Snr Associate /Assistant Director (Financial Systems and Services (Stat Boards))

You will join the Financial Systems and Services (Statutory Boards) Directorate, which drives the strategic development of Future Finance by managing the consolidation and implementation of Statutory Boards’ finance and payroll systems onto Cumulus, a central cloud-based HR, finance and payroll system currently used by 43 Statutory Boards. Responsibilities Key responsibilities: • Support the Payroll/Expense central operations, system improvements and payroll system market study; • Build functional competencies in system business process design and principles in compliance with policies, business and statutory requirements; • Develop the Ops-Tech competencies through hands-on opportunities to perform system configurations in Workday; • Propose/ review/ execute tenant-wide or localized system changes, with the objective to achieve harmonization with the global design; • Liaise with system vendors to resolve product-related issues, assess product limitations and workarounds, roadmap planning and partake in new innovation testing; • Support new feature releases through change impact assessment, UAT, change management and deployment; • Facilitate user engagement forums to gather feedback on user experience to identify focus areas for system enhancements; • Evolve the communication framework, build a vibrant user community, and foster a collaborative spirit between users to share system usage expertise and experiences; • Identify opportunities for process automation and streamlining; • Drive co-ownership of issues and solutioning through internal partnership with stakeholders across the whole of government. Requirements Functional/Technical Competencies • Tertiary education in Accountancy, Business, Finance, IT, Systems or related disciplines • CA Singapore certification is preferred • Keen interest in Ops-Tech roles • Understanding of finance and/or payroll processes and experience with related systems as well as system implementation will be advantageous • Able to proactively develop and manage relationships with various key stakeholders • Ability to put forth proposals and recommendations for management decision-making Generic Competencies • Good critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills • Time management skills to multi-task and prioritize key deliverables • Meticulous and a good team player who can also work well independently • Strong communication and presentation skills You will be notified whether you have been shortlisted within 4 weeks from the closing date of this job posting.