership and Accounting Advisory in accounting discussions

Ø Support ad-hoc business queries

· Assist in statutory and tax reporting matters (20%)

Ø Key point-of-contact for external stakeholders, such as external auditors and corporate secretary

Ø Prepare audit and tax schedules as appropriate

· Participate in monthly financial close process including (10%):

Ø Process manual journal entries for Controllership owned processes in the Oracle Sub-Ledger system

Ø Preparation of manual sub-ledger supports for Controllership owned accounts

· Support regulatory reporting matters (10%)

Ø Prepare, validate and submit regulatory reports

Ø Work closely with colleagues from centralised hub to ensure the robustness of the regulatory reporting system and process

· Participation in ad-hoc finance initiatives (10%)

Ø Work closely with finance colleagues on regional initiatives across different disciplines: Data Analytics, Process Automation, Talent Development, Industry Trends & External Insights

Minimum Qualifications

The candidate should be a self-motivator and is flexible to work on changing demands and requirements. This role requires the candidate to work closely with various stakeholders in a matrix organization and the candidate should be comfortable to interact and work with leaders across various business units. The candidate should be or is in the process of embarking on a professional qualification with a recognized accounting body. Any other equivalent professional qualification will be considered as well.

Ø Degree holder in Accounting, Finance or related discipline

Ø 3-5 years’ experience; ideally with external audit experience in Big 4

Ø Understanding of US GAAP, International Financial Reporting Standards and legal entity governance

Ø Advance knowledge of Excel (VBA) preferred

Ø Knowledge of Oracle ERP system preferred

Ø Data management experience preferred (SQL, Power BI, Tableau)

Ø Strong analytical and reasoning skills in drawing insights from financial data

Ø Self-motivated and committed individual who can work independently with minimal supervision

Ø Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Ø Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

Ø Confident team player who can work a range of team members and management across different functions and cultural diversity

Compliance Language

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

Overview of The Department

Commercial Rating and Underwriting (CRU) sits within the Credit and Fraud Risk (CFR) division and forms the institutional credit risk management function within American Express. The CRU team plays the critical role of assessing and managing the risk of institutional exposures across all business units with American Express, and in all regions globally. Credit exposures are primarily generated through corporate and small business card programs, via merchant service relationships where non-delivery risk exists, and among the securities portfolio held for firm-wide liquidity. CRU is led from Salt Lake City with regional teams in New York, London, Singapore, Sydney and India.

In addition to determining the internal credit rating which drives the probability of default of each exposure, CRU also calculates the loss given default of these obligors while underwriting card programs. As a bank holding company, American Express must comply with the highest global banking standards set by Basel and implemented by the bank's primary regulatory authority, the Federal Reserve.

Job responsibilities

• Analyst will be based in Singapore and will be responsible for rating and underwriting credit exposures for the Japan market. Fluency in Japanese is a must as you will be required to read Japanese financial statements and also liaise with Japanese stakeholders in spoken Japanese.
• Fundamental analysis incorporates a thorough review of business, financials, industry and country risks coupled with support from internal and external rating model outputs. Assessment includes understanding of the need for credit extension, profitability of the relationship and program structures.
• As an Analyst, you will have the opportunity to interact with various teams across the firm including front office sales, business unit risk partners, and credit administration to perform their critical role.
• As an Analyst, you will also be part of CRU Analytical and Operational Excellence team which is responsible for developing analytical frameworks, quality controls and colleague learning & development processes.

Desired Skills

• Experience as a credit analyst or underwriter dealing with commercial exposures ranging from small business to middle-market to large, multinationals.
• Thorugh understanding of fundamental financial analysis including the ability to review corporate financial statements to determine the ability of the obligor to honor its credit obligations.
• Comfort with GAAP/IFRS accounting standards, corporate valuation, and forecasting.
• Familiarity with quantitative credit models (such as Moody's, Riskcalc, CreditEdge, etc and knowledge of how to interpret the outputs, and when deviation from the model has appropriate rationale.
• Comfort with public agency ratings and supporting analysis.
• Understanding of current macroeconomic trends and how to provide recommendations to improve the PD estimation based on the business cycle.
• Experience preparing company-specific and industry-wide credit memorandums.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years experience rating and/or underwriting at a leading financial or rating agency.
• Bachelor's degree from a top tier university with high GPA and a degree (or substantial coursework) in finance, accounting, economics, or statistics.
• Chartered Financial Analyst program candidacy a plus.
• Proficiency with MS excel, VBA a plus.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.