Accounts Receivable Operations, Asst Dir/Snr Mgr (Grants, SSG, Educ, East) - #1160024

My client is seeking an experienced finance professional to support the Deputy Director (Accounts Receivable) in driving governance oversight and operational leadership across Accounts Receivable (AR) for the Continuing Education and Training (CET) and non-Pre-Employment Training (PET) activities. This role plays a critical part in ensuring strong controls, regulatory compliance, and effective stakeholder partnership across divisions, while enabling CET strategy execution and finance transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

AR Operations and CET Financial Oversight

• Oversee AR operations for CET and non‑PET activities, including billing, collections, refunds, and debt management

• Ensure accurate, complete, and timely revenue recognition and reporting for the centre, projects, grants and other income streams

• Review and approve journals, revenue adjustments, and AR-related accounting treatments with SAP S/4 Hana

• Ensure CET financial and AR reports are prepared accurately for management and regulatory purposes

Finance Partnership and Business Advisory

• Partner centre leadership to provide finance and management support, including:

1. Budgeting, forecasting and financial sustainability

2. Quarterly grant claims and grant audits

3. Billing, collections, and debt risk management

4. Consolidated dashboards and management reporting

• Provide finance advisory support for the centre’s business development collaborations, including assessment of funding structures, pricing, and financial risks, in support of CET strategy execution

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, Data Governance policy, and relevant regulatory frameworks including MOE / SSG requirements, Companies Act, GST Act, and PDPA

• Ensure CET financials and AR processes comply with statutory and regulatory requirements

• Maintain strong internal control frameworks over billing, revenue recognition, grant accounting, and AR processes

• Identify control gaps and risks, and implement appropriate mitigating measures

• Lead the resolution of audit queries and issues with internal and external auditors

• Oversee CET course fee grant audits for Finance

• Ensure accuracy and completeness of SSG Income & Expenditure (I&E) reporting and related submissions

Policies, SOPs & Process Excellence

• Propose, review, and enhance finance‑related policies and procedures to strengthen governance and standardisation

• Ensure SOPs remain current and effective across CET system processing, billing, collections and S/4Hana billing

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency, system controls, and audit readiness

Systems, Stakeholder & Change Management

• Engage stakeholders across divisions to ensure alignment, adoption, and compliance with updated systems and processes

• Play an active role in system enhancement initiatives, from design through testing and implementation

• Support change management efforts to ensure smooth implementation of new CET finance processes

• Drive value creation initiatives to support finance transformation projects

Job Requirements

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business, or related discipline with 10 to 15 years of relevant finance experience

• Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent) strongly preferred

• Experience in public sector, education, CET or grant-funded environments is highly advantageous

• Strong audit, regulatory reporting, and internal controls experience

• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4 Hana or similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems

• Resilient, hands-on, and able to operate effectively in a dynamic environment

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