Accountant/Associate Accountant (Controllership)

The incumbent will provide operational support, in the area of Accounts Receivable and collection, to the central Finance team

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Handle high volume of data for bank transactions for entry, reconciliation and follow up with the various departments
• Ensure collections received via electronic modes e.g. TT, GIRO or bank transfer are properly accounted and promptly taken into accounting records
• Contact department/customers to identify nature of incoming funds when little or no details are provided and follow up on unidentified receipts
• Provide advice and support to departments on incoming funds and collections
• Bank reconciliation promptly prepared and escalated on unresolved issues
• Follow up on any accounts receivable outstanding issues
• Create invoices as per department’s requests
• Support the university on initiatives in Organisational Excellence (OE) journey
• Any ad hoc duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in Accounting
• At least 3 years experience in Accounts Receivable
• Excellent attention to details
• Experience in SAP preferable but not necessary
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, especially Microsoft Excel
• Good analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Team player

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: [[National University of Singapore]]

Department : [[Office of Finance]]

Employee Referral Eligible: Yes

Job requisition ID : 17323